Ellen DeGeneres Jokes About Looking Older After She 'Stopped Doing Botox and Filler'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ellen DeGeneres.Photo:Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty

Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty

Ellen DeGeneresis proudly “looking older.“In her final Netflix specialEllen Degeneres: For Your Approval,which premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 66-year-old comedian shared that she “stopped doing Botox and filler.““I used to say that I didn’t care what other people thought of me,” she said during the opening segment. “I realize now, looking back, that I said that at the height of my popularity.“She then joked, “Hey, if I look older than when you saw me last it’s because I’m older than when you saw me last. And also I stopped doing Botox and filler.“The audience loudly cheered at this revelation. DeGeneres continued, “I used to do Botox and filler back when I didn’t care what other people thought of me… such a waste of time to worry about what other think of us. Just a waste of energy. We’re just guessing, we don’t know. It’s impossible to guess what people are thinking.“In the standup special, the former talk show host also opened up aboutmultiple health conditionsshe’s been struggling with.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!DeGeneres shared that after taking a bone density test she discovered she had “full-on osteoporosis,” a disease that weakens the bones and causes them to break easily, according to theNational Institutes of Health.“I don’t even know how I’m standing up right now. I’m like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower,” the comedian said. “It’s hard to be honest about aging and seem cool.”Ellen DeGeneres in Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval.Adam Rose/NetflixShe continued, “I had excruciating pain one day and I thought I tore a ligament or something and I got an MRI and they said, ‘No, it’s just arthritis. I said, ‘How did I get that?’ And he said, ‘Oh it just happens at your age.'”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Additionally, DeGeneres said she began therapy aftertoxic workplace allegations made against heraffected her mental health. Subsequently, she learned that she has obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, as well as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).“So, I have ADD, I have OCD, I’m losing my memory. But I think I’m well-adjusted because I obsess on things, but I don’t have the attention span to stick with it, and I quickly forget what I was obsessing about in the first place,” she said. “So, it takes me all the way around to being well adjusted, I think.”Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approvalis now available to stream on Netflix.

Ellen DeGeneresis proudly “looking older.”

In her final Netflix specialEllen Degeneres: For Your Approval,which premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the 66-year-old comedian shared that she “stopped doing Botox and filler.”

“I used to say that I didn’t care what other people thought of me,” she said during the opening segment. “I realize now, looking back, that I said that at the height of my popularity.”

She then joked, “Hey, if I look older than when you saw me last it’s because I’m older than when you saw me last. And also I stopped doing Botox and filler.”

The audience loudly cheered at this revelation. DeGeneres continued, “I used to do Botox and filler back when I didn’t care what other people thought of me… such a waste of time to worry about what other think of us. Just a waste of energy. We’re just guessing, we don’t know. It’s impossible to guess what people are thinking.”

In the standup special, the former talk show host also opened up aboutmultiple health conditionsshe’s been struggling with.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

DeGeneres shared that after taking a bone density test she discovered she had “full-on osteoporosis,” a disease that weakens the bones and causes them to break easily, according to theNational Institutes of Health.

“I don’t even know how I’m standing up right now. I’m like a human sandcastle. I could disintegrate in the shower,” the comedian said. “It’s hard to be honest about aging and seem cool.”

Ellen DeGeneres in Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval.Adam Rose/Netflix

Adam Rose/Netflix

She continued, “I had excruciating pain one day and I thought I tore a ligament or something and I got an MRI and they said, ‘No, it’s just arthritis. I said, ‘How did I get that?’ And he said, ‘Oh it just happens at your age.'”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Additionally, DeGeneres said she began therapy aftertoxic workplace allegations made against heraffected her mental health. Subsequently, she learned that she has obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, as well as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

“So, I have ADD, I have OCD, I’m losing my memory. But I think I’m well-adjusted because I obsess on things, but I don’t have the attention span to stick with it, and I quickly forget what I was obsessing about in the first place,” she said. “So, it takes me all the way around to being well adjusted, I think.”

Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approvalis now available to stream on Netflix.

source: people.com