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14 Celebs Who've Been Honest About Getting Plastic Surgery

By Sydney Scott · Updated October 24, 2020

Cardi B and Tyra Banks recently opened up about their plastic surgery, but they’re not the first stars to do so. Here are 14 celebrities who have gotten candid about their plastic surgery.

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Cardi B

The rapper got candid in an interview with GQ about getting illegal butt shots in a basement in Queens, NY. She called the shots the “craziest pain ever.”

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Tyra Banks

The model mogul revealed in March that she got a nose job early in her career. Banks says she could breathe fine but has bones in her nose “growing and itching.”

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Clone of Kelly Rowland

The singer has been candid about get her breast augmentation, but in her book, Whoa, Baby!, Rowland gets real about her nipples and considers a second boob job. She reveals that despite getting work done, her breast changed dramatically after giving birth. “Even with the silicon action, it was like some of the air had been sucked out and they just sort of hung there like flapjacks. I can’t speak for everyone, but I know I’m going to see someone (wink, wink) after I have my second kid. In the meantime, I just tried to enjoy my ability to feed my baby!”

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Porsha Williams

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star once shared live footage of herself getting a nose job, but the procedure didn’t require any cutting just a few injections here and there. 

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Tiny Harris and Daughter Heiress

Harris made an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show back in 2014, where Williams grilled her about her plastic surgeries. Harris was open and cool about it, admitting that she’d had a little work done on her butt and boobs.

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Wendy Williams

Williams has always been open about getting breast augmentation and tells fans who are considering it to make sure they do it for the right reasons and carefully research their doctor.

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Nene Leakes

Leakes isn’t shy about admitting that she’s had work done. During an episode of Watch What Happens Live, Leakes told host Andy Cohen that after her first nose job in 2010, she went back for a second one due to medical concerns. Leakes also clarified that she didn’t get a nose job the first time “just for doing my nose,” telling Cohen, “It was because I didn’t love my nose and I wanted to do my nose to make it more beautiful for myself.” 

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Tamar Braxton

In an interview with Black Enterprise, Braxton opened up about getting multiple nose surgeries after being born without cartilage in her nose, a condtion she says her father was born with as well. Braxton went on to added, “I believe in plastic surgery or anything you have to do to make yourself feel good. I’m all about self-esteem.”

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Nicole Murphy

On an episode of Entertainment Tonight, Nicole Murphy revealed that after having five kids she wanted to get a little touch up. “After nursing 5 babies, I had some saggy titties. When I had my fifth one, I said I’m getting some new titties.”

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Draya Michele

Draya acknowledged her implants with one simple tweet, “Took my implants out.”

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Tami Roman

Roman opened up on The Doctors about getting butt injections and later regretting it. She revealed, “Like, I got the booty injections you know and I hate it. I thought it would do some good. I thought I was plumping it, now I just want to dump it.”

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Kandi Burruss

One of our favorite Real Housewives and Xscape member, Burruss will probably throw a lavish party for her b-day on May 17.

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Cynthia Bailey

The housewife revealed during season nine that she’d gotten a breast augmentation when she was 40 and took a few of the castmates with her when she went to see her surgeon for a check-in. Bailey has also received vaginal rejuvenation treatment.

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Phaedra Parks

Parks admitted to giving the girls a lift while discussing boob jobs with Andy Cohen and Kandi Burruss. 

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