The Weeknd’s fans think he modeled freaky ‘plastic surgery’ face after ex Bella Hadid as he ‘plays a character’ in video
THE Weeknd's fans think he modeled his freaky "plastic surgery" face after his ex, Bella Hadid, as he "played a character" in his new video for Save Your Tears.
Fans were left shocked after the singer debuted a new look.
Following the 30-year-old singer's shocking revelation of the prosthetics in his face simulating plastic surgery, fans couldn't help but wonder if his look had been inspired by one of his exes, Bella Hadid.
The 24-year-old model has persistently denied accusations made by fans that she underwent plastic surgery.
One fan wrote: "With the nose job and cheekbones, is the Weeknd mocking Bella Hadid?"
A second one shared: "I think is shading Bella Hadid, look at the nose and the lips and the pout, plastic!"
A third wrote: "I'm sure he's mocking Bella Hadid cause she always says she had nothing done."
And a fourth one shared: "Some people did not like Save Your tears before but LOVE it now since The Weeknd's music video convinced the masses that song is about Selena Gomez begging her to stay and shades Bella Hadid about surgeries via Abel's 'built' face."
The Weeknd's new look is part of his storyline for his most recent album, After Hours, a source confirmed to .
The source revealed: "This is strictly performance art.
"The Weeknd is wearing prosthetics as he’s been playing since November 2019 when he launched the After Hours era."
In fact, he hired Heidi Klum's costume mastermind, Mike Marino of Prosthetic Renaissance, who often transforms her for Halloween.
Fans didn't just make the connection with Bella, but , who is seemingly represented by the female lead in the music video.
One fan commented below the YouTube clip: "Girl dancing looks like Selena…even sounds like he said her name."
Another person wrote: "Am I the only one hearing ‘Selena’ [in] the background."
A following fan on Twitter: "SAVE YOUR TEARS IS ABOUT SELENA GOMEZ IM SCREAMING OMFGGG."
The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, and dated for 10 months back in 2017.
In addition to the musician's high profile relationship with Selena, The Weeknd also dated from 2015-2016.
After their split and his relationship with Selena, The Weeknd and Bella reconciled as they dated again from 2018-2019.
The speculation that the song is about Selena comes one day after the Blinding Lights singer in the music video.
The Starboy appeared to have been pumped with fillers in his cheeks and lips, as well as his nose chiseled.
In the music video, a spotlight lit up , which was swollen from fake botox injections and made him appear sore around the pretend surgical scarring that mimicked a facelift.
While the strange face was completely fake, fans couldn't help but be shocked and "horrified" by the singer's changed look.
What happened to The Weeknd’s face?
In his video Save Your Tears, The Weeknd is to emulate the look of extreme plastic surgery, fillers and Botox.
This follows from his previous hit Blinding Lights, in which he wanted to raise awareness of drink-driving.
When he arrived at the with his , looked as if he'd either been in a terrible accident or just had a face lift.
But the singer isn't injured and he hasn't had cosmetic surgery either.
Instead, the horrifying make-up is to raise awareness against drink driving.
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One fan reacted to the video by writing: "WHATTT did The Weeknd do to his face and WHYYYY???? I have too many questions."
A second one begged someone to "explain what happened to The Weeknd’s face!?
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She added: "Awful... I thought it was all an act with the bandaids on his face but it looks like he got bad Botox YIKES."
A third questioned if The Weeknd had really undergone surgery and wrote: "Can someone assure me it’s prosthetics on @theweeknd face? I just need to know my baby didn’t do something he can’t undo. Like it’s a gimmick, right? It’s just for show?"