Highlights
- Helen Hunt's career is defined by her roles in Mad About You and As Good As It Gets.
- Fans speculate that she may have had plastic surgery, especially after a car accident in 2019.
- Hunt has spoken about embracing aging.
While Helen Hunt's career after Mad About You has included many great TV shows, that will always be her most well-known project. She is also famous for starring in the 1997 movie As Good As It Gets opposite Jack Nicholson. Hunt has always been a classy actress who doesn't seem to get caught up in the drama of Hollywood. There are never any negative stories about her and she focuses on her acting career and family.
Of course, that doesn't mean that people don't talk about her. For the past few years, fans have been wondering whether Helen Hunt had plastic surgery. Unfortunately, when actresses get older, this seems to be a subject that they can't avoid. Even younger stars like Selena Gomez face plastic surgery rumors. Here's whether Helen Hunt has had plastic surgery and what she has said about it.
Why Do Fans Think As Good As It Gets Star Helen Hunt Had Plastic Surgery?
Plastic surgery procedures are a tricky subject in Hollywood. Some stars like Sharon Osbourne discuss the plastic surgery they have had. Others don't mention it at all. Some feel that they shouldn't be expected to get any work done and they are all about looking natural. They don't even want to wear makeup most of the time. Other stars love Botox and don't mind saying so publicly.
For years, fans have been discussing Helen Hunt's face on Reddit. Someone posted in the Amazon Prime SubReddit and said that they noticed that Hunt's face looks different in the movie I See You than it did before. A fan responded, "Possible plastic surgery after her car crash? Could be nerve damage that is irreversible."
The fan was referring to the car accident that the actress got into in 2019. People reported that she was sitting in a limo in October of that year. According to Global News, she went to the hospital but didn't stay overnight. In 2021, she filed a lawsuit against the company.
Hunt seemed fine, and she never said that the car accident affected her face or any other part of her body.
Many fans have said online that they think that Helen Hunt had plastic surgery, and in 2019, Radar Online published an article saying that the actress had a facelift. A few doctors told the publication that she could have had fillers and Botox as well. However, the doctors didn't work on Hunt.
People continue to wonder about Helen Hunt's face. In August 2022, The Nottingham Post reported that Hunt talked about the play that she was starring in, Eureka Day, on the BBC series The One Show. Viewers questioned whether she had gotten a facelift or Botox and said that she didn't look like herself.
What Did Helen Hunt Say About Plastic Surgery?
Helen Hunt hasn't said that she had plastic surgery, and in the past few years, she doesn't seem to have said that she didn't. However, until she talks about this subject, fans can only guess about what is going on.
The As Good As It Gets actress has definitely spoken about being a Hollywood actress who is getting older. Since people have paid so much attention to what her face looks like, this was inevitable. She has always seemed happy to talk about this subject and she has a great perspective.
As it turns out, she spent some mental energy thinking about her physical appearance several decades ago. But in the last little while, she has changed her mind and decided to stop being concerned.
In 2015, Helen Hunt talked about getting older with HuffPost Live. According to Us Weekly, she said, “I had my run in the ‘80s about being really worried about how I looked. Everybody was more fit, or more thin, and I maxed out on worrying about it."
Hunt continued to HuffPost Live that she realized that she didn't want to think about this anymore. She also said something relatable about exercise. Hunt said, "I just gave up on worrying about it. When I gave it up, my brain and body got better. I was taking these exercise classes called ‘abs, thighs, and buns’ and I was like, ‘I’m going to be dead one day — do I really want to give up an hour in this class?'”
Although the As Good As It Gets actress hasn't said that she had any work done, she did mention plastic surgery in an interview once. When Helen Hunt talked about The Sessions, her 2012 movie, with The Daily Mail in 2013, she said, "I’m looking forward to being 50 and a day and seeing that the world didn’t fall apart. That’ll be nice. I don’t know what it’s going to be like, but life’s really good and I’ve got this beautiful movie so I feel hopeful in terms of my creative future. I would love it if nobody knew how old I am, but those days are gone."
Hunt continued to The Daily Mail that because she conceived her daughter through IVF, that made her wary of needles. The actress has two children: a son named Emmett and a daughter named Makena.
According to E! News, Hunt told Ladies' Home Journal, "It turned out to be tougher to get pregnant than I thought it would be. I tried for a long time, and it just didn't happen, to the point where getting pregnant became the greatest wish - and the greatest challenge - of my life."
Hunt told The Daily Mail, "Plastic surgery? I’m not going to say never, but I don’t think so. I think I may have had enough needles poking me when I had my fertility treatment to last a lifetime. But you never know."
Whether Helen Hunt has had plastic surgery or not, she is a confident and inspiring actress who seems to know herself well. Hearing her perspective on getting older is always interesting.