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Mike Sorrentino—a.k.a. “The Situation”—is facing an internet interrogation.

After the Jersey Shore star posted a TikTok video Sept. 10 promoting an upcoming book signing event, social media users flooded the comment section of the post with speculation about his seemingly refreshed appearance.

“This ain’t the situation, this THE PROBLEM,” one user wrote, while another said that they “didn’t even recognize” the 43-year-old.

Some fans offered their theories as to what procedures Mike—who shares kids Romeo, 4, Mia, 2, and Luna, 18 months, with wife Lauren Sorrentino—may have undergone, with one suggesting, “He’s gotten a lift on his face.”

Meanwhile, another comment suggested the reality star may have turned to injectables, as the user posted a still from the 2004 holiday movie Christmas With the Kranks where Tim Allen’s character had received a noticeable dose of Botox in his face.

But in a subsequent video, Mike put the rumors to rest as he responded to a user who said he was “looking different” but they couldn’t pinpoint how.

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“I definitely got a ton of responses thinking I had gotten a facelift or new eyeballs and cheeks from Zimbabwe,” he said in the TikTok video over a dramatic sound bed. “I definitely didn’t do that.”

Instead, Mike credited his appearance to a strict regimen that viewers of the MTV series are sure to recognize.

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“I did gym, tanning and laundry for nine straight weeks,” he continued. “I haven’t cheated on my diet and I definitely haven’t shown anybody the results yet. I plan to do that shortly.”

But in the meantime, Mike seemed to offer a first glimpse of his progress—which didn’t go unnoticed.

“My guy flexing that bicep through the whole vid,” one user commented, while another wrote, “We got ourselves a flexation.”

Keep scrolling to see more stars who have addressed plastic surgery rumors…

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Alabama BarkerTravis Barker and ex Shanna Moakler‘s daughter has been open about her use of lip fillers but denies having cosmetic surgery.In February 2024, she shared photos of herself wearing a bikini on Instagram, to which a user commented, “This child has done alot of cosmetic surgery @ a very young age, I hope she doesn’t over do it! She looks good now!”The rapper responded, “I really appreciate the love! I’m natural, besides my lips, accept the fact I’m naturally beautiful.”

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Kristen StewartThe Twilight alum told Harper’s Bazaar U.K. in 2015 she will “never” get plastic surgery, adding, “I am so freaked out by the idea of doing anything. And maybe that’s completely arrogant but I don’t want to change anything about myself. I think the women who do are losing their minds. It’s vandalism.”

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Meryl StreepThe Devil Wears Prada star told Good Housekeeping in 2008. “You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you’ve lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.”

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Paulina PorizkovaThe supermodel opened up about why she’s all about embracing her skin at every age. “This is a 58 year old face without fillers, Botox or surgery in good light with professional gorgeous makeup,” she wrote in an August 2023 Instagram caption. “I have chosen not to put anything ‘into’ my face.”She continued, “Some days, I like it. I feel like my face has gained character even as it’s lost its youthful prettiness. And it seems a fair trade off.”

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Charlize TheronThe Oscar winner revealed whether or not she’s gotten plastic surgery.”My face is changing,” she told Allure in an interview published August 2023, “and I love that my face is changing and aging. People think I had a facelift. They’re like, ‘What did she do to her face?’ I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m just aging! It doesn’t mean I got bad plastic surgery. This is just what happens.'”

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Elizabeth BanksThe Pitch Perfect alum admitted she’s never gotten any cosmetic injectables, telling People in 2023, “I’ve never put a needle in my face. And by the way, most people do it and truly, there’s no judgement. But I make my living with my face.”She added, “Basically I’m terrified of f–king it up.”

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Salma HayekThe Magic Mike actress set the record straight on whether or not she’s gotten facial injectables. “No Botox!” she put it bluntly on Kelly Ripa‘s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.

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Linda EvangelistaIn 2021, the supermodel, who rose to fame in the ’90s as one of the first, sued Zeltiq Aesthetics, alleging that its CoolScupting fat-reducing procedures that she underwent in 2015 and 2016 left her “permanently disfigured.” The parties reached a settlement in the case in 2022.

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Emily RatajkowskiIn January 2021, while pregnant, the model wrote on her Instagram Story in response to fans’ questions: “For anyone saying ‘you need to stop w/ the lip injections’: I’ve never had lip injections (no judging folks who do—ya’ll look great!) but you can’t even get injections when you’re pregnant!”

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Jennifer LopezJenny from the Block continues to look like Jenny from the Block. In January 2021, she told an Instagram user, “I have never done Botox or any other injectables or surgery!! Just sayin’.”

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Jennifer AnistonThe Friends actress did have a nose job when she was younger to fix a deviated septum, but has spoke out against Botox and other facial fillers.”There is also this pressure in Hollywood to be ageless,” she told Yahoo! Beauty in 2014. “I think what I have been witness to, is seeing women trying to stay ageless with what they are doing to themselves. I am grateful to learn from their mistakes, because I am not injecting s–t into my face.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow”I’ve probably tried everything. I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I’m 50. I’ll try anything. Except I won’t do Botox again, because I looked crazy,” the actress told Harper’s Bazaar in 2013.

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Drew BarrymoreThe Charlie’s Angels alum told InStyle magazine in 2012, “I say, don’t fight the rings on the trunk of a tree. Just keep counting ’em.””The idea of not looking like myself scares me,” she added.

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Emma ThompsonThe Love Actually actress told The Telegraph in 2011, “I’m not fiddling about with myself. We’re in this awful youth-driven thing now where everybody needs to look 30 at 60.”

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Jodie Foster”Nah. It’s not my thing,” the Oscar winner told MORE magazine in 2007. “I don’t have anything against it for other people. Whatever they want to do, I’m fine with it. For me, it’s really a self-image thing. Like, I’d rather have somebody go, “Wow, that girl has a big nose” than ‘Wow, that girl has a bad nose job.’ I’d rather have a comment about who I am than about something that identifies me as being ashamed of who I am.”

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Lady GagaIn 2011, the pop star told Harper’s Bazaar, “I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.”

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Kate WinsletIn 2011, the Titanic star told the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph that cosmetic surgery goes against her morals, the way her parents brought her up and what she considers to be “natural beauty.””I will never give in,” she added. “I am an actress, I don’t want to freeze the expression of my face.”

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