Zac Efron’s new face: Actor explains why he had surgery [watch]

'Zac Efron's new face makes me sad': The actor says he 'almost died' during the nasty accident that caused his massive facial transformation.

Sep 15, 2022 - 15:16
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Zac Efron’s new face: Actor explains why he had surgery [watch]

Despite recently addressing the reason behind his very recognisable facial transformation in an interview with Men’s Health, American film star Zac Efron has set tongues wagging once again on social media this week.

This is after the 34-year-old made his first red carpet appearance in over three years on Tuesday 13 September for the premiere of his new film The Greatest Beer Run Ever at the Toronto International Film Festival.

WHY’S ZAC EFRON’S FACE LIKE THAT?

In his interview with Men’s Health magazine, Zac Efron explained that the change happened after he shattered his jaw during an accident in his house in 2013.

The interview, which was published on 7 September, is for the publication’s October 2022 cover story. In it, he explains that he slipped, hit the corner of a fountain, passed out and woke up to his “chin bone hanging off” his face.

Further explaining, he said that when he recovered, his facial muscles got “really, really big” to compensate for the injury.

“The masseter [muscles] just grew,” Zac Efron told the publication.

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‘I ALMOST DIED’

Following his recent public appearance, the star had an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday night where he gave more details about the accident.

“It sucks. I almost died, but we’re good,” Zac Efron said.

Speaking about the plastic surgery rumours, he said they were funny, but he didn’t know about them until his mom told him because he doesn’t pay much attention to the internet.

“My mom told me. I never really read the internet, so, I don’t really care,” Efron said about rumours that he altered his face with surgery.

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FANS ARE NOT BUYING ZAC’S STORY

However, fans are still not convinced that he has not had any botox on his face.

“Zac Efron’s new face makes me sad. Him having reconstructive surgery for a broken jaw might be true but you must be blind AF if you can’t tell that man had lip fillers and botox. Pointing that out does not make us mean or judgemental. He didn’t need to do all of that man,” one Twitter user wrote.

While another wrote: “My theory on Zac Efron is that he still has pain from shattering his jaw and so has had botox all over his face to prevent movement which then prevents pain.”