The Truth About The Julie Bowen Plastic Surgery Rumors

Julie Bowen knows people are gossiping about her looks — and she's not bothered. The Modern Family star faced speculation from fans that she'd had plastic surgery after the sitcom's pilot was shot, but she shot down the rumors in a new book about the ABC show.

In Marc Freeman's oral history Modern Family: The Untold History of One of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms, published in May 2020, Bowen explained that her face looked different in the pilot than it did in the rest of the show's episodes because she'd been pregnant when the pilot was shot.

"My face was pregnant, Bowen said to Freeman, according to the New York Daily News. "I had tons of hair and looked like I got lip injections because I was so puffy. And I had these enormous boobs that were terrifying. I read online, before I made my 'No Google' rule, about how I clearly had plastic surgery. What? Those were painful cow udders."

Bowen did, though, shared what she has had done to her face. In an interview with Health in September 2012, the actor shared that she'd had laser treatment and would consider Fraxel laser skin resurfacing, too. "I've had lasers leveled at my face, and I would like to do Fraxel," Bowen said to the magazine, praising the treatment's anti-aging effects. We love that she's open about her own experience without shaming others who've had work done.