Here’s Uma Thurman on Today responding to the wrath she’s been under since her appearance on the red carpet for premier of her new mini-series, The Slap.

Looking much more like herself, Thurman says it was makeup, not surgery, that changed her appearance.

I’m inclined to believe her.

In a stark departure from her typical neutral makeup, Thurman went with a bold red lip, darker, thicker brows—and no mascara! Her makeup artist, the inimitable Troy Surratt, said he got tired of the heavy lashes-and-liner look and was going for “effortless Parisienne chic.”

I suppose even the best of the best have their fails.

Then again, if I left the house with no mascara, no one would recognize me either.

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