There's is no scandal here, and that's because actress Lisa Kudrow is actually shockingly upfront about her life.


In a candid new interview with The Saturday Evening Post, the 50-year-old star, who will join ABC's hit drama "Scandal," opens up about everything from being dumped by her two best friends in junior high school and being made an outcast to experiencing anti-semitism. She even tells the magazine how getting a nose job changed her life.


"That was life altering," she said of the surgery. "I went from, in my mind, hideous, to not hideous. I did it the summer before going to a new high school. So there were plenty of people who wouldn’t know how hideous I looked before. That was a good, good, good change."


The former "Friends" star also opened up about tracing her own genealogy on an episode of the show "Who Do You Think You Are," which she also produces, and dealing with the realization that some of her family members had been lost in the Holocaust. Kudrow said that although she'd taken Jewish history classes, she was in denial that the Holocaust applied to her own family.


"So I didn’t have to be burdened with the nightmare of what happened to people I knew. Then as I got older my grandmother told me it was Hitler who killed everybody in her family, and that’s the first time I came face-to-face with it. In my fully denial state of mind it was, 'No, no, we’re not part of the Holocaust.' But I learned we are," she explained to the magazine, before answering the follow up question if she's experienced anti-semitism.


"Yes, I have. In college there was more anti-semitism than before college, because there were people who never met a Jew before. A friend of mine, when she found out I was Jewish, said, 'Really? Oh, I don’t like Jews.'"


On a lighter note, when the conversation turned to her work on "Friends," Kudrow revealed that fans often call out to her by her character's name, Phoebe, but, she says, "I don’t turn around. I never turn around. If someone’s in front of me, I’ll smile and try to be nice. But I don’t like taking pictures. Autographs are fine."


For more with Lisa Kudrow, head over to The Saturday Evening Post.



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  • Amanda Bynes


    In May, Bynes took to Twitter to reveal: "Intouch used a photo from years ago on their cover and I hate it! The reason I've asked all magazines and blogs to stop using old photos of me is I don't look like that anymore! I had a nose job to remove skin that was like a webbing in between my eyes. I wasn't going to tell anyone, but I look so much prettier in my new photos that I don't want old photos used anymore! I'm so sick of magazines and blogs using old photos! I'm so sick of magazines and blogs using old photos! When will they stop? I will never look like that again! Having surgery was the most amazing thing for my confidence!"




  • Courtney Stodden


    18-year-old Stodden went under the knife recently to change her natural C breast to DD's. Her <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/courtney-stodden-breast-augmentation-video_n_3486954.html" target="_blank">surgery was filmed and posted on the Internet </a>for all the world to see.




  • Kris Jenner


    She had plastic <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/25/kris-jenner-breast-implants-boob-job_n_2187940.html" target="_blank">surgery before Kim Kardashian's wedding and also had her second breast augmentation</a> on Season 7 of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians."




  • Bruce Jenner


    The former Olympian <a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/bruce-jenner-and-family-on-his-plastic-surgery_article_20573" target="_blank">opened up to "Access Hollywood" in 2009</a> about the nose job and partial face-lift he had in 1984. "‘Because you’re Bruce Jenner, Olympic champ [people said], ‘Oh my gosh, you shouldn’t be doing things like that.’ The media kind of went nuts on that stuff,” he said. Jenner later underwent further surgery to correct the previous procedures. “I had it done and not even my close friends knew I had it done,” he revealed. “I mean that’s how good of a job they [did].”




  • Farrah Abraham


    Abrams was not shy about admitting <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/21/farrah-abraham-topless_n_3479821.html" target="_blank">her recent "adjustments."</a> She had a breast augmentation and "loves her new body," according to her Twitter.




  • Jenelle Evans


    The "Teen Mom" star <a href="http://radaronline.com/photos/janelle-evans-busty-self-portraits/photo/360884/" target="_blank">underwent a breast augmentation back in June. </a> And lucky for her, her boyfriend thinks he's <a href="http://popsoundoff.com/teen-mom-jenelle-evans-boyfriend-disses-her-pre-surgery-bod/" target="_blank">"lucky that she doesn't look like that anymore,"</a> in reference to her pre-surgery body.




  • Alexis Bellino


    Alexis Bellino told the <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/housewife-343427-job-nose.html" target="_blank">Orange County Register</a> she had a nose job.




  • Brandi Glanville


    She <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/brandi-glanville-liquid-nose-job_n_3354279.html" target="_blank">revealed on Twitter</a> that she had a breast augmentation.




  • Jwoww


    She has admitted to have breast augmentation surgery, but any work on her face has gone unconfirmed.




  • Kourtney Kardashian


    When she was 22, she got surgery to go from a B-cup to a C-cup. "It was so dumb... I just got the idea in my head one day, and that was that. There was no talking me out of it," said Kardashian in an interview with Us Weekly. (Getty photo)




  • Kathy Griffin


    In her memoir, "Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List," the comedian writes about her very many plastic surgeries, including a nose job, brow lift, Botox injections, dental veneers, chemical hair straightening, chemical peels and liposuction. (Getty photo)




  • Dolly Parton


    Parton has admitted to breast implants, liposuction, under-eye work, fillers, Botox and removing “the pelican pouch” under her chin. In 2012, she told InTouch, "Anybody that’s got the nerve, desire and the money to have surgery, should find a good doctor and just do it."




