Jennifer Love Hewitt On Being Sexualized As A Teenager & How “Aging In Hollywood Is Really Hard”
21.12.2023 - 01:15
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Jennifer Love Hewitt is reflecting on how she was sexualized as a teenager and the difficulties of aging in Hollywood.
The 9-1-1 star became a teen idol starring in shows like Party of Five and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Can’t Hardly Wait. Having found fame at such a young age came with its difficulties and Hewitt opened up about her feelings during that time while being a guest on the Dec. 5 episode of the Inside of You podcast.
“I felt watched. I felt like I had to be everything for everybody all the time,” Hewitt said. “I was called sexy before I ever knew what being sexy was. I was 17 years old on the cover of Maxim, and I had no idea why.”
The Time of Your Life alum also noted that she finds it “weird” when people want her to continue being the girl that she was back then adding, “That girl was so insecure and so confused. But this girl — who may not look [that] way — I like who I am. I feel good. I’m fine.”
Hewitt also talked about the complexities of aging in front of cameras and being proud of the age she is now. The actress made headlines earlier this year when she appeared in a photo with short hair and a filter that some deemed made her look “unrecognizable.”
“Aging in Hollywood is really hard. It’s really hard because you can’t do anything right,” she said.
Of the infamous photo, she said, “The picture ended up somewhere. And a bunch of people were like, ‘Jennifer Love Hewitt is unrecognizable. She’s unrecognizable and so she’s gone to filters because she doesn’t want us to know how bad she actually looks now in her 40s.’ And I was like, ‘This is crazy.’ Right?”
Hewitt then explained she started sharing photos with filters to counteract all the negativity and jokingly said she didn’t
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