You might be familiar with ‘Catwoman,’ but not the Batman villain—the wealthy socialite.
I’m referring to Jocelyn Wildenstein, a New York socialite who looks drastically different from her pre-surgery self. She recently shared a throwback photo on Instagram.
Despite appearances, Wildenstein has consistently denied ever having plastic surgery. The 84-year-old Swiss native has claimed multiple times that she has never undergone any cosmetic procedures.
However, her ex-husband Alec Wildenstein, a billionaire, disputed this in a 1998 Vanity Fair interview during their divorce proceedings.
Recalling the past, he mentioned that Jocelyn once told him his eyes ‘looked baggy,’ leading them both to get eye lifts.
He stated: “She was crazy.
“I would always find out last [about her having plastic surgery]. She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin does not work that way. But she wouldn’t listen.”
Jocelyn’s divorce from Alec, a renowned French art dealer, secured her an incredible $2.5 billion settlement—though she didn’t get it all at once.
The court ruled she would receive $100 million annually. However, after Alec’s death in 2008, his family contested the distribution of his assets.
Though she continued to receive her share of the settlement, it ceased in 2015 when Alec’s family cut her off.
By 2018, with the funds depleting, she declared bankruptcy.
Recently, to mark her daughter’s birthday, Jocelyn surprised everyone by sharing a throwback photo showing her former appearance.
The caption read: “Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Diane Wildenstein #oljogi #jocelynwildenstein.”
The image features her as a stunning blonde, reminiscent of a Bond girl, holding her daughter Diane, who is now 45 years old.
In June of last year, Wildenstein posted a teenage photo of herself on Instagram, using the caption to criticize people for ‘photoshopping’ her images.
She wrote: “#tbt that’s me #jocelynwildenstein at ballet classes in Switzerland at 15 years old.
“So maybe you should stop speculating on my image! Press stop! Stop please and stop photoshopping my images because you are all [100 percent] wrong.
“Stop posting fake images of me.”