  • Melanie Griffith


    The actress admits to getting a breast-lift in 1991 after the birth of her second child and having collagen injections to her lips. In 1999 Griffith was quoted in Britain's Mirror saying, "I have been thinking about plastic surgery, but I'm not saying where. Turning 40 is difficult. I often think, 'If only someone could put a zip down the back of me and tighten everything up!'"




  • Patricia Heaton


    The "Everybody Loves Raymond" star and mother of four kids, told People why she underwent a breast lift and tummy tuck: "Vanity. I mean it. Vanity. I had four C-sections and my stomach looked like the map of the world. My breasts were hanging down to here from breastfeeding those babies, and my nipples were like platters. I wanted to fit into the gowns that I finally got to wear."




  • Roseanne Barr


    In September 2003 Roseanne Barr spoke to People about her tummy tuck, nose job, breast reduction and face-lift saying: "I want to get butt implants and a waist. But it's been, like, 10 years since I had anything and I'm kind of scared of it. I'm old and I don't know if I"ll wake up from the anesthetic."




  • Kelly Ripa


    Kelly told a friend, "When all else fails, I get Botox injected right here, right into my forehead, as much as possible." She also <a href="http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/kelly-ripa-interview">admitted to getting Botox in her armpits</a> to Elle Magazine.




  • Adrianne Curry


    Adrianne Curry talked to KROQ radio station about her breast augmentation in 2007. The model revealed that after a miscarriage, one of her breasts grew larger than the other, causing a two inch difference in her breast size. Curry underwent surgery to even them out, as it were.




  • Howard Stern


    On his radio show in 2006, Howard Stern admitted to having gotten a nose job and chin lipo.




  • Vienna Girardi


    The "Bachelor" star made no secret about <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2011-07-20-bachelorette-vienna-girardi-gets-a-nose-job">her new nose.</a>




  • George Clooney


    Once on "Oprah" Clooney admitted to having an eye lift ... though the actor claimed later to Esquire magazine that he was just joking.




  • Gwyneth Paltrow


    <a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/cover/gwyneth-paltrow-interview-0513#slide-1" target="_blank">Gwyneth told Harper's Bazaar in 2013</a>, "I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy. I looked like Joan Rivers!"




  • Sharon Osbourne


    "I wish I'd never had my breasts done the last time," she told New Magazine. "They've put these bloody great bags in that are too f***ing round--it's like a water bed on your chest."

    (Getty photo)




  • Denise Richards


    "When I was 19, a doctor put in bigger implants than what I asked for. I was in such a hurry to get them that I didn't research my doctor," Richards told Us Weekly. "I just thought because they're a plastic surgeon, they must be good. You have to be your advocate for your own body and ask 100 questions." Later Richards wrote: "At 19 when I first got my breasts done, I wish that I was confident enough with my body to not have had surgery. That is something that I really want to encourage in my daughters, to embrace their healthy body and have confidence. I actually feel more confident in my skin now than in my 20's. Being confident is one of the sexiest qualities a woman can exude." (Getty photo)




  • Jenny McCarthy


    "Me and my friends found a doctor in Arizona that cost about $1,500 to get our boobs done--because they didn't use anesthesia and I didn't know it," McCarthy told WENN. In a later interview with Us Weekly, the former playmate said she was "too young" when she got her implants at 19.

    (Getty photo)




  • Victoria Beckham


    In an interview with British Vogue, Victoria was asked about the absence of her "torpedo bazookas," to which the former Spice Girl reportedly replied, "gone".

    (Getty photo)




  • Kimberly Stewart


    In an interview with Now Magazine, Kimberly states her famous father was supportive of his daughter when she had the implants put in at 18, and even more supportive when she decided to get rid of them. She recalls, "He's very supportive of whatever I do. He was just like, 'If you don't feel comfortable, if you don't feel safe, just get them removed.'"

    (Getty photo)




  • Jenna Jameson


    "When I had implants, I felt uncomfortable," the former porn star told Us Weekly. "I would be shy at the beach. I know it sounds funny, but I'd wear high-necked clothes, unless I was at an adult-film convention. So I thought, 'why don't I be who I am and get my real ones back?'"




  • Tara Reid


    "I was a 34B, but the right one was always bigger than the left," she told Us Weekly. "He gave me Cs, and I didn't want them. At all."

    (Getty photo)




  • Pam Anderson


    Anderson has had multiple breast augmentations.




  • Jamie Lee Curtis


    “I’ve had a little plastic surgery. I’ve had a little lipo. I’ve had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it,” <a href="http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/jamie-lee-curtis-true-thighs?page=2" target="_blank">Curtis revealed to More magazine in 2002.</a> "Ten years ago, before anybody did that, I had fat taken from underneath my eyes because I was on a movie and I was puffy. And I remember the cameraman saying, ‘I can’t shoot her now.’ I remember being mortified. And yet, you know what? Nobody tells you if you take fat from your body in one place, it comes back in another place," she added.




