Katherine Ryan has had a facelift at 42. Why do I feel betrayed? | Polly Hudson

I’m a fan of the comedian and her decision initially made me feel like a haggard loser. But famous women are not obliged to act according to other people’s wishes Katherine Ryan’s podcast is called Telling Everybody Everything, and she does. The comedian is honest to a fault: her comments are regularly reported out of context to create clickbait news stories that give people the wrong idea of what she meant and of her as a human, but she doesn’t stop. Her commitment to truth, especially in the celebrity world she inhabits, is as unusual as it is admirable. Topics others lie about – by omission or openly – she fronts up to as a default setting. Such as cosmetic surgery. On her most recent podcast episode, she confirmed that the operation she told listeners she’d had in December – not revealing the details because it could potentially become a work project – was a full facelift. Ryan is 42. (Side note: does this mean it won’t be a TV show? If so, big mistake. Huge.) Continue reading...

By Polly Hudson