Barry Manilow, 82, Reveals He Underwent 'Only' One Facelift, Says He Doesn't Do Botox
Barry Manilow, 82, Reveals He Underwent 'Only' One Facelift, Says He Doesn't Do Botox
Michelle LeeWed, May 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC
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(Left) Barry Manilow in 1983; (Right) Barry Manilow in 2025
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Barry Manilow admitted to getting a facelift in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times
The singer, who announced that he was diagnosed with lung cancer last December, revealed some of the tweaks he's done to his appearance
Manilow is now cancer free and went on tour earlier this year
Barry Manilow is opening up.
The 82-year-old Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner did an interview with the Los Angeles Times, during which he was asked about his appearance and if he's done any cosmetic work to sustain his youthful image.
"I look fantastic, but I’m a hundred years old, right? I don’t know how that happened, by the way — I don’t get Botox or anything," he said in the interview published May 27, which prompted the outlet to ask if he has any "work done."
Barry Manilow performing at the 2016 Pre-GRAMMY Gala on February 14, 2016
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"No!" he said, before adding, "I must say: There was one time when we lived in L.A. that I did do a facelift. But after that it’s just been a little here, a little there."
He then explained, "'Work' is like a facelift, and I only had one of those. The rest of it — I see something falling down, sure, I’ll do that. I’m as vain as anybody else. One of my old friends, his mother said, 'I always knew he was talented, but when did he get so handsome?'"
Manilow's interview with the publication comes after his December lung cancer diagnosis, which he underwent treatment for (his treatment resulted in the removal of one of his left lung’s two lobes, which deliver oxygen to the bloodstream).
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“You just don’t even think about [how fragile life is]," the musician told PEOPLE earlier this year. "And suddenly, you have lung cancer. But I’m still here. I’m not all here; there’s part of me that isn’t here — they took out a part of me, and now I’ve got to figure out, ‘What do I do?’”
Barry Manilow in 1975
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He credited his doctor for saving his life after he did an MRI of his pelvis after experiencing hip pain and then his lungs, which was when he learned the singer had recently weathered two bouts of bronchitis.
“If he hadn’t done that, man ... He saved my life, because there’s no symptoms for what I had. I could go on, nothing hurt — but they found the dot in my lung,” Manilow said. “They called me and said, ‘Could be cancer.’ That’s a bad word. ‘Not me. F--- you. I can’t have cancer.’”
He is now cancer free and has plenty to celebrate. In March, his new song “Once Before I Go” became a top 10 single, making him the only artist in history to notch an adult contemporary hit in six consecutive decades. In June, he’ll release What a Time.
“It has really, really made me take stock of my life. This made me stop and think about: Have I done what I wanted to do, and have I made people happy? Have I been a good friend? All of those cornball things that I’ve read for all of my life, I started to think about that, too. It really did stop me in my tracks,” he said of battling cancer. “And the answers are yes. And as a matter of fact, there are more yeses than I ever thought.”
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