Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn revealed that she had plastic surgery when she was just 12 years old at a New York Times opinion piece over the weekend.
Amber revealed she had ear pinning surgery after kids at her school in Los Angeles teased her because they “stuck out like big butterfly wings.”
The child actress underwent the procedure when she landed her first major television role at age 12 on General Hospital.
“I often looked in the mirror wishing my ears were flat on my head,” Amber, now 41, wrote.
Amber, who considered herself “a passionate young feminist who raged against the patriarchy” even as a child, spoke in the essay about her decisions as a child and what she thinks about them today.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn revealed that she had plastic surgery when she was just 12 years old in a New York Times op-ed over the weekend.
Amber revealed she had ear pinning surgery after kids at her school in Los Angeles teased her because they “stuck out like big butterfly wings.”
The child actress underwent the procedure when she landed her first major television role at age 12 on General Hospital.
Once Amber realized she was going to be judged on television, she realized she wanted to have the procedure done.
“For years, my parents watched me struggle with private shame, even though they understood I was a tough kid who could handle it,” the author and poet wrote.
However, once Amber realized she was going to be open to being judged on television, she realized she wanted to have the procedure done.
“But once I learned that millions of people around the world would be judging me on their television screens, not just on the playground, that knowledge changed everything for me,” Amber continued.
Her first role was in the soap opera, which she played as Emily Bowen from 1995 to 2001.
The House actress also wrote, “I grew up a child actress in the sexualized spotlight of the entertainment industry.”
He went on to speak openly about his three decades of working with agents and directors and how they told him to “stay as young as possible for as long as possible.”
The Joan of Arcadia actress continues to talk about the new body horror film The Substance, starring Demi Moore, which explores the staggering pressure of aging in Hollywood.
Amber, who is married to Arrested Development actor David Cross and shares a daughter with him, doesn’t think plastic surgery is bad and called it a “deeply personal choice.”
“I often looked in the mirror wishing my ears were flat against my head,” Amber, now 41, wrote in the NYT op-ed.
Amber posted the essay on Instagram and her followers finally supported her by sharing her story in the emotional essay.
Instagram commenters called the Two and a Half Men star’s op-ed “brilliant, heartbreaking” and “outstanding.”
Amber posted the essay on Instagram and her followers supported her by finally sharing her story in the emotional essay.
Producer Carri Twigg said she was “gasped at the devastating truth of it all.”
Other Instagram commenters called the Two and a Half Men star’s op-ed “brilliant, heartbreaking” and “outstanding.”
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