Kenny Rogers was one of the most prolific country singers of the ‘70s,
'80s, and '90s. Known for his chart-topping hits like "The Gambler," "Lady," and "She
Believes in Me," as well as his duets with Dolly Parton, Rogers was both a music and TV superstar.
With his signature beard and sunglasses, coupled with his smooth singing voice,
the Grammy winner made fans swoon as he took the stage to croon his love songs during a
career that lasted more than six decades. But in the late 1990s, Rogers underwent several plastic
surgery procedures that drastically changed his face and made him almost unrecognizable to fans.
The invasive procedures would turn out to be one of Rogers' biggest controversies.
He slowed his touring schedule down before ending his career with a farewell tour starting in 2017.
"I've had an incredible career, more than I ever dreamed.
And thanks to you guys who supported me all these years.”
Rogers died of natural causes on March 20,
2020. Here's what he said about his plastic surgeries before his death.
As he got older, Kenny Rogers admitted he felt the
need to revamp himself to compete with younger newcomers in the music scene.
In his 2013 memoir Luck or Something Like It, Rogers revealed that he started thinking about
updating his image because he feared his time in the business would be limited otherwise.
He went to a top plastic surgeon for procedures on his face and to undergo an eyelid lift. In 2006,
Rogers told People that he wasn't pleased with the results of his eye job, saying,
"I'm not happy about it. (The surgeon) is going to go in and fix that for me.
They're too tight around the eyelids for me. It drives me crazy. If we can fix that,
then I'll be glad I did it. If we can't fix it, I'll regret it or get used to it."
In a 2012 sit-down with CBS This Morning, Rogers admitted that his decision to have
surgery was partly out of boredom and partly to change his image during a career lull.
"You know, I don't know. I had the money to do it and I had the time off."
He went on to say he at least partially regretted it,
adding that he wasn't sure what he would look like if he hadn't done it.
Rogers told People in 2006 that his longtime friend and duet partner Dolly Parton used to
joke with him about his plastic surgery. And during an interview with Anderson Cooper,
Rogers reiterated what he said on CBS This Morning.
"There was a time when I had a lot of money and a lot of time, and I thought,
what the hell, I'll go do something, you know?"
He told Cooper that he and Dolly Parton used to laugh about it.
“But it was all for the sake of what I thought was looking better,
and I'm not sure what I'd look like if I hadn't done it."
In a 2013 interview with ABC News, Rogers even joked,
"Dolly used to say, 'Look, ol' Kenny's been to Jiffy Suck again.'"
But while speaking with the Knoxville News Sentinel in 2011, Parton revealed that she
has been careful about not overdoing it when it comes to plastic surgery for herself.
"I'm very careful when I do have surgeries 'cause I don't ever do anything a lot."
Parton added that with Botox and other fillers now readily available,
going under the knife isn't as necessary as some may have thought it was back in the day.
She said she'd never want to undergo a major surgery again to change her appearance, adding,
"You have to be careful with that."
While plastic surgery is rampant in Hollywood,
stars in the country music scene haven't always been as forthcoming about whether
they've gone under the knife. Reba McEntire has long been the subject of plastic surgery rumors,
but she once insisted that she would never go there, telling OK! Magazine in 2009,
"I don't do Botox. I just don't do it. Everybody else can, it's fine with me.
I don't. It's botulism, so I didn't want to put that in my body.
I think plastic surgery's great if that's what you want to do."
There has also been buzz that Shania Twain had some tweaks to keep herself looking youthful.
An article in Life & Style noted that Twain appears to do Botox and fillers,
and she may have undergone other procedures to plump up her cheeks and tighten up her jawline.
And while Wynonna Judd has also spawned plastic surgery rumors, it's her sister
Ashley who has actually admitted to doing Botox — but not for the reasons you think. In 2020,
Ashley clapped back at critics who questioned if she had cosmetic procedures done.
In a Facebook post, she admitted that she regularly received Botox injections
to help her deal with migraines that had made her sick for months. Ashley wrote,
"Have I had Botox? It is a standard treatment for the ailment that I experience.
My union insurance pays for thirty-one injections every twelve weeks."
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