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Selena Gomez Unveils Tattoo Commemorating Her Kidney Transplant Surgery


Selena Gomez continues to be an inspiration when it comes to significant tattoos, and her latest ink adventure is no exception.

Upon the release of her new album Rare, the singer shared some BTS pics from the title track’s music video. In one shot, you can make out a series of numbers on the back of the singer-songwriter’s upper right arm, seemingly signifying a date in June 2017. As noted by Page Six, the tat represents the date that Gomez had kidney transplant surgery in order to treat the lupus that she was battling at the time.

In a December 2019 interview with Capital FM, the singer confirmed the meaning behind her arm tattoo, revealing that she got the ink along with her good friend, Francia Raisa, who served as the kidney donor for her surgery.

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Gomez and Raisa have been open about the process of undergoing surgery together, with both stars speaking candidly about the challenges and ultimate positive outcome of the experience. “I just really hope that we can help somebody,” the 27-year-old said in an October 2017 Today interview. “I don’t think what we went through was easy, I don’t think it was fun. I just hope this inspires people to feel good and to know that there are really good people in the world.”

Given that, it makes sense for Gomez and Francia to want to commemorate their surgery in a permanent way—especially since the singer has a host of other significant tats. She has matching “#1” tattoos with BFF Courtney Barry, along with coordinating arrows with bestie and collaborator, Julia Michaels. She even has matching semicolon tattoos with some of the 13 Reasons Why cast members as a nod to Project Semicolon, an organization dedicated to the prevention of suicide.





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Watch Taylor Swift Cry Over a Banana After Getting Lasik Eye Surgery


Taylor Swift got quite the hilarious surprise during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night. The singer was there to promote her appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live (alongside host, Fleabag star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge), but it seems Fallon and her mom, Andrea, were in cahoots ahead of the show.

Turns out that Swift recently underwent Lasik eye surgery to correct her vision, and she certainly seemed surprised when Fallon asked her if she had the procedure. “I did,” she said. “How did you know that?” As the host goes on to inquire about whether they gave her pain pills or laughing gas, she replies, “They definitely give you some pretty hardcore pills after you have a laser in your eye. What is going on?”

Then Fallon reveals that Swift’s mom filmed her while she was drugged up post-surgery—and sent him the video. And it’s pretty amazing. We get to see the singer (in post-surgical goggles) trying to find a snack and then freaking out over a banana. As she removes one from the bunch, she’s super bummed out. “That wasn’t the one I wanted,” she says, as her mom tells her she can’t cry and helps her get the exact banana she wants. But now, what to do with the other banana that Swift says “doesn’t have a head”—basically it’s open at the top.

She then crawls into bed to enjoy her snack. When her mom warns her not to fall asleep eating, she hilariously says, “I’m not asleep, my mind is alive!”

Watch for yourself below:

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It’s pretty great to see a totally unfiltered Swift join the internet tradition of loopy people after medical procedures a la “David at Dentist.” Even a superstar’s mom is not above embarrassing her in front of the world. “That’s on television,” Swift tells Fallon. “She was kind enough to drive me there but cruel enough to film it and give it to you!” She then muses about how far this video will go online, citing the #DrunkTaylor meme from the summer.

We’re just hoping Andrea Swift has more videos saved on her phone that she’ll choose to share with the rest of us.



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Ruby Rose Had to Have Emergency Surgery Following a Stunt Injury That Almost Paralyzed Her


On Thursday, September 26, Ruby Rose posted a graphic video to Instagram that shows her undergoing emergency surgery after a serious stunt injury left her at risk of being paralyzed. The actress, who told her fans she had two herniated discs that nearly severed her spinal cord, documented her entire medical experience and shared all the bloody details.

In a lengthy caption, the 33-year-old Batwoman star also explained why she decided to film the surgery; it turns out, it was all because of a past episode of Grey’s Anatomy.

“Well that was fun,” she began her post. “To everyone asking about my new Pez dispenser scar on my neck… A couple of months ago I was told I needed an emergency surgery or I was risking becoming paralyzed.”

“I had herniated two discs doing stunts, and they were close to severing my spinal cord. I was in chronic pain and yet couldn’t feel my arms,” she continued.

“Thank you Dr. Bray for everything you did and for allowing me to keep working and doing what I love,” she added. “I am forever in your debt.”

So, how does the hit ABC drama tie into all of this? Rose clarified in her caption, “Did you not watch that Grey’s Anatomy episode where they left a towel in a patient?? Also, I wanted to see what happens when we go under.”

You can watch the video at your own discretion, below, but be warned… it’s not for the squeamish.

She also shared a less graphic clip on YouTube ahead of her surgery. In it, she tells her doctors where she feels pain.

“It changes all the time, but right now it’s down the right side of my neck,” Rose explained. “It’s this right shoulder blade and around the rib cage area, down the arms. They’re either numb or they’re in pain.”

