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Anne Robinson opens up on why she decided to undergo facelift

Anne Robinson has detailed why she got a facelift. (Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment)
Anne Robinson has detailed why she got a facelift. (Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment)

Anne Robinson has explained the reasons behind her 2004 facelift.

The 76-year-old former The Weakest Link host, who has often spoke candidly about going under the knife, has compared the procedure to getting her ears pierced.

Speaking on ITV's Lorraine, she said: "Otherwise people at home are thinking: ‘Why does she look like that?’ It seems very unfair.

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“But only because I’d been doing Watchdog and there was a point it was live and you couldn’t get the lighting to me when I walked over to the right hand side at the end.

“And I’d go home and play it back and I’d think: ‘Why is my mother saying: “Thanks for watching Watchdog and goodnight?'

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“If you have your ears pierced, what’s the difference?”

She added: “When I went to the surgeon, a rather nice one, he said there are some ‘definites’ that need doing, and some ‘maybes’ – and I said: ‘Do the definites and the maybes.’"

Countdown team Rachel Riley, Anne Robinson and Susie Dent. (Channel 4)
New Countdown team Rachel Riley, Anne Robinson and Susie Dent. (Channel 4)

The presenter's comment come as she's set to host her first Countdown show on Monday.

She's replaced Nick Hewer on the Channel 4 programme and is the show's first first female host, rounding out an all-women lineup alongside Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.

It was also recently announced that The Weakest Link would be returning, this time with comedian Romesh Ranganathan at the helm and with celebrity contestants only.

Robinson said: "I’m delighted. It will be a very different Weakest Link because I honestly couldn’t get away with saying now what I used to say.”

With additional reporting by PA.

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