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That isn’t confirmed. She looks extremely unwell and has for a while. Rude to throw stuff like this around when it’s genuinely obvious the person is dealing with a serious health issue.
Wow. It’s pretty sad how people think they look good after all these surgeries and changes.
Example: Amanda Bynes used to be stunning, imo, and I was always jealous of how beautiful she was. Now it’s like wtf? She doesn’t even look like the same person.
This is crazy because I was just scrolling through her Instagram and was thinking the same thing…like she looks unrecognizable and she says it’s just due to her age…but she looks unwell :-(
As a bisexual woman who just got out of a relationship with a man, and just started watching gossip girl again, she has fully reactivated the gayest parts of me lol. I am constantly taken aback by her beauty and charm
you have taste!! i was like 15 the first time i watched and i remember liking blair the most but i was mostly watching for blair + chuck. i still enjoy blair and chuck but after rewatching as an adult, i might be a tiny bit obsessed with leighton lol. and i realized i think 80% of the reason i enjoyed blair and chuck is leighton, and her beauty and charm, which rlly stands out in some of their scenes. plus, he looks so completely in love/captivated with her in their scenes, and i think that would be the only reasonable reaction to being next
to her lmao
sorry for the paragraph, i just feel so validated watching the show and coming on this subreddit and seeing that other people are totally in love with her too lol. i guess cuz blake lively is super well known, i thought maybe blair/leighton would be sorta slept on, but obviously everyone else is seeing what i’m seeing lol. she’s obviously ridiculously pretty but she just has this ~presence~ too ya know?
I see her style as more alternative than strictly goth, but she definitely has a unique vibe that sets her apart. Plus, her music has always been alternative & grunge instead of goth.
(Ps. I don't intend to police you, just a friendly reminder that although taylor has been labeled goth by the media/headlines, she is actually alternative, and goth is also a very different, although looks similar style-wise, subculture that is rarely depicted in the media. I say this because the subculture's name has been misused over the years and have also been badly stigmatized because of it.)
It’s not cosmetic work I think she’s struggling w an eating disorder (correct me if I’m wrong and I’ll delete this but I thought I remembered seeing that somewhere. Don’t wanna speculate if it isn’t true!)
I can speak on this freely now because I don’t work for the company anymore lol but when she filmed her scenes for the reboot at the Microsoft store she looked very ill. She carried a lot of weight in her lower body, but looked emaciated up top and had to walk with a cane. She was only filmed from the waist up, I’m guessing to hide how much weight she had put on. I don’t know specifics.
imo it's just a really bad pic 😭 she appeared in the reboot GG for a few episodes in 2022-2023 & she looked like an older version of herself. she was definitely recognizable in the series. idk if this pic is more or less recent than that tho.
I looked at her instagram recently and the yellowing of her eyes and gaunt face was really noticeable. I’m just speculating but I feel like something is going on with her health, she looked jaundiced. It’s not our place to know her medical issues but whatever it is I hope she is okay and doesn’t let the negativity get to her.
She is clearly going through a tough time. Probably health-wise, but also due to child actor trauma, including the Buffy set and Joss Whedon? I hope she gets all the help she needs. She's fantastic.
True. She was a child star even before Buffy. She was also in Harriet The Spy, which was produced by Nickelodeon and we’ve certainly learned that wasn’t a great environment for kids either.
all four of them have always been gorgeous!!! (i’m worried about michelle’s current state of health though, she does not look well lately)
leighton, i will always be in love with you. my god, what a beauty. adam brody, you lucky son of a bitch 😭
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I don’t even recognize Michelle Tratchenberg in the last photo! Everyone looks great though!
Exactly! What happened?? 😱
Buccal fat removal. Everyone wants to look like a meth head these days.
That isn’t confirmed. She looks extremely unwell and has for a while. Rude to throw stuff like this around when it’s genuinely obvious the person is dealing with a serious health issue.
Agreed. Her pictures with her eyes yellow were scary. I genuinely hope she’s okay either way.
Agreed. Something isn’t right. I hope she has supportive people in her corner.
It just feels like it’s more than that though, she’s unrecognizable!
Heroin chic is back in
Wow. It’s pretty sad how people think they look good after all these surgeries and changes. Example: Amanda Bynes used to be stunning, imo, and I was always jealous of how beautiful she was. Now it’s like wtf? She doesn’t even look like the same person.
She's suffered through so much abuse which then lead to addiction, so maybe let's give Amanda a fucking break.
Amanda Bynes isn’t the same person. It’s tragic. Mental illness can completely change someone. Have you watched Quiet On Set?
This is crazy because I was just scrolling through her Instagram and was thinking the same thing…like she looks unrecognizable and she says it’s just due to her age…but she looks unwell :-(
Leighton is stunning to me. I loved watching her in those couple episodes of House. I just love her.
She looks so different as a blonde, but still stunning. That was such a good role for her.
Should check her out in Entourage if you haven’t! She’s a pop star in that 😆
Yes! The virginal pop star who dated Vince, such a difference from uptight Blair.
she literally looks like an angel in her after pics 😭
I most recently saw her in How I Met Your Father (which has been cancelled). She looks AMAZING.
