Comedian Leanne Morgan, known for her hilariously candid take on middle-aged motherhood, shared a remarkable and intimate story on Today about her decades-long experience with breast implants. The revelation, prompted by a similar admission from Jennifer Lawrence, included a jaw-dropping detail about her husband’s frugality and the surprising reason she chose to get her breasts “redone” before filming her new Netflix sitcom.
Relatable Struggles: The Post-Baby Body
The conversation was sparked by actress Jennifer Lawrence’s recent profile in The New Yorker, where she opened up about the dramatic changes her body underwent after having children, specifically mentioning the loss of firmness. Lawrence admitted, “Everything bounced back, pretty much, after the first kid. Second one – nothing bounced back.”
This intimate subject resonated immediately with comedian Leanne Morgan and Today host Jenna Bush Hager, both of whom have multiple children.
Morgan lamented the physical toll with a comedic sigh, “Oh, that third one!” to which Bush Hager immediately responded, “I know, I had a third one too.”
Morgan then dove into a hilariously graphic description of the post-childbirth reality she faced, leaving Bush Hager and the Today stage crew erupting in laughter. She complained that her breasts resembled “wadded up little tube socks with a marble in the bottom of them.”
The decision to seek cosmetic surgery, Morgan revealed, was spurred by her own mother, Lucille, who witnessed the physical change firsthand. “And Mama saw me naked – Lucille – and said, ‘Baby, you gotta do something.’ And I wanted to though because I was young and I still had life left in me!”
The 25-Year Run: A Frugal Husband’s Legacy
In a moment of hushed, shared confidence, Morgan leaned in and whispered to Bush Hager, “I had my breasts done and I tell you, I had a good run with those old things.”
Bush Hager then asked the critical question: how long did the implants actually last? The answer was a testament to both Morgan’s tenacity and her husband Chuck Morgan’s extreme frugality, a common theme in her comedy.
“They’re supposed to be [10 to 15 years] but [my husband] Chuck Morgan doesn’t like to spend money. So these were more like 25,” Morgan candidly revealed.
The revelation that she kept the same implants for a quarter of a century—a decade longer than their recommended lifespan—caused another wave of laughter. Bush Hager affirmed the surprising longevity: “Okay well that’s a good run!”
The Netflix Deadline and the “Vomiting” Showrunner
Morgan went on to reveal the final, crucial detail: she recently decided to get her breasts “redone” just before she began filming her new Netflix sitcom, Leanne, executive produced by Chuck Lorre.
When Bush Hager pressed her on whether she had truly notified her new showrunner about the surgery as a scheduling conflict, Morgan confirmed the incredible story.
“Yeah, I said I would like to not start until this day because I’ve got to get my breasts redone and he looked like he was going to vomit,” she explained, describing the showrunner’s disbelief at the highly unconventional scheduling request for a major television production.
The decision to finally upgrade the quarter-century-old implants was directly linked to a prior, slightly awkward professional experience. Morgan confessed that the impetus for the surgery came after starring in the movie You’re Cordially Invited alongside Reese Witherspoon.
“I had been in a movie – my only movie – with little Reese Witherspoon,” Morgan recounted, adding a hilarious physical comparison: “and I said every time she stood next other me her head hit right here and her little head was the size of that big breast implant.”
This self-deprecating comparison spurred the final decision. “And that’s why I said, when I got my own television show, ‘I can’t have these big ol’ things on TV,’” Morgan concluded, tying her personal decision directly to her professional necessity in Hollywood.
Morgan’s unvarnished honesty on Today with Jenna & Friends (which airs weekdays at 10/9c on NBC) provided fans with the perfect blend of intimate detail and the signature Southern humor that has made her a Netflix star.
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