The Story Behind The Scar

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The story behind Tina Fey's sexy facial scar has long been a secret, until now, when her husband Jeff Richmond blabbed his large mouth about it.

Richmond says a stranger slashed Fey’s face when she was 5 years old. He says the incident occurred in the front yard of her house. Says Richmond: “That scar was fascinating to me. This is somebody who, no matter what it was, has gone through something. And I think it really informs the way she thinks about her life.” Fey says talking about the attack would seem like exploiting it. Says Fey: “It’s really almost like I’m able to forget about it, until I was on-camera, and it became a thing of `Oh, I guess we should use this side’ or whatever. Everybody’s got a better side.”