Jamie Lee Curtis is opening up about a decision she's regretted for decades — getting cosmetic surgery in her 20s after a brutal comment from a film crew member.
Speaking to 60 Minutes, the 66-year-old actress recalled the moment on the set of her 1985 film Perfect that led to the surgery.
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"[The cinematographer] was like: 'Yeah, I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy,'" Curtis said. "And I was 25? So, for him to say that was very embarrassing. So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery."
The results weren't what she hoped for.
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"Not well," Curtis said. "That's just not what you wanna do when you're 25 or 26. And I regretted it immediately and have kind of sort of regretted it since …"
She added: "Way so now because I've become a really public advocate to say to women: 'You're gorgeous and you're perfect the way you are.' So oh, yeah I … it was not a good thing for me to do."
Curtis revealed the surgery led to painkiller use — and eventually addiction.
"They give them [pain killers] to you. I became very enamored with the warm bath of an opiate," she admitted. "You know, [I] drank a little bit … never to excess, never any big public demonstrations, I was very quiet, very private about it but it became a dependency for sure."
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While Curtis has been open about her recovery, she joked that she was more concerned about her image selling yogurt than sharing her addiction story.
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"I think I worried more that selling yogurt that makes you s*** was gonna impact my career than for me to acknowledge that I had an addiction … I make the joke. It's a funny joke but it's true."
Curtis said she took commercial gigs like Activia to prioritize her family.
"For the most part [those jobs] … they allowed me to stay home with my kids," she said. "I am an imperfect, you know, working mom because no working moms are perfect … We make it look good. We think we've done it. But the truth is, we feel badly."
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