Recently, proud GLP-1 agonist user Oprah Winfrey tried to show off her new svelte figure at a Paris fashion show. Instead of adulation she got annihilation. People said she walked liked a 90-year-old.
Her comeback was quick. Her apparent infirm state stemmed from the fact that she hadn't had her glasses on at the time she said; you'd walk like a 90-year-old too without your glasses.
Other stars have had similar snits over criticism.
Who remembers Madonna's volcanic meltdown when her over the top facelift, on display at the 2023 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, earned her monikers like "pillow face" and "the thing from outer space" instead of "still pretty"?
How did Madonna address the vitriol? She said she had been "caught in the glare of ageism and misogyny."
Not only that, her pillow face stemmed from "close-up photos" that were taken with a "long lens camera"--factors that would "distort anyone's face".
For the unconvinced, the Boy Toy also added that she had "never apologized for any of the creative choices I have made nor the way that I look or dress and I'm not going to start." Got that?
Finally, there's singer Carrie Underwood who claimed that a 2017 fall she experienced required face repairs --not, repeat not, a face lift. But some were left unconvinced.
Why was the facial damage she cited claimed only months after her broken wrist from the fall was reported? Why did plastic surgeons detect a face lift on top of fillers or Botox during when they looked at her, despite her "I'm-not-vain" denails?
Some celebrities and public figires have bulletproof egos. When they get a health condition that everyone else in the world has they can seethe and huff, "Doesn't the universe know who I am?" See: to the manner born." See Ted Turner and Jamie Dimon.
Some celebs, when something bad happens to them, take their snivels and sniffles to their fans for sympathy instead of leaning on family and friends like the rest of us. Is there a need to get a life here?
Why not turn to those who have given you fame, fortune and a charmed and royal life?
The problem, as Oprah and Madonna and Underwood learned, is the worship is often built on a transient and fabricated image of youth or beauty or talent. Is it forced? Is it true? Will fans still love them when it goes away?
(Article changed on Mar 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM EDT)
