By

Olivia Craighead,

a news writer for The Cut who covers pop culture and celebrity.

Previously, she wrote about pop culture and entertainment at Gawker.

If reading books by Irish authors has taught me anything, it’s that there’s a lot of gloom over there. That is a people who have suffered for generations from famine, violence, and a lot of overcast weather. This is to say, if a bunch of Irish people are telling you that you look sad, you might take it to heart. Rosie O’Donnell did, and she remedied the situation by getting a deep-plane face-lift.