Jennifer Grey’s mom urged her to get nose job that left her unrecognizable
By: By Margaret Abrams
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Jennifer Grey’s mom urged her to get nose job that left her unrecognizable
Jennifer Grey, pictured before and after her nose jobs, is releasing her “candid” memoir on May 3. Getty
Jennifer Grey did not have the time of her life after undergoing two nose jobs that left her unrecognizable .
The “Dirty Dancing” star is releasing her “deeply candid” memoir, “Out of the Corner,” on May 3; the title references the film’s famous line, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
And Grey, 62, recently spoke to People about the 1987 flick and how she famously opted for a rhinoplasty after its release — at the urging of her own mother.
“She loves me, loved me, always has, and she was pragmatic because she was saying, ‘Guess what? It’s too hard to cast you. Make it easier for them.’ And then I did and she was right,” Grey told the outlet.
But after her second nose job, the self-proclaimed “anti-rhinoplasty” actress found herself at a premiere with Michael Douglas — who didn’t even recognize her.
Jennifer Grey is releasing a memoir on May 3.
“That was the first time I had gone out in public. And it became the thing, the idea of being completely invisible, from one day to the next. In the world’s eyes, I was no longer me. and the weird thing was that thing that I resisted my whole life, and the thing I was so upset with my mother for always telling me I should do my nose,” Grey said.
“I really thought it was capitulating. I really thought it meant surrendering to the enemy camp. I just thought, ‘I’m good enough. I shouldn’t have to do this.’ That’s really what I felt. ‘I’m beautiful enough.'”
The Jewish New Yorker’s mother told her it would be easier to cast her if she got work done. Getty Images
The star’s mother, actress Jo Wilder, wasn’t the only one suggesting Grey alter her appearance; her friend and frequent Studio 54 companion Andy Warhol even mentioned her nose in the index of his book, which Grey called “so humiliating” and “mean.”
“It was like, ‘And, you know, I would look at Jennifer. I would wonder, you know, why was her … Um, her dad got a nose job. Why wouldn’t he make sure she had one too,'” Grey recalled.
The “Dirty Dancing” actress was “anti-rhinoplasty” growing up. FilmMagic
“It’s like everywhere I went, I’d be like, ‘Wait. Excuse me. I’m a person with other features and other amazing characteristics. Why is everyone so hung up on the nose?'” she added. “I’m always shocked at people’s meanness.”
In the memoir, Grey also discusses her lack of chemistry with “Dirty Dancing” co-star Patrick Swayze, dating her “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” co-star Matthew Broderick and her “bonfire” relationship with Johnny Depp .
Grey isn’t the first star to open up about her rhinoplasty; Khloé Kardashian recently revealed her “only regret” about getting a nose job was that she didn’t go under the knife sooner.
Jennifer Grey and her “Dirty Dancing” co-star Patrick Swayze at the movie’s premiere. Ron Galella Collection via Getty
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For those who did not know, Jennifer Grey is the daughter of Joel Grey, the M.C. in the movie Cabaret.
Watch him singing "In Cabaret" in that movie ->
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I kind of liked her nose in the movie Dirty Dancing, but then I wonder why?
50 year old Jennifer looking lovely and elegant on DWTS