Melissa Gorga is calling out Jen Armstrong after she “incorrectly” detailed some of her facial procedures to the public.
“It was so uncomfortable because she, like, puts my face up on a screen, and the before and after,” Gorga, 47, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, April 15, while attending premium colostrum-based wellness line Bovita Health‘s launch at Ludlow House in New York City.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum recalled Armstrong, 46, using an “after” photo of her glow-up where she had “so much makeup on, I barely even look like myself.”
“I’m like, ‘Wow, does anybody know what it’s like to just have someone sit there with a pin and like, going down your nose and … I was like, this is so f***ed, up,’” Gorga confessed, referring to a video Armstrong posted about her in September 2024. “Like, this is messed up that somebody does this.”
The clip in question was posted by Armstrong on YouTube and to her social media platforms as part of her “Celebrity Review” series.
Armstrong, a cosmetic dermatologist, captioned the video, “You requested and I listened … the long awaited Celebrity Review: Melissa Gorga. I think she looks stunning in both photos! Let’s take a closer look 👩🏼⚕️🔎✨.”
Armstrong proceeded to break down Gorga’s potential plastic surgery history based solely on two photos. She claimed that Gorga had a rhinoplasty a.k.a a nose job and a brow lift among other procedures to improve her face. Armstrong called Gorga’s before chin a “very stark” pointed chin that allegedly was “toxed” to soften the feature.
Gorga told Us that on top of feeling so publicly exposed by Armstrong, the Real Housewives of Orange County alum wasn’t correct in her assessment.
“She was saying, ‘[Melissa] definitely did something here to her chin.’ I’ve never touched my chin in my life,” Gorga clarified. “She was saying, like, ‘She definitely has done something with her eyebrows.’ I never did my eyebrows.”
Gorga pointed out that Armstrong was “very kind” during some points of her assessment, but she still felt awkward that her face was being picked apart by someone she didn’t know very well.
“She was like, ‘Melissa’s doing it right, whatever she’s doing, she’s doing it very subtle.’ So she was throwing some nice little curve balls,” Gorga explained to Us. “But I was like, this is just so weird that someone has my face on a screen and she’s just pinpointing what I’ve done.”
Daisy Toye, Melissa Gorga and Erin Lichy at the Bovita Health launch. Steve Eichner/Shutterstock for Bovita Health
The reality star added, “I guess that’s like the ups and downs of being in the spot[light]. But watching it I was, like, I’m so uncomfortable.”
While Gorga shut down some of Armstrong’s assumptions about her body, she told Us at the Bovita Health launch that she isn’t afraid of getting work done.
Gorga — who previously spoke about getting a nose job on RHONJ — revealed that the “wildest” health treatment she’s done was recently injecting “exosomes into my scalp.” The Bravolebrity explained that an exosome comes from the placenta and helps hair growth.
Saying goodbye. Real Housewives of Orange County stars Noella Bergener and Dr. Jen Armstrong left the franchise, they revealed in separate heartfelt statements. “After a wild season of ups and downs, I will not be returning to The Real Housewives of Orange County,” Bergener, 36, wrote via her Instagram Story on Friday, July 8. “Thank […]
According to dermatologist Dr. Mona Gohara, exosomes help with calming inflammation and repairing damaged tissue while increasing collagen production. “Think of them as a high-tech signaling system that coordinates skin regeneration,” she told NBC News earlier this month.
While Gorga has tried her fair share of beauty products and health crazes, she told Us that having a salmon sperm facial — an anti-aging treatment using PDRN (polydeoxyribonucleotide) extracted from salmon seminal fluid — is not one of them.
“It’s kind of strange, but I have not tried that yet. But I hear amazing things,” she shared, adding that she got Botox one day before the NYC event.
Us Weekly has reached out to Armstrong’s rep for comment.
