{"success":true,"data":{"id":"08bddeba-87b3-46ec-aa21-e2803cbb312f","title":"Rep. Lauren Boebert’s face freezes from Botox in awkward moment as she rails against GOPers trying to ‘muscle her’","summary":"There’s a wrinkle in her prepared statement! Rep. Lauren Boebert’s face froze up from Botox injections during an awkward interview moment — as she railed against GOPers trying “muscle her” for a vote.","content":"There’s a wrinkle in her prepared statement!\n\nRep. [Lauren Boebert](https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/rep-lauren-boebert-who-was-caught-groping-date-in-public-slams-congressional-sex-misconduct-scandal/)’s face froze up from Botox injections during an awkward interview moment — as she railed against GOPers trying “muscle her” for a vote.\n\nThe [Colorado Republican](https://nypost.com/2024/08/15/us-news/lauren-boeberts-revealing-bikini-pics-show-off-a-massive-secret-tattoo/), 39, was fuming about a National Defense Authorization Act backroom deal Wednesday when something began to needle her, she [told TMZ.](https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/22/lauren-boebert-on-botox-and-republican-liars/)\n\n“I don’t want to be on camera this week, and I’ve been on camera more than any other week,” Boebert revealed — pointing at her partially paralyzed bottom lip.\n\n“I am talking out of the side of my mouth like a damn politician, ’cause my Botox hasn’t caught up on this side. Maybe in two days, this side will catch up to the other side, but here we are,” [she](https://x.com/jacob_wass/status/2080097928811556982?s=20) admitted in the video footage.\n\nBoebert confessed she “didn’t want to be on camera” this week because of the Botox.\n\nThe beauty [blunder unfolded](https://nypost.com/us-news/lauren-boebert-worst-moments/) after Boebert said she missed a vote for the sweeping annual defense policy bill because unnamed GOP staffers lied to her.\n\nShe insisted she’d objected to a “tech swap” between the US and Israel and wanted that section removed from the bill.\n\nBoebert was still negotiating as voting approached Wednesday, when Republican staffers told her they’d keep the vote open for her — then didn’t keep their word, she said.\n\nBoebert claimed a dishonest backroom deal kept her from voting on the defense bill. TMZ\n\nIn 2024, Boebert poked fun at herself while admitting on a Rumble livestream that she used Botox.\n\n“I’m a fan of Botox,” Boebert said — quipping that her students had confused her with then-84-year-old former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\n\nBoebert attends the House Oversight and Government Reform Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee hearing. ZUMAPRESS.com\n\nBoebert became a grandma at age 36 when her oldest son, Tyler, had a baby at 18.\n\nA crooked smile is one side effect of the cosmetic procedure, and injections generally start working one to three days after treatment.","source_name":"New York Post","source_url":"https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/rep-lauren-boeberts-face-freezes-from-botox-in-awkward-interview/","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/07/23/us-news/rep-lauren-boeberts-face-freezes-from-botox-in-awkward-interview/","author":"Natalie O'Neill","author_name":"Natalie O'Neill","published_at":"2026-07-23T16:45:55.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-23T16:45:55.000Z","image_url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/135282603.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":2,"word_count":329,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}