Melissa Gorga is speaking out after Jen Armstrong publicly analyzed her appearance, and she’s not holding back.
The situation stems from a video Armstrong posted as part of her “Celebrity Review” series, where she broke down what procedures she believed Melissa may have had done based on photos. But according to Melissa, not only was it uncomfortable to watch, much of it was wrong.
“It was so uncomfortable because she, like, puts my face up on a screen, and the before and after,” Melissa said to US weekly, explaining that one of the photos used didn’t even feel like an accurate representation of her.
She pointed out that the “after” image featured heavy glam, making the comparison even more misleading.
“I had so much makeup on, I barely even look like myself,” she said.
What really crossed the line for Gorga was the way her features were picked apart in detail.
“I’m like, ‘Wow, does anybody know what it’s like to just have someone sit there with a pin and like, going down your nose…’ I was like, this is so f***ed up,” she admitted. “Like, this is messed up that somebody does this.”
Armstrong had suggested Melissa may have had procedures like a nose job, brow work, and changes to her chin — claims Melissa strongly denies.
“She was saying, ‘Melissa definitely did something here to her chin.’ I’ve never touched my chin in my life,” she clarified. “She was saying, like, ‘She definitely has done something with her eyebrows.’ I never did my eyebrows.”
While Melissa acknowledged that Armstrong wasn’t entirely negative and even complimented her at times, it didn’t make the experience any less uncomfortable.
“She was like, ‘Melissa’s doing it right, whatever she’s doing, she’s doing it very subtle.’ So she was throwing some nice little curve balls,” she said. “But I was like, this is just so weird that someone has my face on a screen and she’s just pinpointing what I’ve done.”
Ultimately, Melissa chalked it up to the reality of being in the public eye — even if it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.
“I guess that’s like the ups and downs of being in the spotlight. But watching it, I was like, I’m so uncomfortable.”
Still, she made it clear that while she may not agree with Armstrong’s analysis, she’s not opposed to cosmetic work in general — she just wants the narrative around her own face to be accurate.
