Former 'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris Reflects on Why She Had Plastic Surgery
Jillian Harris said said bullies drove her to get a nose job.
— -- During her time on "The Bachelorette," Jillian Harris withstood her fair share of drama.
However, apparently nothing compared to the emotional repercussions of the cyber bullies who she said tortured her about her appearance.
"Some people are mean. I’ve found the best way to cope with this is to just feel sorry for them," she wrote on her website. "How many emotionally wonderful people will jump onto the old world wide web and lash out at someone they have never met? Not many. So if someone says your [sic] fat, have a hot dog nose (yes this happened, and yes I got a nose job because of it) choose the route of empathy instead of anger."
Harris, who starred on the ABC reality TV show in 2009, had plastic surgery in 2012, according to an interview she did with the reality TV website, WetPaint. One reason she had the procedure done was because she'd previously broken her nose, but she added that rude comments made online during her breakup with Ed Swiderski, whom she met during the show, were what ultimately drove her to go under the knife.
"It was a personal decision and it’s my choice and I’m extremely, extremely happy about it," she said. "I wanted it to still look like me. [My doctor] did a really great job."