Renee Zellweger had everyone talking in 2014 when she showed up to the Elle Women in Hollywood party looking a lot different than she used to. According to People, even the event attendees had a hard time identifying the blonde beauty. The tabloids went into a speculative tailspin as rumors of plastic surgeryerupted.
What happened? In a statement to People, the Oscar-winning actor credits her new look simply to living an improved life. “My friends say that I look peaceful. I am healthy,” Zellweger said. “For a long time I wasn’t doing such a good job with that … Rather than stopping to recalibrate, I kept running until I was depleted and made bad choices about how to conceal the exhaustion.”
Zellweger has no time for Internet gossip, based on her 2016 interview with “Today.” “It’s not really part of my life. It’s part of the job that I don’t really experience except when I step into this arena,” she said. “In my home I’m not aware of it. I don’t do any kind of social media, so I don’t see it. I like to have—I guess you would call them real experiences.” Well, okay, then. Fair enough. Zellweger opened up about how scrutiny regarding her new looks affects her in real life during an interview for SiriusXM. She explained that she overhead strangers in a train station speculate she’d had plastic surgery. According to the actor, the moment was hurtful temporarily but she didn’t let the cruel comments get to her (via Harpers Bazaar).
