{"id":15808,"date":"2026-03-24T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=15808"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:36:22","slug":"i-didnt-touch-a-thing-and-people-still-dont-believe-me-kathy-bates-just-hit-the-academy-awards-red-carpet-at-77-and-instantly-broke-the-interne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=15808","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI DIDN\u2019T TOUCH A THING \u2014 AND PEOPLE STILL DON\u2019T BELIEVE ME.\u201d Kathy Bates just hit the Academy Awards red carpet at 77 \u2014 and instantly broke the internet."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kathy Bates turned heads at the 98th annual Academy Awards.mega<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kathy Bates\u00a0sparked\u00a0plastic surgery\u00a0rumors when she graced the red carpet at the\u00a02026 Oscars\u00a0on Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n

The actress got dolled up in a long-sleeved dress that featured shiny embellishments, and while countless fans raved over her slimmed-down look amid\u00a0her weight-loss journey, others speculated that she went under the knife.<\/p>\n

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Kathy Bates Shines at the 2026 Oscars<\/h2>\n
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Kathy Bates showed off a slimmer figure at the 2026 Oscars.mega<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMy girl got her face pulled\u00a0\"\ud83d\ude0d\",\u201d one X user alleged, while another wrote, \u201cHer facelift looks fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A third fan called the 77-year-old \u201csnatched,\u201d while a fourth admirer penned, \u201cThat is the best I have ever seen her look. Not just because of the weight loss, her hair and makeup look beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Inside Kathy Bates\u2019 1000-Pound Weight Loss<\/h2>\n
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Bates got candid about her health in a 2024 interview, revealing\u00a0she \u201clost 100 pounds\u201d over\u00a0the past \u201csix or seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0follow-up interview, the\u00a0Misery\u00a0<\/em>star clarified she lost 80 lbs. through diet and lifestyle changes and dropped the final 20 when she stated taking\u00a0Ozempic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talk that I just was able to do this because of Ozempic. But I have to impress upon people out there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic,\u201d she shared. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to say you\u2019ve had enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve\u00a0been this slim since\u00a0I was in college,\u201d she admitted, revealing she decided to change things around when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

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The movie star\u2019s weight-loss journey was sparked by a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.mega<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI ate because I was afraid, and I ate because it was a FU to my self-esteem. [Diabetes] runs in my family, and I\u2019d seen what my father had gone through. He had had a leg amputation,\u201d the Oscar-winner spilled. \u201cOne of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to sit down every moment that I could,\u201d Bates confessed of how she felt when heavier. \u201cIt was hard for me to walk. I\u2019m ashamed I let myself get so out of shape, but now I have a tremendous amount of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018This Is the Best Time of My Life\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Kathy Bates shed the extra pounds through lifestyle changes and Ozempic.mega<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shaping up was one of the reasons she decided to take on\u00a0Matlock<\/em>\u00a0despite contemplating retiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finally feel like I\u2019m who I am. I\u2019ve fought my way through the rapids. I feel this is the best time of my life,\u201d Bates\u00a0gushed to another outlet. \u201cI\u2019m glad I stuck around for it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathy Bates turned heads at the 98th annual Academy Awards.mega Kathy Bates\u00a0sparked\u00a0plastic surgery\u00a0rumors when she graced the red carpet at the\u00a02026 Oscars\u00a0on Sunday, March 15. The actress… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15810,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15808\/revisions\/15810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}