For months the internet has been convinced that Anne Hathaway had a secret facelift — and she sat down with Elle this week and said something about that speculation that stopped every single person who heard it completely cold.

She pulled out two small braids hidden under her hair and showed the camera exactly what was creating the optical illusion of a sculpted face — saying she simply wanted to show that no she did not make a huge medical decision, it was just two braids pulled tight. Meanwhile Devil Wears Prada 2 is breaking box office records and she has four more major projects releasing this year alone — and Anne Hathaway just proved that the most dramatic transformation she made was not to her face at all. It was to her entire career.