She had what she called “routine plastic surgery to remove the puffiness” because of the embarrassment, but the results were anything from routine.
She subsequently said, “I was the wildly controlled alcoholic and drug addict.” “I never did it while I was employed. Prior to 5 p.m., I never used drugs. I never, ever took painkillers at 10 in the morning. I like to call it the warm-bath sensation of an opiate, and it was that kind of late afternoon and early evening.I spent a lot of time chasing that emotion.
The Oscar-winning performer has been sober for 26 years and has a strong viewpoint on the expense of cosmetic surgery and beauty standards.
“My attempt at plastic surgery was unsuccessful. I became dependent on Vicodin as a result. In 2021, she told Fast Company, “I’ve been sober for 22 years now.” “Generations of beauty are being erased by the current trend of fillers and procedures, our fixation with filters, and the things we do to alter our image on Zoom. You cannot get your face back once you have messed with it.
Curtis has also taken issue with the way social media contributes to the distortion of body image. She cautioned, “It’s like giving a toddler a chainsaw.” We simply don’t know the long-term psychological, spiritual, and physical effects on a generation of youth who are suffering due to social media and comparisons to others. We’re all old enough to realize that it’s all a lie. It poses a serious risk to youth.
She has decided to embrace genuineness and aging in spite of everything. “I’m attempting to take ownership of it. Isn’t that the intended purpose of life? We learn, we mature, and we do all of these things. We must now take ownership of it,” she stated on Today in 2024. “We must fully acknowledge who we are and who we are not, and we must own who we are and be who we are. And I believe that owning that is what makes me so beautiful right now.
“I’ve been sober for a very long time—nearly 25 years. And the most important lesson I took away from my rehabilitation last year was that people don’t like it when you stop being nice to them. She concluded that her current slogan is: “I say what I mean, I mean what I say, and I try not to say it mean.” “It was as if the greatest sage arrived on me,” she stated.
