Matt Gaetz made waves on Friday when he welcomed former Rep. George Santos to his new show, generating some negative comments on social media about the similarities between the two.
The disgraced political couple used prime time to trade beauty secrets, after Gaetz raised eyebrows (no pun intended) a day earlier with his striking and decidedly different appearance during the show’s premiere.
A debate immediately arose over what he considered unflattering makeup and what others insisted was evidence of plastic surgery.
Three plastic surgeons who spoke to DailyMail.com after the appearance said they thought Gaetz, 42, was showing signs of Botox use, months after ‘Daily Show’ correspondent Desi Lydic appeared to claim the same thing. .
The speculation paved the way for a timely takedown of Santos, who came under fire in 2023 after a House investigation showed he spent campaign funds on things like cosmetics, clothing, Onlyfans subscriptions, and what else? – Botox.
He was expelled from Congress that same year, a fate that likely would have also awaited the representative of Florida’s 1st Congressional District had he not resigned.
The observation that Gaetz may have done the same thing in a cosmetic sense was widespread on social media after the first episode, and even a playful Santos, 36, echoed it during the second day.
The disgraced New York representative told him he was “concerned” when he saw an image of Gaetz on the controversial right-wing One America News Network (OAN), with some raised eyebrows and a waxy face that caused some to compare him to a cartoon villain. animated.
Matt Gaetz made waves on Friday when he welcomed former Rep. George Santos to his new show, sparking some negative comments on social media about the similarities between the two.
The disgraced political couple used prime time to trade beauty secrets, after Gaetz raised eyebrows (no pun intended) a day earlier with his striking and decidedly different appearance during the show’s premiere (seen here ).
“I thought you made a mistake with the Botox or something,” Santos said, hours after asking a federal judge to delay sentencing in his federal fraud case. He added that he was “concerned.”
‘What was going on with my makeup?’ Gaetz asked another time, apparently eager to hear from someone known for his former drag persona ‘Kitara.’
‘Help me, give me advice.’
Santos, apparently relishing the opportunity to offer some cosmetic secrets, quickly agreed.
“Let me tell you something, highlighter is not for you,” he said, before viewers took to X to lampoon the pair for their political and aesthetic similarities.
‘Stop highlighting the center of your face. It makes your eyes very small and gives you a shine, not the shine you think it gives you,” Santos continued, after pleading guilty to federal fraud, campaign finance and embezzlement in the summer.
Gaetz, who had opted to take over as Donald Trump’s attorney general before it emerged that he was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation that found he had repeatedly paid for sex while in Congress, offered an answer.
‘But I have sunken eyes, George… How can I fix sunken eyes?’ he asked, after some commenters compared him to a Who from Whoville, in the style of Dr. Seuss’ famous Christmas story.
A debate immediately arose over what he considered unflattering makeup and what others insisted was evidence of plastic surgery. The speculation paved the way for a timely take on Santos, who himself came under fire in 2023 after spending campaign funds on Botox.
Santos, a lover of fashion and all things designer, responded by telling his fellow conservative that he needed to go out and buy an ‘Estée Lauder dual-use foundation’ if he wanted to avoid any more misconceptions about his mug.
‘Look at the perfection in my skin. No highlighter needed!’ he proclaimed at another time.
You’re a Florida man. I’m in Florida right now. When you’re tanned and a Florida man, you don’t need that level of highlighter.
Santos, a serial fraudster whose seemingly endless scandals led to his loss of office, presented the words as “honest advice.”
Online viewers, once again, were not so kind and mocked the couple relentlessly in what amounted to a bipartisan beatdown.
‘Is he also teaching Matt how to cross-dress?’ shot a person, in a tweet that has since been viewed about 8,000 times.
‘MAGA flexing is ridiculous. “These two guys should be in prison,” another added, while someone else joked. “Interesting that they didn’t give each other crime tips.”
“They should both be in jail,” a third person said, a statement echoed by several others.
