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"Alexa Ray Joel is giving the haters a taste of their own medicine. After Us Weekly posted a photo showing the singer&amp;apos;s stunning transformation from bubbly tween to gorgeous grown-up, commenters speculated that she&amp;apos;d had extensive work done to look so glamorous. So Joel -- the 28-year-old daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley -- posted a comment of her own, in which she took the bullies to task for their cruel remarks. (The star herself confirms to Us it was really her who left said comment.)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;This is absolutely hysterical!!! I was 13 years old in the pic posted as a &amp;apos;before.&amp;apos; In this latter pic, I am 28 years old [that&amp;apos;s the age I am now],&amp;quot; she wrote on Wednesday, April 2. &amp;quot;I have lost weight simply from maturing, and I have fully contoured &amp;apos;stage makeup&amp;apos; and hair done for my first debut show at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC. Obviously I&amp;apos;m going to look different,&amp;quot; she added of the second photo, which was taken at her performance on April 1.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s called &amp;apos;growing up&amp;apos;!&amp;quot; she continued. Then, addressing comments about plastic surgery speculation, she wrote, &amp;quot;I have only gotten one nose-job done. That is the absolute extent of the surgeries I have had. I&amp;apos;m very sorry to disappoint everyone who wants to believe that I have had multiple surgeries, but that just simply isn&amp;apos;t true.&amp;quot; The only &amp;quot;secret&amp;quot; to her good looks, she added, is &amp;quot;makeup and a push-up bra.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;I tend to favor an ultra-glam, dramatic look when I am performing -- especially at such a dressy venue,&amp;quot; Joel wrote of the Carlyle, which has played host to performers including Bobby Short, Woody Allen, and Eartha Kitt. &amp;quot;Anyways...sorry to disappoint everyone...I don&amp;apos;t have low self-esteem at all, contrary to all of your unsubstantiated opinions, and I accept and love myself for exactly who I am, as every empowered woman should!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe wrapped up her comment with a final, piercing message to the haters: &amp;quot;To the nasty bullying-bloggers who seem to get a kick out of picking apart, psychoanalyzing, and objectifying complete strangers...Why not take a long look in the mirror and worry about yourself?&amp;quot;\r\nAs Us Weekly previously reported, Joel stunned at her sold-out show on April 1. Her rep told Us, &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s simply matured into a beautiful young woman.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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