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Though it’s unclear when she sustained the injury, this isn’t the first time Rose has needed surgery for her spine. In 2018, she tweeted that she had been suffering from a spinal issue for the last decade and needed surgery to rectify it. She told fans about her situation after they questioned why she was walking with a cane, later embracing the fact that she needed a little support.



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17 Celebrities Who Have Plastic Surgery and Injectables


Thanks in part to social media and the rise of “lunchtime lifts”—cosmetic procedures that require little to no down-time—the tides are turning when it comes to plastic surgery. While many still prefer not to disclose the work they’ve had done, more women are opening up about the changes they’re making to their appearances.

For years even a whisper of plastic surgery or Botox was considered taboo, but it was especially so in Hollywood, where an incredibly singular form of “natural” beauty has long been the ideal. But like the influencers on our feeds, celebrities, too, have gotten more candid about their decisions and are reclaiming the conversation. Scroll on for 17 celebrities who are open about the changes they’ve made.



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An Open Conversation With Real Housewives on the Plastic Surgery They've Had Done


It sounds like something out of an Andy Cohen fever dream: a group of beloved Real Housewives gathered together to film a music video celebrating all the work they’ve had done. But, somewhat miraculously, it actually happened—all thanks to Fiber One, whose new campaign highlights the “work” the brownie has undergone to have less calories, less net carbs, and less grams of sugar. (Get it?)

The accompanying song, “Work Done,” includes lyrics like “Yeah, I’ve had some work done but Rome wasn’t built on wishes” and a video featuring what I’d call the champagne-soaked Justice League: Melissa Gorga (Real Housewives of New Jersey), Porsha Williams (Real Housewives of Atlanta), Sonja Morgan (Real Housewives of New York), Dorinda Medley (Real Housewives of New York), and Tamra Judge (Real Housewives of Orange County).

“Obviously, Housewives are known for putting it all out there,” Gorga says when I meet up with her, Williams, and Morgan the day after the campaign’s launch. “When I heard I was going to be in a music video—which, by the way, my fans have been asking me to do for years—I was very excited about it. The fans are going crazy because there’s Housewives from different franchises together, we’re singing, we’re dancing…I mean, we’re giving everybody everything they’ve ever wanted.”

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For Williams, it’s important to make it clear the song’s message is all about celebrating who you are, in whatever way that looks like to you. “If you’ve had actual work done, surgically or not, it’s a lifestyle of living better and being guilt free,” she explains.

Says Morgan, “We like to empower women and not put them down and say, ‘Oh, you’ve had your nose done’ and ‘you’ve had your boobs done.’ We’re not about that.”

“It’s not about shaming,” Gorga adds. “If something is going to make you feel a little more confident—if you want the bump out of your nose, if you want to enhance your boobs, whatever it may be—it’s it’s fair and it’s you. If it makes you feel good, then good for you.”

Here, we ask the women to tell us more: about plastic surgery, about the pressure of being on TV, and what work, if any, they might do next.

Glamour: So what work have you had done?

Sonja Morgan: Everybody wants to know that!



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Emilia Clarke Just Shared Never-Before-Seen Photos Taken After Her Brain Surgery


Emilia Clarke, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, recently opened up about the brain aneurysms that almost took her life. In an essay for The New Yorker, Clarke said she suffered the first aneurysm when she was 24 years old, shortly after completing filming for season one of Game of Thrones. She was rushed to the E.R. after collapsing at the gym with an excruciating headache and was left with temporary aphasia, or language impairment, after her first surgery. Then doctors discovered a second aneurysm that required a second surgery. Clarke was terrified she’d never act again.

“My job—my entire dream of what my life would be—centered on language, around communication,” she wrote in The New Yorker. “Without that, I was lost.”

Now, in a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Clarke has shared more about her surgeries and recovery—even sharing some new never-before-seen photos of herself in the hospital.

“So, with the second one, there was a bit of my brain that actually died,” she says of her second aneurysm in the interview. “If a part of your brain doesn’t get blood to it for a minute, it will just no longer work. It’s like you short-circuit. So I had that. And they didn’t know what it was. They literally were looking at the brain and being like, ‘Well, we think it could be her concentration, it could be her peripheral vision [affected].'”

“I always say it’s my taste in men that’s no longer there,” she continues. “That’s the part of my brain, yeah, my decent taste in men.”

While she’s able to joke about it now, there was a time when the actress was very scared about what her future might look like. “I was like, ‘What if something has short-circuited in my brain and I can’t act anymore?'” she says. “I mean, literally it’s been my reason for living for a very long time.”

See Clarke’s hospital photos—and the full interview—below:

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In the interview Clarke reveals that she actually found it easier to stay optimistic during her second surgery and recovery than her first. When asked how she got through it all, the mother of dragons answered, “That was very much like a day-to-day thing. And I definitely went through a period of being down, putting it mildly.”

Luckily, Clarke did indeed pull through and has since founded a charity called SameYou, which is focused on brain injury recovery and rehabilitation.



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