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Actress Ashley Judd has taken the unusual step of publicly addressing the recent gossip about what some entertainment/gossip sites have characterized as her suspiciously altered appearance.

“The assault on our body image, the hypersexualization of girls and women and subsequent degradation of our sexuality as we walk through the decades, and the general incessant objectification is what this conversation allegedly about my face is really about,” wrote actress Ashley Judd after an Internet firestorm about her allegedly altered face and appearance.

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