But knowing what we know now about Heidi’s ‘regrets’, isn’t it time we stopped gawking?
What’s even clearer to see is how much pain a then-23-year-old Heidi is in – not physically, although she has spoken before about the traumatic recovery process and how she nearly died taking the strong pain medication she was prescribed. Her face, still slightly swollen from the procedures, crumples as Darlene expresses that she thinks Heidi looked better before.
‘Everyone’s insecure but it’s different when you’re young and on TV and everyone’s talking about you,’ he told Cosmopolitan. ‘And it’s upsetting that you can go to a doctor and say “Here’s what I hate about myself,” and he’ll say “I can fix that. For free.”’