During the holidays, former singer and choreographer extraordinaire Paula Abdul posted a barely recognizable photo of herself looking significantly younger, and people were very confused.
Abdul posted a carousel of photos on Christmas day taken from a party thrown by socialite and fashion designer, Kathy Hilton, who, according to Abdul:
"...always throws the most fabulous holiday party"
The X Factor judge wrote in her Instagram caption:
"I hope everyone is having a wonderful day relaxing, celebrating and surrounded by friends and family."
"Sending you lots of love and holiday cheer."
In one of the seven photos, the 60-year-old was called out for extreme "facetuning"–the act of using a face-enhancing photo app–to the extent that she looked like a 19-year-old version of herself.
Here is the photo.
@paulabdul/Instagram
After recovering from their double-takes, social media users couldn't stay silent about Abdul looking like a completely different person.
\u201cPaula Abdul definitely used the baby face Snapchat filter on this photo.\u201d— ryan (@ryan) 1672340135
\u201c@8lexnicole why does she look like a child?? she looks so young in this pic??\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole It looks like @KathyHilton is standing next to a granddaughter\u2014if I was Kathy I\u2019d be like \u201chey girl, way to make ME look about 85, can you not look like you\u2019re 12???\u201d \ud83e\udd23\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole So Paula Abdul is 17 now??? \ud83d\ude02\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole Can I have the name of her doctor? He or she is brillant!\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201cspiraling over the facetuning paula abdul did on herself here..... she looks like miranda cosgrove\u201d— cole (@cole) 1672087969
Users were still convinced Paula Abdul was not in the house.
\u201c@8lexnicole That's not her though\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole This is hilarious. That's not her face.\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole Maybe her daughter\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole She looks like Jessica Alba 10 years ago\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
\u201c@8lexnicole I have no idea which one is her, neither looks like her at all!\u201d— lex \u2728 (@lex \u2728) 1672237738
Some people criticized the singer for the embarrassingly obvious amount of editing done to her face and for leaving Hilton–who is three years Abdul's senior–hung out to dry.
\u201cThe angry texting Kathy Hilton is doing to Paula Abdul right now\u201d— marcoandante\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 (@marcoandante\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7) 1672020988
But it seems the hostess was cool with the one-sided photo enhancement.
@paulaabdul/Instagram
Merry Christmas.