In People magazine, actress and comedian Kathy Griffin opens up about a career long struggle with her self image and weight issues. According to Griffin, she has been advised throughout her entire career to get her nose fixed and maintain a sleek, slender figure.
"I was told repeatedly, 'You would be pretty if it weren't for that nose. You'd work more if it weren't for that nose.' You would think I had a nose the size of Texas. I was young and impressionable and started to believe it, so I got a nose job," Griffin tells People.
In recent months, Kathy Griffin's freshly toned body has been plastered on magazine covers. She even began making television appearances touring her house in a bikini to show off all the work she has done (or that she's had done, either way.)
What mixed message is Kathy Griffin sending to women today? Griffin admits, even brags, about the Joan Rivers-esque amount of plastic surgery she has endured. Even with several procedures under her belt (no pun intended) she says that it's a daily struggle to maintain her workout regime and strict diet.
If more celebrities would work to stop the misconception that being malnourished, underweight, and overexercised is acceptable in society, poor self esteem issues wouldn't affect women to the extreme that it does today. Kathy Griffin takes an honest standpoint about her past experiences with beauty issues and discusses them candidly with People magazine.
