WTF did Matt Gaetz do to his face? - Update/edit: I think he used face lift tape; see added video

[highplainsdem]

Last edited Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:11 PM - Edit history (1)

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Editing again to add that I think this might be from what's called face lift tape - look at the first 3-1/2 minutes of this video:

[calimary]

1. He's - um - "had work done!"

Looks like he's taken the first steps toward Gargoyle Land!

[DemocraticPatriot]

37. Isn't 39 a little young for a guy to have plastic "work done"???

But that's just me....

edit: Oh WAIT, I was confusing Gaetz with the VP nominee
(and little to choose between them)

Gaetz is younger than that, I believe

[calimary]

66. Hey, I covered Hollywood for years

and I saw some celebrities start down that road as they were turning 30. Gotta compete with all those fresh new 20-something faces.

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. In an effort to curry favor with Trump ...

… he made himself look more like Melania.

[Walleye]

3. I think he is trying to look like Elon Musk

[texasfiddler]

4. He reminds me of someone.

[rubbersole]

60. Butthead doppelganger.

Same IQ.

[Cha]

5. wow.. indulge in botox much?

[PortTack]

6. Some really shitty plastic work there!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. Did Kevin McCarthy finish their disagreement after the convention adjourned for the evening?

[dweller]

13. I knew it !

They had a slap fight … let’s see Kevo’s hands



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[Emile]

8. Why would he be trying to look younger?

Trying to impress teenagers?

[dweller]

9. It looks like he drank

A crazy glue cocktail or two
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[duncang]

10. Along with possible Botox

It looks like he went overboard with the eyebrows. Had them plucked and used a sharpie to paint them. Maybe he borrowed one of tfg’s.

[yourout]

11. Once he gets the ears done he'll be able to pass as a Vulcan

Without the logic.

[Solly Mack]

12. Must have his eye on a new 17-year-old.

I'm only half-joking.

[KarenS]

14. He really really looks like Butt-Head,,,, srsly. nt

[NoveltySocks]

15. Total amateur hour

If this dork really got Botoxed right before his speech. It looks like he might be having a bad reaction to something though. Maybe his body is trying to reject his brain.

[Conjuay]

16. NSFW

He had his face narrowed so it would fit Trump's ass crack better.

[mahina]

17. Whatever it was, it is creepy

[yourout]

19. Creepy Matt Gaetz has a ring to it.

[Renew Deal]

18. Must be makeup

At first I thought it was plastic surgery, but you can't get that done in 24 hours.

[Emile]

20. He should dye his hair Bleach Blonde

Matt and Bleach Blond Butch Body would make a cute couple.

[3catwoman3]

58. Strawberry blond, right?

[Oneironaut]

21. Cosmetic surgery to look like Max Headroom?

[Mosby]

22. Looks like camera filters.

You can't get fillers or botox this quickly. Look at his hair.

[highplainsdem]

40. Filters wouldn't lift his eyebrows. See the edited OP. He probably used face lift tape.

[dmr]

23. He looks ridiculously stupid which matches his personality.

I never thought he was good looking in the first place. But now, if I were him, I'd go into hiding. Yet, look at him this week ... prime time speeches, and who knows what else!

[JustAnotherGen]

24. Fillers

And not done very well.

[DemocraticPatriot]

25. Did that guy who told him to "shut up Gaetz" grab him

by the eyebrows and give them a twist??

LOL

[TommyT139]

36. Eyebrow wedgie?? (n/t)

[Iris]

26. He's becoming a cartoon character

[ALBliberal]

27. When you're trying (albeit spectacularly unsuccessfully) to keep up looks for teenage girls....

he’s repulsive

They all are

[MN2theMax]

28. OMG!

He looks like Wayne Newton!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

34. Nailed it!

[SharonClark]

35. Agree!

[oasis]

29. "The young chicks dig it, so I figure, what the hell?"

[Bev54]

30. Can you get a nose job overnight? Would contouring makeup slim his nose down?

His eyebrows look ridiculous.

[highplainsdem]

38. Probably face lift tape. (See the video I added to the OP.) Plus lots of makeup.

[Bev54]

43. Yeah makes sense I still think his nose is so much narrower, he must have it taped as well.

[highplainsdem]

49. Yesterday:

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[Captain Zero]

31. Maybe a teenage hooker sat on his face

Too long.

[WarGamer]

32. botox 100%

[lostnfound]

33. Eddie Munster, is that you?

Nah. You were much cooler than this guy.

[LudwigPastorius]

39. !

[nolabear]

41. Someone said he was one white tiger away from headlining in Vegas.

[MLAA]

42. That's not all due to Botox. Botox reduces(relaxes wrinkles) it doesn't lift the brow like that or the eyelids

I’d guess a brow lift or brow lift and eyelid surgery and possibly a full face lift exacerbated by some seriously over enthusiastic eye brow plucking.

[highplainsdem]

46. The change is just since yesterday. Probably face lift tape.

[MLAA]

63. Must be! Surgery would have caused way too much swelling and bruising to cover up with make up.

Another confirmation of how disliked he is that nobody told him he looked alien and needed to dial it back!

[Montauk6]

44. The butcher he hired promised him he would look better than Jack Nicholson?

[NYC Liberal]

45. Claudia Conway

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Claudia Conway @claudiamconwayy 51m
I thought Matt Gaetz was against drag but it looks like he’s warmed up to it

Claudia Conway @claudiamconwayy 54m
Lowkey need him to gimme the name of that eyebrow pencil he’s using

[LetMyPeopleVote]

47. Too much botox

[Sneederbunk]

48. A salute to Sidney Toler.

[LeftInTX]

54. Just looked him up..LOL Omar Sharif had his brows taped in Dr Zhivago

He also pinned back his hair and used a straight toupee.

And Omar's real name was Michael..LOL His family were Lebanese Christians and he changed his name at the beginning of his career.

[Bayard]

57. You're kidding

I will definitely have to look that up!

[area51]

50. Eyow.

[Silent Type]

51. That guy is just creepy, besides being a white wing rapist.

[IcyPeas]

52. Could be a thread lift. Only takes 30 minutes

You can see the procedure being done in many youtube videos.

Warning: gross... loooooong needles going into faces

[ecstatic]

53. Beavis or Butthead vibes. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

55. He looks like Wayne Newton

Four or five facelifts too many . . . . .

[brush]

56. Hey, you gotta stay young-looking to keep sleeping with those teenagers.

He's just staying in the game.

[jmowreader]

59. Not Botox, I assure you

It takes several days for it to take effect, and he didn’t look like that yesterday.

My guess: waxing and overexuberant makeup

[Baitball Blogger]

61. I am saying this seriously

Botoxing seems to be trending in Florida. A friend of mine who does it to relieve pain due to an injury mentioned that a specialist was coming to Florida and she had reached out to him/her to get an appointment. She was asked if there were any friends who wanted to join her. It does sound like there's some on the job training going on.

Oh, I declined the offer. Because of my experiences in life, I have permanent bitch face so I don't need it.

[Old Crank]

62. He needs a sequined jacket

To look like Liberace.

[shrike3]

64. Good God. n/t

[peggysue2]

65. Okay, that is truly bizarre!

But then, it's hard to keep up with teenage girls. LOL.

Could it be AI? Guess it could have been generated by Gaetz's enemies. He certainly has enough of them.

But then, there's just old-fashioned vanity as an explanation. The counter to that? Would he really think no one would notice a sudden face change?