Christina Ricci Gets Candid About Being Broke and Insecure About Her Looks

[hewontgo]

Christina Ricci admits that she has faced financial hardship and negative feelings about her appearance over the years.https://t.co/cVPTFAH0Dm
- Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) March 25, 2024
Christina Ricci, 44, admits that she has faced financial hardship and negative feelings about her appearance over the years

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[behansu]

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're rich. I think people tend to equate the two, but this isn't the first time we've learned about a well-known celeb going through rough periods. :/ She was so ubiquitous when I was growing up, and such a seminal part of my childhood. Casper, Addams Family, Now and Then!!!!! She's always been beautiful and I'll always have a soft spot for her.

[theylezharold]

Her in Mermaids ❤ I love that film. The cast is insanely stacked!

[seraphitta]

I imagine it's a lot harder because at least as a nobody I can go and get ANY job just to survive at least, but being so recognizable I would feel awful if someone saw me, I dunno, bagging groceries at the supermarket.

[behansu]

I think there was even a former child actor or Disney (?) star who talked about this. She had to wait tables and people recognized her all the time. And I think some even asked if she was "researching for a role" because they couldn't believe she'd be doing that work for real. I really wish I could remember who it was!

[maryjanewatson]

"I really couldn't reconcile caring about what I looked like so much"

i feel HORRIBLE about still caring and being so affected by what i look like, especially because there's this mythos that once you're past your 30s, you just become so much more confident and give less of a shit about it. if anything, i give more of a shit now than ever before. i notice every new gray hair, every line, every part that's sagging, how much older i look compared to my peers... and caring about not being pretty enough is a vain, superficial thing, right, so i feel so shallow and stupid!

ANYWAY LMAO it's tough and i get her

[healthypanda]

In some ways, I definitely feel more confident and finding more of my authentic self. It hasn't been an easy journey but I'm getting there. I also feel good about my style, etc.

But with that, it's hard not to notice the wrinkles and aging (I'm turning 40 this year). On one had, I'm like, hey! I look great! 40 is still young! But on the other hand, it's hard to not think of myself even 5 or 10 years ago when I looked so much younger. Why is youth so heavily prized in this culture? We spend most of our lives aging.

[sweetwaterlane]

I feel this and find that it's not even just finding wrinkles/aging, it's that it slowly makes me feel less recognizable. Like i'll come across an album with pics of myself at 20 and seeing my chubby cheeks and thicker skin back then, it's starting to look like a different person i don't even recognize. So even when i like how i look in the mirror, i'm having to get used to a changing face and body, and that feels so weird. Not to mention the gradual shift in reactions i get from males. Which i never even liked, but just slowly feeling invisible to guys in their 20's who i would've caught doing a double take? It's an adjustment and can feel scary and sad.

[warwarwar]

I feel everything you said so much. And while I hate that society does this to us, reading your comment made me feel so much less alone in all of this.

Some things people said in this thread I could have written myself word for word.

[xtinkerbellax]

The struggle with finances makes sense, I feel like she spent most of her late teens and 20s doing indie films and guest spots which don't pay much. Most actors are not millionaires, and people forget that their payouts to managers and agents make their take home way less than someone who makes the same in a different field.

[ahkna]

I also suspect that domestic abuse comes into it too as a finance drainer.

[olliedahl]

I was shocked to know how little actors get paid in indie movies. Mary J. Blige paid more money to be in the movie that she was nominated for an Oscar for than what she was paid.

[choukoumei]

Honestly seeing her again on screen after not seeing her for a while I was taken back by how good she looks.

[jaequeeragenda]

I love her so much 💗 but i wont watch yellowjackets lol