Joey King is recovering after a cooking accident.
The Kissing Booth alum shared a glimpse of the injuries she sustained to her face as a result of oil splatter, but she’s in good spirits about the ordeal.
In a collage of pictures uploaded to her Instagram Story Jan. 28, the 25-year-old—who tied the knot with husband Steven Piet in 2023—showed the various healing stages of the burns on her chin and neck. In one picture where the burns are covered in ointment, Joey lightheartedly held up a peace sign with her hand as she pursed her lips.
“I burned myself a few days ago by throwing shallots into a pan of hot oil,” she wrote on the images, hilariously adding, “I called my mom to tell her and she says, ‘See that’s why I hate cooking.’”
But Joey hasn’t inherited that trait from her mom. In fact, she gushed about how much she loves the act during a cooking segment on The Drew Barrymore Show.
“My boyfriend is an amazing cook,” she told host Drew Barrymore during the 2022 appearance. “He really got me into cooking and then once I started I just could not stop.”
She added, “Cooking’s the best. It’s fun, it’s therapeutic, I like the amount of time it takes. I also like cooking because I like to eat.”
And though her love for the culinary arts has played a part in her appearance for the time being, Joey is no stranger to rocking an altered look. Earlier this month, the Family Affair star premiered a newly-bleached facial feature.
"I dyed my eyebrows like a week ago," she shared in a Jan. 16 TikTok video. "They were like white before and now they just look like the Lorax mustache."
And while Joey declared, “I kind of love it,” her mom Jamie King couldn’t relate.
“I saw my mom two days ago and she was like, 'I just can't look at you. You look so weird,’” Joey continued. “I was like, 'Mom, that's the point. The point is that I'm trying something different. I'm gonna dye them back but just let me have this.'"