'Miss Piggy taunts hurt my feelings': Real Housewives star Vicki Gunvalson on why she had a plastic surgery makeover

PUBLISHED: 09:52 EST, 2 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:34 EST, 2 April 2013

Vicki Gunvalson has spoken out about how cruel taunts led her to get a plastic surgery makeover which included nose job and a chin implant.

The 51-year-old debuted her new 'settled in' face on Watch What Happens Live on Monday night.

The reality star's surgery was featured on the season premiere of Real Housewives of Orange County earlier in the evening, it was filmed just a few weeks after she went under the knife and swelling had hidden the final results.

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Speaking out: Vicki Gunvalson opened up on Watch What Happens Live on Monday about her facial surgery

On the live show last night, she hid behind a cardboard curtain while being introduced by Andy Cohen and then unveiled her final new look.

While the surgery was extensive, the star said she hoped the results were not too extreme.

'Hopefully it doesn't look any different, I didn't even tell my mother until she found out tonight,' she said.

Vicki Gunvalson shows off her new face after plastic surgery

The big reveal: The Real Housewives Of The O.C. covered her face initially

The before and after: Vikki - seen here before the latest round of surgery on 2010 and on the show - had a nose job, fat injections and a chin implant

The before and after: Vicki - seen here before the latest round of surgery in 2010 and on the show - had a nose job, fat injections and a chin implant

The mother of two said she left it up to doctors to decide what exactly she got done.

'I had fat from my sides put into my face,' the Bravo personality revealed.

'And then they put in an implant (in my chin) because I guess when you do the nose they needed to do the chin.

'I just kind of closed my eyes and said "Just do what you think is going to look good" and they did it.'

Vicki Gunvalson on why she got plastic surgery

Injections and fillers: 'I had fat from my sides put into my face,' the Bravo personality revealed

For seven seasons of the original Housewives franchise, Vicki's facial features - particularly and earlier nose job - had drawn snide comments from fans and other stars of the show.

Last season Gretchen Rossi's fiance Slade Smiley branded her 'Miss Piggy'.

Vicki insisted Slade's comment were not the only reason she went under the knife. (She said 'Gretchen would kill me' if she blamed Slade).

Ta-dah: Now the swelling has gone down Vicki was excited to show off the final results

'I didn't do it because of Slade,' Vicki told Andy.

'At the end of the day it hurt my feelings but there were a lot of people who said my nose was turned up and I look like Miss Piggy and it made me self conscious so I saw a doctor.'

Viki was also shown a video of her co-stars Gretchen and Tamra Barney mocking her surgery.

Clearly upset by their reaction Vicki said she expected nasty comments.

'It is hurtful but I know I shouldn't have been on camera straight away I was only out of surgery one or two weeks but what was I going to do? Hide?'

The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Monday nights on Bravo.

Hurtful: The 51-year-old explains she has been left hurt by both people's comments prior to the surgery and her co-stars' reactions to her new look

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she needs a brain enhancement

- rjb_boston , boston, 03/4/2013 12:45

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Ha ha, you look even worse now patty face, ugh!!

- Executive Outcomes , Torquay, United Kingdom, 03/4/2013 11:43

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Vicky if people don't like you and call you bad names....you don't play in their sand pit anymore....you hear! Give me strength these are supposed to be grown ups!

- Mandy , Manchester, 03/4/2013 10:29

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It's actually her personality which makes her really really and I mean really ugly!

- Violettuxedo , Edmonton, Canada, 03/4/2013 08:33

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For me it wasn't about her face, it was more about the fact that she was a vile person. Jealous, bitter, nasty and just Two faced. The worst character in the whole show!

- Lj , Essex, 03/4/2013 08:03

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You know...most people would have thought that there would be those critical of them BEFORE going on national television with a show that sheds light on the pettiness, gossip ridden, pompous lives of women whose problems circle around the ones they have amongst themselves and of course what people think of them. Talk about shallow!

- seti , Third Rock From The Sun, United Kingdom, 03/4/2013 07:47

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Now she looks like a he in drag.

- Chacha , Atlantis, 03/4/2013 07:19

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All of them look pretty jacked up in the face. When are women going to realize that plastic surgery often makes you look worse.

- Alyssa , California, United States, 03/4/2013 06:40

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she literally looks like a turkey. not even exagerrating. she's pathetic on the show.

- zara , wonderland, United States, 03/4/2013 05:59

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She keeps hacking away at a face that was unfortunate looking to begin with, and keeps expecting different results. Stop already!!!