Online viewers, once again, were not so kind and mocked the couple relentlessly in what amounted to a bipartisan beatdown from disgraced conservatives.
‘OAN spends about $36.50 per episode, so they probably can’t afford a makeup artist. “I get it,” someone else criticized, among other insults describing the two as “clowns” and the on-air display as “hit rock bottom.”
Gaetz, as had been suggested in the conversation, has never admitted to having undergone plastic or cosmetic surgery, despite his recent and relatively different appearance.
Among those who took notice was Daily Show correspondent Lydic, who used her platform in November to satirically claim that the rep underwent his alleged plastic surgeries “to trick 16-year-old girls into having dinner with him.”
‘Hey guys, it’s Desi, your resident beauty analyst, back to talk about plastic surgery trends among Republican members of Congress. Today we’re covering Matt Gaetz,’ Lydic began in the video, which lasted 80 seconds.
‘Now I want to remind you that there is no moral judgment on my page. People undergo plastic surgery for different reasons. Sometimes it’s a doctor and other times it’s so you can trick 16-year-old girls into having dinner with you.
‘Once again, no judgement, all love.
“So Matt showed up on the House floor looking absolutely incredible last week, like in this photo,” Lydic continued, showing a side-by-side photo from years ago on the left and the current Gaetz on the right.
“But if you look at her other photo from a few years ago, it looks like she’s had a significant amount of Botox and maybe some filler.
In November, ‘Daily Show’ correspondent Desi Lydic recorded a video focusing on the congressman’s seemingly different appearance, joking about how he underwent his alleged plastic surgeries ‘to trick 16-year-old girls into having dinner with him.’ .
Gaetz, pictured above in his official image for Congress (left) and during his appearance on his new show Friday night, has not confirmed any cosmetic surgery.
‘Again, the reasons for this may vary. “It could be a health issue, or it could be because he got tired of high school girls accurately guessing his age on dating apps,” he denied, before further lampooning the failed politician for his appearance.
“Now it looks like she had a nose job because the bridge is thinner and softer. The surgeon did a very good job, because Matt still looks like him, but more of a predator, if that’s possible.
‘I’m also guessing he’s had an upper brow combined with a brow lift, which makes his face look much more symmetrical and much more likely to defund Planned Parenthood.
‘I want to remind you that these are just my personal opinions, I am not your injector or your plastic surgeon, or even a junior college athlete you tried to date.
“And again, this is Matt’s body, so it’s his choice what he does with it, something he doesn’t believe in when it comes to pregnant people,” Lydic concluded, before offering the former congressman one last chance. .
‘Follow me for more information on beauty, Botox, skincare and plastic surgery, unless you’re Matt Gaetz, in which case unfollow me, it’s scaring me.’ I’m too old for you.
On Friday, Las Vegas plastic surgeon Dr. Christopher Costa agreed, telling DailyMail.com: “What it seems to me is that he’s almost been overtreated with neurotoxins, things like Botox.”
‘With your standard neurotoxin treatment, your goal is to soften the lines but still have facial expression and be able to move your face.
Speaking to Santos, he attributed it to bad makeup, which paved the way for some advice.
Hours earlier, Santos, after pleading guilty over the summer, asked a federal judge to delay sentencing in his federal fraud case. It is currently scheduled for next month.
“In his case, it seems almost as if they had given him a double dose, like those patients who come and say: ‘I want you to freeze my face,'” he concluded.
California plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Persky and New Jersey-based Dr. Paul Rosenberg are aging. “He’s had Botox… and honestly, it hasn’t been injected in the most professional way, because it manifests what we call the ‘Spock look.’
“So when he raises his eyebrows to look animated… everything freezes except the center of his eyebrow, causing his eyebrows to rise artificially.”
Gaetz, who has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct, has not indicated that he has undergone such surgeries. His new show, The Matt Gaetz Show, airs weeknights in prime time.