“Shocking Makeover: Monica Bellucci’s Altered Photos Trigger Fierce Backlash—What Fans Are Saying!”
Ever look at a glamorous celebrity photo and wonder just how much of that “perfect” look is real? Well, buckle up! The outcry surrounding a recent side-by-side image comparison of 60-year-old actress Monica Bellucci has jolted the internet, as fans react with shock over extreme photo edits that seem to erase her natural beauty entirely. From baffled Reddit threads questioning the need for these alterations to harsh critiques about the pressure on women to conform to unrealistic standards, it’s all getting a tad heated! So, is it just me, or does anyone else find it disheartening that instead of unveiling our unique quirks, we’re veering toward cookie-cutter aesthetics? If you’re curious to delve deeper into this viral discussion and the implications it holds, LEARN MORE.
A side-by-side comparison of Monica Bellucci on the internet has netizens baffled over what appeared to be an extreme case of photo editing.
Many were fuming online about how the heavily edited images stripped away her natural beauty, making her look like a different person.
The heated discussion about the 60-year-old star’s looks took place on a Reddit thread, titled, “The way people edit Monica Belluci’s photos to make her ‘prettier.’”
- A Reddit thread featured Monica Bellucci’s pictures seemingly before and after editing.
- Fans believed her natural beauty was stripped away.
- “I say thank heavens for retouching,” the actress once said in the past.
- She also spoke favorably about plastic surgery and said people should get it done if it makes them “happy.”
A Reddit thread seemingly comparing Monica Bellucci’s real vs. edited looks sparked wild reactions
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The Matrix Reloaded actress once said she is thankful for the existence of photo editing.
“I say thank heavens for retouching,” she toldAFP in a 2017 interview. “It’s airbrushing that saves us.”
Netizens erupted with outrage on a Reddit thread, which seemingly compared filtered images of the film star with her natural appearance.
“This is sick and disgusting,” one said.
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“This gave me psychic damage,” one commenter said, while another wrote, “This is mental illness if I’ve ever seen it…”
“How dare she have human flaws,” one sarcastically wrote.
“This is why women have awful self esteem … it’s all fake,” another wrote.
Some felt the extreme edits made her look like she could be “Monica Kardashian,” hailing from the Kardashian family.
“My first thought was why did they turn her into a Kardashian?” one asked
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“They don’t make her look better,” another agreed. “They entirely restructure her unique and natural appearance to turn her into a Kardashian. It’s weird. I don’t get it at all.”
“They are making her a different ethnicity,” one said.
The Italian actress previously said it doesn’t “bother” her to look like a “mature woman” on screen.
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When she began noticing “lines” on her face and around her eyes, she said she looked at herself with “compassion.”
“I didn’t say to myself, ‘Oh my God, it’s monstrous!’ No, I think it is charming,” she said in her AFP interview.
The 60-year-old star said she looked at herself with “compassion” when she saw signs of aging
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She also spoke in favor of plastic surgery, saying people should get it done if it “makes [them] happy.”
“When I see mature women who haven’t been redone I don’t say, ‘She should get her face lifted.’ I think to myself, ‘She is very lovely like that,’” the onscreen star said.
“However, when you see someone who has had work and who is beautiful with it, I say to myself, ‘She did the right thing,’” she continued.
The Spectre actress spoke in favor of plastic surgery, saying people should opt for it if it makes them happy
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The important thing is doing “what is good for you,” she told the French news outlet.
Discussions about beauty standards have gained momentum in recent years. But some experts believe these standards have simply been “repackaged” rather than “truly transformed.”
“Hollywood continues to dictate idealized body norms, even when the specifics of those norms change,” celebrity life coach Dr. Patrick Wanis told Bored Panda via email. “Hollywood needs to establish beauty and body standards so that it has something to market and sell.”
Some experts believe beauty standards have simply been “repackaged” rather than “truly transformed”
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The behavioral and relationship expert believes the industry has created the “illusion of inclusivity,” while digital alterations like photo filters and Photoshop continue to perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards.
“Social media and Hollywood have promoted the idea of body positivity and inclusivity, yet the industry still pressures people to meet an aesthetic that is unrealistic and often unattainable unless there is medical intervention or intense modifications – enhancements,” he said.
