Jamie Lee Curtis: Sharp criticism of the beauty industry

In a new interview, Jamie Lee Curtis (66) spell again sharply against cosmetic operations and social beauty ideals – with a provocative choice of words. The actress speaks of a “genocide of a generation of women through the cosmetics industry”.

According to Curtis, this means that the drastic loss of natural appearance through cosmetic operations, fillers and digital image processing is in her opinion. She has been using the word “genocide” for years, “because it is a strong word”. She was convinced that “one or two generations of natural human appearance were wiped out”. Appropriately, she sets a visual statement: Curtis poses with oversized red waxing – a conscious exaggeration, as she emphasizes.

At the same time, Jamie Lee Curtis emphasizes that she does not want to condemn anyone who decides to intervene. “I’m not trying to convert someone,” says the 66-year-old. It is not your job to impose your opinion on others – not even with colleagues like Lindsay Lohan (39), with which you are connected by the film “Freaky Friday” and the current sequel “Freakier Friday”.

“She doesn’t need my advice,” explains the actress. “She is a fully functional, clever woman and creative person. In private, she asked me questions, but nothing that goes beyond what you would ask an older friend.”

Nevertheless, Curti’s beauty treatments describes as part of an “endless circulation” from which it is difficult to break out. She also sees the role of artificial intelligence and facial filters on social media particularly critically. These increased the tendency to adapt to a digitally edited ideal of beauty. “If you see the before and after a filter, you quickly think: ‘It looks better.’ But what is better?

Curti’s attitude is characterized by her own experiences in Hollywood. She reports how she witnessed that her parents’ careers lost Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh with the aging of radiance – and also their livelihood with them. “This is very painful,” she says in retrospect.