Jennifer Love Hewitt Fights ageism in Hollywood.
While Hewitt has been in the spotlight for decades, she also responded to critics who scrutinized her appearance while growing up in the industry.
“Age is age,” she told Fox News Digital. “I think women are really finding that… accepting themselves and being comfortable in their 40s is a beautiful thing.”
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Jennifer Love Hewitt tells Fox News Digital how she deals with hateful comments about her aging in Hollywood. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
Although “The Holiday Junkie” star said she loves her current age, she admitted that the most challenging aspect was the public's reaction to her getting older.
Hewitt stars in and directs her first Christmas film, “The Holiday Junkie.” (Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty Images)
“The times when it's hard for me… I feel like fans choose… this age that they like and that they think represents you, and you're never supposed to grow beyond that,” she explained, referencing a quote from Taylor Swift. .
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt in a scene from the 1998 film “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.” (Columbia Images/Getty Images)
As for Hewitt, she finds that fans mostly adore her style She was in her twenties. Hewitt is best known for her role in the “I Know What You Did Last Summer” series, in which she starred alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., as well as “Heartbreakers” alongside Sigourney Weaver and the cult classic “Can't.” I can hardly wait.”
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The 45-year-old admitted: “For me… it was like I was in my 20s… people seem to find it very difficult to accept… I don't look that way anymore.”
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“It's hard because I think as humans, we want to evolve… we want to have lines on our faces, you know, our boobs are lower from breastfeeding our babies, or our butts are bigger,” she said with a laugh. .
“Whatever it is, you just want to have the freedom to be who you are at that age. And it hurts sometimes when people reject you for who you are verbally on Instagram or the internet because they have a hard time adjusting to it.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt previously posted a filtered photo on Instagram that was met with hurtful comments. (Jennifer Love Hewitt)
Last year, the “Party of Five” actress responded to claims that she was “unrecognizable” after sharing a photo on social media.
“It hurts sometimes when people reject you for who you are.”
Hewitt chose to put a filter on the photo she posted because she wasn't wearing any makeup, and was met with some nasty comments and headlines suggesting she looked completely different.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is photographed on two red carpets in 1998 (left) and 1999 (right). (Getty Images)
“The photo ended up somewhere. And there was a bunch of people saying, 'Jennifer Love Hewitt is unrecognizable,'” she said on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast.
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“‘She’s unrecognizable, so she turned to filters because she doesn’t want us to know how bad she looks now that she’s in her 40s.’ And I said, ‘That’s crazy.’ Right?”
Hewitt previously pointed out the irony that at a young age she didn't quite understand what it meant to be sexy, which is where she shined Maxim cover At just 17 years old.
“Party of Five” crew. (LR) Lacey Chabert, Scott Wolf, Paula Devick, Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love Hewitt. (Photo by Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Now, the Hollywood actress's perspective on how fans view her has changed since she became an actress Mother of three children.
“I have a daughter, and I'm sensitive to that because I don't want my kids to read that stuff and feel that way… or worry about me getting hurt because of that… that's hard to do sometimes.”
It looks like Hewitt's daughters are following in their parents' acting footsteps. They participated in a Christmas movie.”Vacation addict.“
The Lifetime film, which is directed by Hewitt and is her first ever Christmas film, focuses on her character, Andie, who navigates the holidays during a difficult time after losing her mother.
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Although her character faces a difficult time, her spirit is lifted when she finds an unexpected love story at Christmas.
Jennifer Love Hewitt stares at her husband behind the scenes of the Christmas movie “The Holiday Junkie.” (Jennifer Love Hewitt/Instagram)
Her on-screen love interest is played by her real-life husband, Brian Hallisay. The couple first met on the set of Lifetime's “Love Bites” and married in November 2013. They have three children together: Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aidan, 3.
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Hewitt has been acting since she was a little girl and told Fox News Digital what advice she would give herself when she was younger.
“I was always anxious,” she said. “I was always worried… I enjoyed the work so much, and (I thought) it would be my last or… people would kick me out of Hollywood and not let me act anymore.”
Hewitt told Fox News Digital that she would tell her younger self: “Look, it'll work out. You'll start getting older, and they'll still let you do things.” (Jerod Harris/WireImage)
“Or I was going to be a fool… whatever. I was always worried… I definitely enjoyed it and was present… had a good time and all that stuff. But I wasted a lot of time worrying. And I think I would just say to her: “Look, it'll work out, you'll start getting older, and they'll let you do things… It's okay, you're okay.”