  • Ashlee Simpson


    When rumors circulated that Simpson had rhinoplasty in 2006, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1193063,00.html" target="_blank">her initial response</a> was "Everybody's already saying it, so I just don't talk about it." Her dad then acknowledged the surgery, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297925,00.html" target="_blank">telling Fox News</a>, "Girls have their own ideas. Anyway, there was a real problem with her breathing and that was cured." Ashlee later confirmed it to Us Weekly, <a href="http://www.today.com/id/23620386#.UYliMOBhWA0" target="_blank">telling the magazine</a>, “I was never really unhappy with how I looked, (and) I don’t think I am more beautiful than I was (before). I just see the same old goofy girl I see every day.”




  • Heidi Montag


    <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20342923,00.html" target="_blank">According to People</a>, the "Hills" star followed up her 2007 nose job and breast augmentation with a 10-hour series of procedures in 2010 that included a mini brow lift, nose-job revision, chin reduction, neck liposuction, buttock augmentation, among others. "For the past three years I've thought about what to have done," <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20342923,00.html" target="_blank">she told People</a>. "I am absolutely beyond obsessed." She added, "I was made fun of when I was younger, and so I had insecurities, especially after I moved to L.A. People said I had a 'Jay Leno chin'; they'd circle it on blogs and say nasty things. It bothered me. And when I watched myself on The Hills, my ears would be sticking out like Dumbo! I just wanted to feel more confident and look in the mirror and be like, 'Whoa! That's me!' I was an ugly duckling before."




  • Ashley Tisdale


    The "High School Musical" star <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20174328,00.html" target="_blank">opened up about her nose job to People in 2008</a>, and the inevitable tabloid criticism that followed, telling the magazine that "people were saying I was 'unveiling my look,' but I was still recovering! That's not what I look like right now." She added, "I think I still look like me."




  • Cher


    "I've had my breasts done. But my breast operations were a nightmare. They were really botched in every way. If anything, they were worse after than before," the "Turn Back Time" singer <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111940,00.html" target="_blank">told People in 1992.</a>




  • Dianna Agron


    In 2011, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/dianna-agron-tells-david-letterman-she-had-her-nose-fixed_n_916488.html" target="_blank">the "Glee" star told David Letterman</a> that she'd had her nose done, after breaking it twice. Of the second fracture, she explained, "I couldn't get it fixed because we were in the middle of doing this concert tour and we were filming. We had a day off and I met up with some of my friends and we were dancing. And again, there was another collision of sorts -- I must be turning too quickly, people don't see me coming or something -- but it's fixed now!"




  • Kenny Rogers


    In 2006, <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1183537,00.html" target="_blank">the singer-songwriter told People, </a>"Last year I had so many lines coming in at the side of my eyes up here. So I went in and got my eyes done, and I’m not happy about it. (The surgeon) is going to go in and fix that for me. They’re too tight around the eyelids for me. It drives me crazy. "




  • Joan Rivers


    In a 2010 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Rivers discussed her notorious penchant for plastic surgery, <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/18/joan-rivers-talks-about-plastic-surgery-hecklers-and-her-new-documentary-joan-rivers-a-piece-of-work/" target="_blank">telling the magazine, </a>"Babies respond to pretty faces. So stop telling everyone it’s okay not to be pretty! If you can fix it, fix it! If it makes you happier. I love to look in the mirror and say, 'For 77, you look good.' That’s all. I don’t care what anyone says. Not bad for 77." In a 2012 interview with Anderson Cooper, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/joan-rivers-haven-739-plastic-surgeries-e-comedian-joked-new-weekend-article-1.1018711" target="_blank">the "Fashion Police" host joked</a>, "Every weekend I just go in and I do something new. I get a tenth one free. It's a little like coffee, you just keep going."




  • Jennifer Grey


    <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/tv/features/jennifergrey.htm" target="_blank">In a 1999 Washington Post interview</a>, the "Dirty Dancing" star explained the decision to poke fun at her <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/jennifer-grey-looks-the-same-she-did-in-1987-2010309" target="_blank">botched nose job</a> while playing a version of herself on the short-lived sitcom "It's Like, You Know ...." "I decided to make fun of this, to make my fiasco become my reality," she explained. "After all, it's not cancer, and it's absurd that just a nose job could wreak such havoc."




  • Tori Spelling


    "I admit to having a nose job, but that's all.... I lost my baby fat, and people said I had work done," <a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20140945,00.html" target="_blank">Spelling said in 2000, according to People. </a>




  • Courtney Love


    In 2007, Love acknowledged a nose job on her website, writing that she had her "old nose" back. "I hated that nosejobby nose, it was like a little beak," <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20016348,00.html" target="_blank">she wrote, according to People. </a>"[It] looks like the one god gave me so im happy not to have crazy lips and a crazy teensy unnatural little nose."




  • Celebrity Plastic Surgery Junkies


    Take a look at some celebrity plastic surgery junkies, such as Heidi Montag, Kris Jenner, JWoww, Tara Reid and Courtney Love.