Is Beauty in the eye of the beholder?
In her seven years working as Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen has had to deal with financial crises, the fallout of the war in Ukraine, and even the threat of Greenland’s annexation by US President Donald J. Trump.
But now, Frederiksen is fed up with having to deal with social media trolls – and even good-natured, well-meaning people – suggesting that she is ugly, and offering ‘unsolicited beauty advice’.
These people think the Prime Minister could be easier on the eyes, and think they have just the solution for her case.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has hit back at an unidentified plastic surgeon who sent her unsolicited advice about her appearance. pic.twitter.com/WAj41hyO1L
— Firstpost (@firstpost) August 25, 2026
Associated Press reported:
“The 48-year-old wrote Monday on Instagram that she had just returned back home from a trip to Ukraine, where she was exposed to air raid sirens in the ongoing war, only to find a message by a plastic surgeon offering her to “fix that little spot on your nose.”
‘I’ve lost count of how many messages I’ve received over the years about my appearance’, Frederiksen wrote. ‘Especially that I have ugly teeth and thin hair. That I have an ugly ‘wart’ on my nose and well-meaning advice to get some Botox’.”
Mette Frederiksen has spoken out after being contacted by a male cosmetic surgeon who offered to “fix that little spot on your nose”.
Returning from a trip to Kyiv, Mette Frederiksen spoke about the countless messages she had received about her appearance.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 25, 2026
Frederiksen posted a screengrab of the plastic surgeon’s ‘offer’ on Instagram and her response.
“Oh no. I’m happy with my body — I really don’t need a male plastic surgeon to have an opinion about it!”
But even if these ‘tips’ infuriate her, she decided to react with grace under pressure.
Vanity Fair France reported:
“The politician therefore decided to share a screenshot of the exchange on her Instagram account, without mincing her words. ‘I don’t meddle in what others do with their appearance. For my part, I adapt very well to my body. As it is, when you’re a woman and you’re approaching fifty’, she wrote in the caption.
While she says the last thing she heard when she left Kyiv was an air alert, the leader does not hide her annoyance at the message she received. ‘If you ever decide to write to me — and you are welcome — I hope you will devote your time to something more important. Not to my nose’, says the Dane.
With a touch of irony and a lot of benevolence, she concludes: ‘I will therefore decline this proposal. And today I address a particularly affectionate thought to all those who have to hear every day about these ‘perfect imperfections’ that we all carry within us’.”
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