Imagine showing up for work and finding out your job description includes getting a nose job before your boss decides whether she wants one.
That is essentially the Hollywood blind item E! News host Justin Sylvester dropped during a guest appearance on Chicks in the Office. According to Sylvester, an unnamed celebrity allegedly pays her assistant to undergo cosmetic procedures first, checks the results, and then decides whether to visit the same surgeon herself. The reported running bill is nearly $800,000 (around £603,190).
The celebrity's identity remains a mystery, but Reddit wasted zero seconds turning the story into a guessing game. 'This is very Kardashian coded,' one commenter wrote, setting off a wave of theories involving the family famous for getting cosmetic upgrades. The internet may have its suspects, but Sylvester has not named anyone, meaning the mystery is still open for interpretation. Whoever this story is about, that's one job benefit you won't find on LinkedIn.
An $800,000 Job Perk With a Catch
According to Sylvester's account, the celebrity allegedly hired an assistant with similar facial features and the same ethnicity, allowing her to preview how certain procedures might look on someone who resembles her.
The assistant reportedly receives the treatments at her employer's expense. If the celebrity likes the healed results, she allegedly books the same work with the same surgeon.
Based on the blind item details spilled during the interview, the test runs have covered quite a bit of territory. Sylvester's story included dental work, a nose job, skin resurfacing, hair extensions, and a facelift reportedly costing $250,000. Together, the procedures were said to have reached almost $800,000. Perhaps the most unexpected detail was his claim that the assistant actually enjoys the arrangement and has continued working for the celebrity for years.
Reddit Smells Kardashian DNA
Once the story reached Reddit, the comment section began assembling its own celebrity suspect board. 'Yep read it and thought "this is Kardashian level,"' one user wrote. Others floated individual family members, although their guesses came without evidence connecting anyone to Sylvester's account.
One commenter took the theory in a more historic direction, writing, 'modern day royal poison tester'. Another wondered whether the alleged recruitment process involved Indeed, while someone else imagined the awkward moment when the assistant returns from surgery only for her boss to decide against the procedure.
'That's So Smart!' or Straight Out of Black Mirror?
While some commenters were busy guessing names, others were more concerned about the arrangement itself. 'A human guinea pig. How dystopian,' one Reddit user wrote. Another compared the alleged situation to Black Mirror, while a third called it 'very Hunger Games'.
The podcast hosts' reactions also drew scrutiny. Several Reddit users objected to an apparent 'That's so smart!' response during the discussion, questioning whether the idea deserved admiration or alarm.
However, not everyone viewed the assistant as a victim. One commenter argued that receiving expensive cosmetic procedures for free could be appealing if the person genuinely wanted them. 'If you want it, AWESOME. If you don't, horror film...'
That is where the story gets more complicated than a particularly bizarre employee benefit. Sylvester described the assistant as enthusiastic, but his account does not establish what procedures she personally wanted, how decisions were made, or whether the arrangement involved any pressure.
Imagine testing plastic surgery on your personal assistant…
Posted by Chicks in the Office on Friday, September 25, 2026
The Celebrity Remains a Mystery
For now, the most important name in Sylvester's story is the one he has not revealed. His account offers an extraordinary glimpse into an alleged celebrity beauty routine, but the identity of the employer, the assistant's experience, and the reported spending have not been independently established.
That has hardly discouraged Reddit from playing Hollywood detective, although the comment section appears divided between people trying to identify the star and those wondering how anyone could consider the arrangement normal.
Most assistants manage a calendar, answer emails, or pick up dry cleaning. This one allegedly has to wait for the swelling to go down before her boss makes an appointment. Until Sylvester names names, the internet's $800,000 mystery remains one big, expensive question mark.
