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Internet chatter about her appearance is out of sight, out of mind for Renee Zellweger.
The "Bridget Jones's Baby" star made headlines back in 2014, after she stepped onto the red carpet looking a little different than fans remembered her. The pictures sparked plastic surgery talk, something she distanced herself from at the time.
This morning on "Today," host Sheinelle Jones asked her about the hubbub.
"I remember a couple of years ago, people were talking about, 'Oh, she changed her appearance.' Does it bother you? Does it get to you or is it just par for the course?" the host asked the actress.
"It's not really part of my life. It's part of the job, that I don't really experience except when I step into this arena," the 46-year-old explained. "In my home I'm not aware of it. I don't do any kind of social media, so I don't see it. I like to have – I guess you would call them real experiences."
Back in 2014, she chalked it all up to being older and living a happier life.
"I'm glad folks think I look different! I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows," she said. "My friends say that I look peaceful. I am healthy. For a long time I wasn't doing such a good job with that. I took on a schedule that is not realistically sustainable and didn't allow for taking care of myself. Rather than stopping to recalibrate, I kept running until I was depleted and made bad choices about how to conceal the exhaustion. I was aware of the chaos and finally chose different things."
"Perhaps I look different. Who doesn't as they get older?! Ha. But I am different. I'm happy," she added in conclusion.
"Bridget Jones's Baby" hits theaters September 16 -- check out the just-released trailer below!
