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"Ashley Judd&amp;apos;s puffy face scandal is still going strong.\r\nIn an exclusive interview on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams airing Wednesday night, Judd fired back (again) at rumors she&amp;apos;s had plastic surgery.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe actress, 43, blames the &amp;quot;hyper-sexualization&amp;quot; of society for the recent criticism she&amp;apos;s encountered regarding her puffier face.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I think that it&amp;apos;s hatred of women that invites the criticism,&amp;quot; the Missing star says. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;apos;s the objectification of girls and women and this hyper-sexualization of our society that invites the criticism. It doesn&amp;apos;t have anything to do with me, really, and how I look.&amp;quot;\r\nJudd says her puffier face was due to a sinus infection -- which required her to take serious steroids. &amp;quot;And maybe I had something salty, as we would say in the south, and I swelled up.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;There was no presumption of good will,&amp;quot; she says of critics assuming she&amp;apos;s had plastic surgery. &amp;quot;The conversation went to, &amp;apos;Oh. My. Gosh&amp;#x2026;she&amp;apos;s had work.&amp;apos; &amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd Judd feels she&amp;apos;ll never be without criticism. &amp;quot;So I look bad, I&amp;apos;ve had work. I look too good, I&amp;apos;ve had work.&amp;quot;\r\nOn Monday, Judd wrote a lengthy essay on the Daily Beast addressing the rumors.\r\n&amp;quot;The conversation [about my face] was pointedly nasty, gendered, and misogynistic and embodies what all girls and women in our culture, to a greater or lesser degree, endure every day,&amp;quot; Judd wrote.\r\nShe added that the debate is &amp;quot;really about&amp;quot; what she calls &amp;quot;the assault on [women&amp;apos;s] body image.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Hollywood feuds\r\nJudd does have some supporters. Miley Cyrus, 19, who has faced some criticism herself this week for promoting a gluten-free diet, tweeted a kind note to Judd after reading her essay Tuesday. &amp;quot;Thank you Ashley Judd. This article was music to my ears. Beautifully said and beyond inspiring. I hope everyone woman reads this.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nJudd&amp;apos;s full interviews airs Wednesday evening on NBC Nightly News. Watch the sneak-peek clip and tell Us: Do you agree with Judd&amp;apos;s opinion?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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