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Published 15:57 23 May 2026 GMT
After months of battling rumors that she’s been under the knife, Anne Hathaway has finally revealed the secret behind her new sculpted look.
The Devil Wears Prada star, 43, uploaded an Instagram video exposing her sneaky secret to lifted eyes and sharp cheekbones.
In the video, she demonstrated how her hairstylist, Orlando Pita, styles her hair to make it look as though she has had a facelift.
Pita braids two small plaits close to her temples and pulls them back, away from her face, giving the whole eye area a noticeable lift.
Shortly after posting the video, rumors that Hathaway had had an invasive cosmetic procedure began circulating on social media.
The Hollywood sweetheart explained in a recent interview with ELLE Magazine that she found the rumors “distracting”.
She told the reporter, “I wouldn't say pointed. But we're at a time when people feel very confident in assuming what they think is fact, and sometimes what they think is accurate and sometimes it's not.
“My preference would be to never comment on anything and to just live in the mystery and not draw attention to myself, but the speculation has gotten so loud that you do feel the need to just get your truth out there.
“And I'll probably always wonder, 'Should I have posted that or not?’ Should I have just kept going and done the thing that makes me happy and makes me feel more confident on the red carpet?
“But I felt like the conversation was becoming distracting.”
Discussing the likelihood of the star having a facelift in the future, Hathaway noted that it is a “huge medical decision”.
However, she did not rule out ever having the procedure. She said,” By the way, these are huge medical decisions that people are presuming. I wanted to show that like, 'No, I didn't make a huge medical decision. It's just two braids.
“And by the way, the other thing about all this is, I might still get a facelift someday.”
The conversation was likely sparked by her incredible appearance in the long-awaited sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2, in which she looks like she has barely aged since the first film came out over 20 years ago.
Reflecting on the time she spent as journalist Andy Sachs, Hathaway said, “You know how you'll have certain memories or times in your life that you wish you could revisit because you're like, 'God, I wish I could go back there and be the person that I am now and know what I know now.
“That's what it was like.
“I've always felt this enormous debt of gratitude to the movie and how I was protected, especially by [director] David Frankel.
“So it was exciting to get to go back and say thank you, and show all the work that I've done on myself and just aim to be an absolute delight every day.”
