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Wow, I wish I looked as 'weird' as Nicole Kidman.

She’s being slammed by surgeons who she’s never met, but my question is, what has Nicole Kidman ever done to you?

I can’t cry. Ever. If I do it is a disaster. The evidence sticks around for days. My eyes swell, my face goes red. Complete facial fail.

Luckily, I am not a world-famous movie star.

Luckily, I decided to stick with smelly bottoms, dirty dishes and packing lunches.

Nicole at the Cannes premiere of Grace Of Monaco.

Because if I was, my puffy face would be front-page news for days.

It wouldn’t happen to me, but it has happened to 46-year old Nicole Kidman.

The Oscar-winner has been slammed for her apparently “puffy and frozen face” at the Cannes Film Festival.

While Nicole was there to promote her new film ‘Grace Of Monaco’, she basically got jumped by the plastic-surgery police.

Dr. Marcelo Ghersi, a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Florida told Hollywood Life that he thinks, “These recent pictures are a huge departure, giving her face that 'chipmunk cheek' look that we have seen with far too many celebrities. Most likely Nicole has had Juvaderm injected into her cheeks to achieve this look. The reason celebrities (and other woman) do this at a certain age is that they fear their face hollowing. However, when they go too far with injectables to “pump it up,” instead of looking youthful, they look heavy and unnatural in the face.”

Nicole was branded "Chipmunk Cheek" for this look.

Chipmunk cheek? Wow, harsh.

The critics who have given similar quotes through the world’s media are all plastic surgeons who didn’t actually treat Nicole Kidman, so what she may or may not have done to her face is quite simply speculation.

The real issue here, is that if Nicole Kidman wants to fill her face with injectable fillers then Nicole Kidman can.

She’s Nicole Kidman, for goodness sakes. It's her  job to have a gorgeous face, to promote her film at Cannes. It's her responsibility is to look the part.

Sadly Nicole Kidman works in an industry that thrives on youth, that exploits itself through beauty and perpetuates the myth of agelessness.

She’s a movie star and a mother to two little girls ages three and five. And despite the media hype over movie stars and their Nannies, she is still their Mum.

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We all know who they will be running to in the middle of the night when they can’t sleep. Or to whom the tantrum will be directed at when they don’t get their way.

Not the nanny.

As a stay-at-home school Mum who writes from home it is NOT my job to look good. I get up at 3.30 each day to write in my Ugg boots and torn PJs. I am lucky to make it to school drop-off with my hair tied back.

I turned 40 last week and didn’t bat an eyelid at the number because I haven’t really considered ageing to be an upcoming problem.

Nicole at the Cannes press conference for Grace.

I don’t care if I have wrinkles, or pimples, or a forehead that resembles my three-year-old's scribbles.

But, for me looking good isn’t what my life is about.

For Nicole Kidman it’s the life she has chosen – and not just one that benefits her.

She’s a fierce advocate for equal rights for women across the globe.

She is a huge supporter of UNICEF to the point of being a UN ambassador and she is a massive earner of funds for a variety of charities.

Breast cancer, domestic violence, the McGrath Foundation, the Starlight Foundation. These are just a few that Nicole Kidman actively supports.

If she DID have plastic surgery or injectable fillers, or even if she cried herself to sleep, that’s no-body's business than Nicole’s, is it?

Nicole. WE think you are amazing.

Is it any of our business what celebrities do to their faces?