Helen Mirren talks tweaking: “It’s horrific when young girls get fake things”
Emma Johnson
Updated on March 08, 2026
Helen Mirren may be crazy (don’t ask her about her thoughts on rape), but she still gets a lot of love from women who hope to age as beautifully as she has. Remember the infamous bikini photos? Yeah, I wouldn’t mind looking like that right now. I’ve always thought that Helen was all-natural, un-Botoxed, without fillers, with no nips or tucks. I hope I’m right. Last year, Helen came out in defense of actresses who get plastic surgery, saying “You go, ‘I don’t want to look at that face anymore,’ and I understand that, absolutely… I think people should be allowed to do whatever they want to make themselves feel happy.” Well, Dame Helen is adding some nuance to that opinion. She hates it when “young people” get plastic surgery:
She may not be against plastic surgery in general, but that doesn’t mean Dame Helen Mirren is okay with just anyone engaging in a little nip-tuck action.
The 66-year-old Oscar winning actress, who has openly supported plastic surgery in the past but has never gone under the knife herself, recently revealed that she doesn’t approve of young people altering their bodies.
“The only thing I don’t like on young people is plastic surgery,” the Academy Award winning actress admits in the September issue of InStyle Magazine, when asked about fashion advice for younger women.
“The purity of youthful beauty is so fantastic to me that it’s horrific when young girls get fake things.”
The September issue of InStyle Magazine, which features a gorgeous photo shoot of the timeless beauty modeling sexy and sophisticated fall fashions, is on newsstands now.
[From Radar]
I understand what Helen is saying, and one look at Megan Fox or Kim Kardashian’s cat-face just proves to me that some younger ladies are getting worked over, and it’s completely unnecessary. Mostly, I just agree with Helen because I don’t think she’s made of lies and drowning in phony sanctimony, like that ‘Toxed and tweaked a–hole Kate Winslet.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
