Actress Sarah Paulson is pushing back on online speculation that she has had plastic surgery, telling Chelsea Handler plainly: “I don’t put anything in my face. I have no goo in there.”
The 51-year-old “American Horror Story” star addressed the rumors during Thursday’s episode of Handler’s “Dear Chelsea” podcast. “People all over the internet think that I’ve done my lips, my forehead, everything. I’ve done nothing to my face,” Paulson said.
The topic arose after Handler pointed out that Paulson was sitting on a different side of the couch than usual. Paulson, who also stars in “All’s Fair,” explained she believes she has a “better side” of her face and tries to film from that angle “as much as possible” in her roles. Asked what the issue was with the other side, she said it is “just less sharp” and “just a little softer.”
Handler backed up Paulson’s denial during the conversation. “No, I can see that you’ve done nothing. I don’t mean that in a negative way. You look like you, and you don’t look like you need anything,” Handler said.
This is not the first time Paulson has addressed the subject. In an April 2024 Interview magazine conversation with her longtime friend Pedro Pascal, she made a similar claim after Pascal suggested her headlining role in the play “Appropriate” would age her skin.
“Sometimes I’m backstage … and I’m thinking, ‘Wow, I’m making these facial expressions multiple times a day all day for months on end. I’ve never had those lines in between my eyebrows,'” Paulson said at the time.
She added, “Well, I expect when I’m done with this play, they’ll be there permanently.”
Paulson has dated fellow actress Holland Taylor, 83, since 2015. During Thursday’s podcast appearance, she said the two have no plans to marry.
