Courteney Cox Opened Up About How Her Appearance Has Changed

“The scrutiny is intense.”

Courteney Cox is a household name for a reason. She played Monica on Friends, Jules Cobb on Cougar Town, Gale Weathers in Scream… Shall I go on?

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Anyway, Courteney recently got super honest about the way her previous use of facial fillers was fueled by societal and entertainment industry pressure to appear youthful.

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Speaking to The Sunday Times, Courteney said: “There was a time when you go, ‘Oh, I’m changing. I’m looking older.’ And I tried to chase that [youthfulness] for years.”

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“And I didn’t realize that, oh shit, I’m actually looking really strange with injections and doing stuff to my face that I would never do now.”

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“People would talk about me, I think,” she also observed. “But there was a period where I went, ‘I’ve got to stop. That’s just crazy.'”

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“The scrutiny is intense,” she added. “But I don’t know if it could be more intense than what I put on myself.”

Courteney also talked about her approaching 60th birthday (she’s 57 now), admitting, “It’s so hard to even hear or say. I can’t believe it. There’s nothing wrong with being 60; I just can’t believe it. Time goes so fast. There’s no question that I am more grounded; I’ve learnt so much in my life — what to enjoy, what to try to do more of and what to let go of.”

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Love you and your honesty, Courteney. SO many hearts.

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