Jennifer Love Hewitt Slams Sexualization of Her Younger Self
Jennifer Love Hewitt wants to stop being compared to her her 20-year-old self. She slams being sexualized as a young adult: https://t.co/ohGUa1VIKo
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- E! News (@enews) December 20, 2023
Jennifer Love Hewitt, 44, wants you to stop comparing her to her 20-year-old self.
She called out fans for fixating on the younger version of herself, which was sexualized in Hollywood.
"She was a looker. But also that 23- and 25-year-old wasn't in her body. I felt watched. I felt like I had to be everything for everybody all the time. 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."
While filming 'Heartbreakers' when she was 23 years old and was asked to "be sexier" in her scenes. She pulled the filmmaker aside and said, "'I know that I'm supposed to be this thing for people but I don't know what that means.'"
That's why she feels bothered when fans long for her to remain that person.
"It's weird for me when people are like, ‘That's the girl that we wanted you to be,' That girl was so insecure and so confused and trying her best. But this girl-who may not look [that] way-I like who I am. I feel good. I'm fine."
Now, Hewitt feels confident in her skin-most of the time.
"I mean, not every day, but you know, I have my moments. There's definitely times where I look in the mirror and I'm like, 'Oh, dear god, what has happened?' I'm a mother of a girl, and it's dangerous what we put on people. It's dangerous to say to women, ‘You can't look like you're not 22 to me anymore.' OK, well that's your problem. Because I'm 44, and this is what I look like.""
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