Bec Judd: Influencer and model admits to Botox, filler
Rebecca Judd says she believes the time is right for women to be honest and open about their cosmetic enhancements, saying she no longer wants to hide what 'work' she has had done.
'I think 2025 is the year that we stop gaslighting women by saying, 'I don't have any wrinkles because I sleep for eight hours, wear sunscreen and drink lots of water,'' the model and influencer told the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About.
'You get to a certain age where it's like, come on, let's be a bit more honest.'
In a new interview with Stellar, Judd admits: 'I feel that this is the year where we stop bulls****ing everyone and we 'fess up'.
'I'm 42. I don't have a line on my face,' Judd continues, 'I'm telling you it's not because I get eight hours sleep a night, all right?'
Listen to Rebecca Judd on a new episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, below:
Rebecca Judd on the set of Stellar's latest cover shoot, out today. Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar
She about spoke the catch-22 that many women – including Hollywood star Anne Hathaway and Kardashian matriarch Kendall Jenner – find themselves in when it comes to their looks, due to societal expectations and pressures around beauty standards.
'I think standards are so impossible for women right now. Everyone's talking about Lindsay Lohan's face and Anne Hathaway's face and Kris Jenner's face,' Judd told Something To Talk About, in a new episode out today.
'There's one camp saying, 'They've had work, how vain are they? How superficial, how shallow,'' Judd noted.
'And then you've got the other camp saying when women don't get work done and they show signs of ageing, grey hairs, wrinkles and sagging skin, 'She's let herself go, she should go and get some work.' So that person then feels pressured to go and get work done, and: 'Oh … she's overdone it.'
'And the cycle starts again. Women just can't win.'
Anne Hathaway raised eyebrows for her new look. Picture: Getty Images
Kris Jenner made headlines recently for her fresh-faced appearance. Picture: AFP
Speaking to the Steller podcast, Judd - who has four children with her husband, former AFL star Chris Judd - reflected on her past attitude toward being caught out by paparazzi en route to cosmetic appointments, and how she once feared anyone finding out.
'It feels really liberating to just let it go and be honest, because you're not trying to hide any secrets anymore,' Judd told Something To Talk About.
Listen to Rebecca Judd on a new episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, below:
Rebecca Judd is on the cover of today's Stellar. Picture: Stellar
Picture: Instagram
'I remember five, seven years ago, I was going to get some injectables and there was a pap on my tail and I couldn't shake him.
'I thought, gosh, if I get photographed walking into a clinician and her name was on the sign where I'd be walking in, it'd be a front-page story and it would be so embarrassing.
'So I'd drive around, he'd keep following me, so then I wouldn't go into the appointment, I'd just drive home.
'Now, if a pap followed me, I wouldn't even care. It's like, get the photo, it's fine. I just give zero f****s now.'
Listen to Rebecca Judd on a new episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, below:
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Originally published as 'I just give zero f****s now': Rebecca Judd comes clean about beauty enhancements and why she 'doesn't have a line on my face'
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