Charlize Theron Talks Plastic Surgery Rumors_ Bitch, I'm Just Aging! _ E! News

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00:00 Charlize Theron shares a fierce response to rumors that she's gotten plastic surgery.

00:06 She tells Allure in an interview published on August 18, "My face is changing and I love

00:13 that my face is changing and aging.

00:15 People think I had a facelift.

00:17 They're like, 'What did she do to her face?'

00:20 I'm like, 'Bitch, I'm just aging.'

00:23 It doesn't mean I got bad plastic surgery.

00:26 This is just what happens."

00:29 But just because the 48-year-old has decided not to go under the knife, that doesn't mean

00:34 she is anti-plastic surgery.

00:36 She adds, "I've always had issues with the fact that men kind of age like fine wines and

00:43 women like cut flowers.

00:45 I despise that concept, and I want to fight against it, but I also think women want to

00:50 age in a way that feels right to them."

00:54 As Charlize puts it, "We need to be a little bit more empathetic to how we all go through

00:59 our journey."

01:01 While the actress is embracing the skin she's in, she admits that there's one area of aging

01:07 that's been hard to wrestle with, literally.

01:10 "More than my face, I wish I had my 25-year-old body that I can just throw against the wall

01:16 and not even hurt tomorrow.

01:18 Now, if I don't work out for three days and I go back to the gym, I can't walk."

01:24 Charlize notes that she's become a lot more mindful about the projects she says yes to.

01:30 Adding, "I will never, ever do a movie again and say, 'Yeah, I'll gain 40 pounds,'" the

01:36 Oscar winner explains.

01:38 "When I was 27, I did 'Monster.'

01:41 I lost 30 pounds overnight.

01:43 I missed three meals and I was back to my normal weight.

01:47 When I did it at 43 for Tully and I remember a year into trying to lose weight, I called

01:53 my doctor and I said, 'I think I'm dying because I cannot lose this weight.'"

01:58 Contrary to her belief, her doctor pointed out that her metabolism simply wasn't what

02:03 it used to be.

02:05 He was like, "You're over 40, calm down," she recalls.

02:09 "Nobody wants to hear that."

02:10 "I'm not going to do it again," she says. "I'm not going to do it again."

02:18 "I'm not going to do it again."

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