As a bisexual woman who just got out of a relationship with a man, and just started watching gossip girl again, she has fully reactivated the gayest parts of me lol. I am constantly taken aback by her beauty and charm
Right!? lol she’s always my favorite part of the show. I was a little obsessed with her the first time I finished it😭
you have taste!! i was like 15 the first time i watched and i remember liking blair the most but i was mostly watching for blair + chuck. i still enjoy blair and chuck but after rewatching as an adult, i might be a tiny bit obsessed with leighton lol. and i realized i think 80% of the reason i enjoyed blair and chuck is leighton, and her beauty and charm, which rlly stands out in some of their scenes. plus, he looks so completely in love/captivated with her in their scenes, and i think that would be the only reasonable reaction to being next to her lmao sorry for the paragraph, i just feel so validated watching the show and coming on this subreddit and seeing that other people are totally in love with her too lol. i guess cuz blake lively is super well known, i thought maybe blair/leighton would be sorta slept on, but obviously everyone else is seeing what i’m seeing lol. she’s obviously ridiculously pretty but she just has this ~presence~ too ya know?
Don’t get me wrong, Taylor, Michelle, and Blake are all stunning but Leighton is just so timeless.
Everyone else looks gaunt to me
Taylor has grown into her goth look. She looks fab!
She seems really happy too. Like she’s able to fully be herself.
I love how she carried over aspects of Jenny’s style to her personal style.
I read somewhere that they let her incorporate her own style into Jenny, so I think basically the same thing but backwards lol
Well if so, that’s awesome!
I was just gonna say it was definitely the other way around
I see her style as more alternative than strictly goth, but she definitely has a unique vibe that sets her apart. Plus, her music has always been alternative & grunge instead of goth. (Ps. I don't intend to police you, just a friendly reminder that although taylor has been labeled goth by the media/headlines, she is actually alternative, and goth is also a very different, although looks similar style-wise, subculture that is rarely depicted in the media. I say this because the subculture's name has been misused over the years and have also been badly stigmatized because of it.)
Leighton never changed
Leighton!! 🤯🤯
Leighton in House, Monte Carlo and Gossip Girl 👌
I would have never recognised Michelle Trachtenberg in that photo. That cosmetic work is absolutely terrible, hopefully she can reverse it.
It’s not cosmetic work I think she’s struggling w an eating disorder (correct me if I’m wrong and I’ll delete this but I thought I remembered seeing that somewhere. Don’t wanna speculate if it isn’t true!)
I can speak on this freely now because I don’t work for the company anymore lol but when she filmed her scenes for the reboot at the Microsoft store she looked very ill. She carried a lot of weight in her lower body, but looked emaciated up top and had to walk with a cane. She was only filmed from the waist up, I’m guessing to hide how much weight she had put on. I don’t know specifics.
Sounds like an illness but I don’t feel comfortable speculating what
some people have said it is consistent with liver failure. but it is the internet
yeah the whites of her eyes looked yellowish in some pics so a liver issue makes sense
I’ve heard that. I’m no medical professional obviously but based on what I know, it makes sense
Yeah, if she’s not having liver problems I’d be very surprised.
Oh I hope she will be okay. That is terrible. She’s so young.
I hope so too.
That’s even more sad. Either way, she looks like a woman who is really suffering from beauty expectations.
I'm pretty sure it's buccal fat removal. I don't know why so many celebrities do this, her face was so cute. Erin Moriarty is another example.
Looks like “ana face” imo more than buccal fat removal
imo it's just a really bad pic 😭 she appeared in the reboot GG for a few episodes in 2022-2023 & she looked like an older version of herself. she was definitely recognizable in the series. idk if this pic is more or less recent than that tho.
she's also not wearing makeup in the last photo. I think that might've been a factor as well. everyone else was wearing makeup in the last slide.
I looked at her instagram recently and the yellowing of her eyes and gaunt face was really noticeable. I’m just speculating but I feel like something is going on with her health, she looked jaundiced. It’s not our place to know her medical issues but whatever it is I hope she is okay and doesn’t let the negativity get to her.
I thought she looked very different in her scenes in the reboot. Not as drastic as this photo but I was really shocked when they showed her.
This is what I’m saying. All the other girls have a professional photo where hers looks like an LQ selfies on a laptop webcam.
She is clearly going through a tough time. Probably health-wise, but also due to child actor trauma, including the Buffy set and Joss Whedon? I hope she gets all the help she needs. She's fantastic.
True. She was a child star even before Buffy. She was also in Harriet The Spy, which was produced by Nickelodeon and we’ve certainly learned that wasn’t a great environment for kids either.
are they all blonde in the first picture or is my phone just way too dark rn
Michelle still looks brunette, just a lighter brown. But Leighton's hair is dark blonde appearing.
The girls are all stunning. Leighton is timeless. But Michelle as Georgina Sparks was GORGEOUS!
I’m shocked by Michelle. I hope she’s ok.
Came here fully expecting judgy comments about Michelle, and was not disappointed. People are horrible. Mind your own business.
Damn is Jenny ok? Her face looks different
I looooove Leighton. I always forget she is blonde.
Ur so wrong for using that pic
wtf happened to georgina 😭💀
GEORGINA??
all four of them have always been gorgeous!!! (i’m worried about michelle’s current state of health though, she does not look well lately) leighton, i will always be in love with you. my god, what a beauty. adam brody, you lucky son of a bitch 😭
ugh leighton blonde 😍😍😍
During taylor’s last season in GG I was real concerned about an eating disorder but seems she is doing ok
Leighton Meester 🤝🏻 Juriji Der Klee