Katherine Ryan has declared she is ready to embrace her 'hot girl' era after watching friends become more attractive with age while she laboured through three pregnancies over a five-year period. The Canadian star, 42, welcomed daughter Violet from a former relationship at age 25, but a civil partnership with childhood sweetheart Bobby Kootstra in 2019 led to the births of son Fred and daughters Fenna and Holland between 2021 and 2025.
Ryan told Principle magazine that the rigours of back-to-back pregnancies were exacerbated by watching those closest to her enjoy the benefits of cosmetic enhancements and weight loss treatments. 'I want to be thin, which, like, I always lose the baby weight anyway, but I think I kind of missed out on five years of potentially being hot,' she said. 'I watched other people get hotter and have access to GLP-1s. It's my turn. Everyone else was getting hotter and thinner while I was pregnant six times in five years.'
Ryan added: 'I don't think it's out of the question to be Erika Jayne hot in your 40s. I'm going for Cher. All the women I admire are much older than I am anyway, so getting older doesn't bother me at all.' She warned her 'enemies' that she is reclaiming her autonomy after sacrificing sleep, her body, and her career to create a biological legacy for her husband and herself. 'But he looks hotter than ever, and I've really been through it,' she quipped.
The comedian is now on a quest to enhance her physique after starting the process with a facelift in December. She already knows what is next: swapping her breast implants for smaller ones. 'I've had breast implants since the early 2000s, and I think they're really emblematic of that generation,' she said. 'I don't like them anymore - I want, like, little Kendall Jenner boobs.'
No stranger to minor cosmetic procedures, Ryan adopts a refreshingly honest stance when asked about her treatments. 'I think I have a really healthy relationship with tweakments and cosmetic surgery,' she said. 'I never wanted to look different. As a young woman, I had an idea in my head of what I wanted to look like, and at the time it was Britney Spears - Britney Jean Spears. I wanted to be tanned, blonde, have breast implants, straight teeth, and just be pretty. That has never really changed. I don't want to be tanned anymore - I've given up.'
Ryan added: 'I've never had any surgery on my face until this facelift. I've had fillers and Botox and things, and breast implants, and that's it.' She dismissed the idea that altering one's appearance participates in a toxic system, saying: 'I just feel like I'd love to change the world and have everyone feel totally comfortable in their own skin.'
A new era might include a new direction, but Ryan rules out appearing on two of Britain's biggest reality TV shows - Strictly Come Dancing and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - due to family commitments. 'I have not been explicitly offered Strictly or The Jungle, but they have inquired a few times, and I just think it's too far away for my kids or too much work,' she said. 'If I embarked on something like Strictly, you just don't see your family, it's too intense. So there are things I feel prohibited from doing as a mum, and it's difficult to contain the feminist rage I have sometimes that it's not fair.'
Despite her husband being a stay-at-home dad, Ryan feels limited in what she can do with small children. 'But this is why this is my breakout hot year, because I've been spending all this time turning down travel shows and commitments because of the kids. I do have some traditional views about parenting, and I just think if their mum's not around, I'm sorry, I do think they'll grow up to be, like, a reformed MP or something weird.'
The full interview is available in the latest edition of Principle magazine, out now.
