Linda Evangelista reveals she felt guilty after ‘botched’ fat-freezing procedure but ‘no longer blames herself’

•  Canadian supermodel, 58, says she was ‘clinicallly depressed’ at on point
• READ MORE: Linda Evangelista tells Kirsty Young she felt ‘guilty’ that she didn’t speak sooner about her ‘abusive’ ex-husband accused of rape because it could have helped other alleged victims

90s supermarket Linda Evangelista, 58, who was once considered one of the most beautiful and  striking beauties in the world has discussed the guilt she once felt after undertaking a surgical procedure.

Speaking to the Times, she discussed how he noted that she used to have fun all the time, and laugh all the time, before the procedure.

However, after it, she says, she because a ‘clinically depressed recluse’, only venturing out at night where no one would see her.

The treatment was seven sessions of a nonsurgical procedure called CoolSculpting, which was aimed at freezing away fat from her jawline, thighs, stomach and back.

It had gone horribly wrong, and instead thickened that ‘expanded into hard, numb bulges that rounds of liposuction and weeks in full-body compression garments could not remedy’. 

Linda Evangelista was considered one of the of the most beautiful women in the the world during hey day

According to the Times, it was a comment made by Linda’s son Augie a few years ago that encouraged her to return to therapy, so she could once more become the fun loving character she’s been.

He said: ‘Remember when you used to be so much fun? Remember when you used to laugh all the time?’ This, she was a ‘wake-up call’

 Linda has struggled with a number of issues, incurring breast cancer, for which she had a double masectomy in 2018, but has to undergo radiotherapy in 2018.

Sh added: ‘I was like, no more woe is me. I’m going to f***ing fix this.’

The supermodel at been at the centre of a number of further personal controversies in recent years, and the botched surgery is just one.

Speaking recently on the first episode of Kirsty Young ‘s new BBC Radio 4 podcast Young Again, sh reflected on her marriage to Gerald Marie at the age of 22, and branded her younger self an ‘idiot’ for tying the knot so young.    

Supermodel Linda Evangelista has opened up about the guilt she felt at not speaking out about her experience in her marriage to a man who later was at the centre of multiple allegations as part of the fashion industry’s Me Too moment.

The Canadian supermodel, 58, appeared where she reflected on her marriage to Gerald Marie at the age of 22, and branded her younger self an ‘idiot’ for tying the knot so young.

Now 58-year-old, the supermodel is looking fantastic again, althoguh she no longer place much value oh=n her books

She broke down in tears when she discussed allegations of rape and sexual misconduct against her ex-husband, the former boss of Elite Models, which first surfaced in 2020. 

The allegations, which Marie denies, relate to the 1980s and 1990s and, due to a statute of limitations in France, police announced earlier this year that they were closing the investigation.

She broke down in tears when she discussed allegations of rape and sexual misconduct against her ex-husband, the former boss of Elite Models, which first surfaced in 2020. The allegations, which Marie denies, relate to the 1980s and 1990s and, due to a statute of limitations in France, police announced earlier this year that they were closing the investigation.

Speaking about the allegations now, Evangelista, who was married to Marie for five years, said she wonders if things could have been different had she spoken up about the abuse she claims to have suffered at his hands at the time.

Through tears, she told Young: ‘If I would have spoken up and said something about what was happening to me that maybe they would have come forward at that time and the statute of limitations wouldn’t have worn out.’

She added she felt ‘guilty’ for not saying something sooner – however Young was quick to point out she should not shoulder the blame for things her ex-husband has allegedly done.

As the supermodel recalled marrying Marie when she was 22 years old and he was 37, she said: ‘I was so certain that this man loved me this charming, charming, lovely man.’

She added she was ‘naive’ and encouraged any young women in the same situation today to ‘listen to your parents’ as she wishes she had done at the time.

At the time the allegations against her ex-husband surfaced, the supermodel came out in support of Marie’s accusers and praised them for speaking out.

She stated in documentary The Super Models: ‘Thanks to the power of all these women coming forward, God bless all of them, it gave me the courage now to speak…

Gerald Marie and Linda Evangelista (pictured) married when she was 22 and he was 37 – but in 2020, Marie became the subject of several sexual assault allegations from other models

‘I would love that justice be served. I would love for a–holes like that to think twice and be afraid and I would love women to know that they’re not alone.’

As she revealed her guilt to the podcast host, Evangelista added she has undergone therapy to come to terms with the allegations against her ex-husband, and has learnt that none of the accusations about his behaviour are down to any of her own actions.

Reflecting on the fact that she does not have her old figure back even after two attempts to correct it through liposuction, the supermodel said she’s learning to live with, and love, her new body. 

At the end of the episode, a statement from Gerald Marie, issued by his legal team, read: ‘Allegations that he committed crimes against models in the 1980s and 1990s are false and defamatory.’ It added that he ‘is and will remain innocent’.

In relation to the claims he was abusive towards Evangelista during their five year marriage, Marie’s lawyers say he ‘firmly objects to the defamatory and false allegations made against him’.

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