I looked like a monster after surgery: Jessi

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I looked like a monster after surgery: Jessi

제시 '성형괴물' 셀프디스 '2015는 나의 해'

Posted : 2015-12-17 16:49

Updated : 2015-12-17 20:18

Jessi / Courtesy of Instagram

Korean-American female hip-hop artist Jessi said she looked like "a monster" after plastic surgery.

"I did my eyelids and nose," the star, 27, revealed on TV talk show "Radio Star", Wednesday.

"After the surgery, my face broke my heart. I instantly asked the surgeon to get rid of the stitches. After about a year, the swelling naturally settled down. Some asked me whether I had another surgery to tone down the swelling."

The show's hosts revealed pictures of her before the surgery and she admitted they showed she was prettier then.

Jessi admitted on "Radio Star" she looked better before her plastic surgery (inbox). / Screen capture from YouTube

But this year has been a red carpet one for Jessi. Her TV exposure on rap survival show "Unpretty Rapstar: Season 1" on Mnet from January to March ignited her fame. Although she did not win, she certainly won the public's heart.

Jessi's TV exposure continued on military experience reality show "Real Men: Women's Army Special" on MBC in August. Her lack of Korean brought extra hardship in getting used to the life of a draftee.

On health training know-how show "How to Fit" on On Style in September, she showed off her muscular body.

Jessi, now a blue-chip performer in Korea, lived in New York until she was 15. She then came to Korea with the dream of becoming a celebrity.

In 2004, she debuted as a musician, but her low, husky voice singing R&B and rap failed to attract much attention. Jessi remained under the radar for 10 years.

"I saw online comments bullying me as an American and telling me to go back to the U.S.," Jessi said in an interview with JoongAng Ilbo in November. "But I believed I would be successful someday and kept training myself. I just never thought that day would be this year."

제시 '성형괴물' 셀프디스 '2015는 나의 해'

16일 ‘라디오스타’에 출연한 래퍼 제시가 성형 사실을 언급했다.

MC 윤종신은 “과거 사진을 보고 자신도 못 알아 봤다고 들었다”며 제시의 과거 성형 전 사진을 공개했다.

이어 김구라와 윤종신은 사진을 보며 “이때도 예쁘다”고 칭찬했고 제시는 “쌍꺼풀과 눈을 했다”고 말해 MC들을 어리둥절하게 했다.

MC들은 제시의 말을 잘 이해하지 못하자 제시는 뒤늦게 “눈 쌍꺼풀 했고 코 했다고”라며 말하며 웃었다.

코 끝을 했다고 말한 제시는 자신의 모습인 “괴물 같아서 울었다”고 말하며 “병원가서 실밥 다 뺀다고 했다. 끝에만 해서 피노키오 같더라”라고 설명했다.

제시는 1년 있다가 붓기가 빠졌다고 말하며 재수술이 아님을 밝혔다.

aoshima11@ktimes.com