It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl. Charli xcx is opening up about her conflicted feelings regarding cosmetic procedures, revealing in her Vanity Fair cover story published Tuesday (Oct. 14) that she recently stopped getting Botox — but more drastic alterations to her face might be in her future.
While speaking to the publication, the British alt-pop star — who has recently been focusing more and more on her film career — shared that while she used to regularly get firming injections in her face, she had to give it up after realizing it made her look less natural on camera. “I miss it,” she said of Botox, which is a popular brand of the cosmetic toxin shots.
“I did a couple of audition tapes where I had Botox, and my eyebrows were doing that crazy thing when they kind of lift,” she continued, noting that the effect made her look like Jack Nicholson.
That said, Charli says she regularly thinks about having work done. “I’m always thinking about how I look and what I would change about my face,” she told the publication, noting that she “probably will get” a mid-facelift at some point. “I’m f–king thinking about all the s–t that I could do and pull and stretch and morph on my face, all the time. I have to just remind myself that maybe I can’t get too sucked into that.”
It’s not the first time the three-time Grammy winner has opened up about receiving Botox. In January, a fan asked her on Instagram how she got her face to look so “slay,” and she answered candidly. “I get Botox and I got fillers once or twice but a while ago,” she replied at the time. “But honestly I think fillers are kind of over now. I do this thing called polynucleotides, they’re like injections in your face — kinda like deep vitamins.”
“BUT just do all your research—what’s right for me/my skin/how I feel isn’t necessarily what’s right for u etc,” she added at the time.
Following the breakout success of her 2024 album Brat, Charli has been looking to broaden her horizons as as an actress. In addition to starring in Prime Video’s Overcompensating earlier this year, she’s also recently appeared in the films Erupcja and 100 Nights of Hero.
The singer is also working on a mock documentary based on her rise to superstardom last year. Titled The Moment, the project was inspired by Charli’s own original idea, and she will play the starring role.
“It’s not a tour documentary or a concert film in any way, but the seed of the idea was conceived from this idea of being pressured to make one,” she told Vanity Fair of the film. “It’s fiction, but it’s the realest depiction of the music industry that I’ve ever seen.”
See her Vanity Fair cover below:
