Jennifer Love Hewitt has talked about the sad event that made her feel bad about her figure.
In a new interview with Vulture, the actress talked about how being in the public eye has affected her emotionally for a long time, her path through Hollywood, and her return to the kind of work she really cherishes.
Hewitt talks about her early years in the business with surprising hope when she looks back.
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“I just had faith in myself,” she remarked. “I really think you should do it.”
But that confidence was shaken when paparazzi images of her vacationing in Hawaii appeared with the banner “Stop Calling Me Fat!”
She replied I was having the time of my life. I was doing some wild dancing moves while singing a dumb song to my partner about playing on the beach and eating snacks. The picture was taken and used for the cover.
The moment, which may have seemed like a little blip to the outside world, had a big impact on how Hewitt saw herself.
She said, “I don’t think I was ever really insecure until that cover.” And then it occurred, and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over it.
That headline wasn’t just a poor day; it was a turning moment.
“Is this version going to be good enough, or is that going to happen again?” is a question that I ask myself frequently. “Hey, this is her without makeup at the cleaners,” someone will remark. She remarked, “She looks 59,”
During the conversation, it became clear why that moment lingered with her for so long: it was because I was the one being referred to. That’s why I think the insecurity stayed. I don’t think I’ve ever put that together for myself until today.
I likely believed, “Oh my goodness, I was once my true self, and this is what transpired.”
Hewitt’s mother, Patricia Mae Hewitt, who died of cancer in 2012, gave her strength and direction.
She said, “You don’t get it.” You can’t win. People are merely upset with the version of you that they think is theirs. She said, “Get your power back.” Don’t worry about it; just belong to yourself.
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Hewitt also talked openly about how movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Can’t Hardly Wait (1998), and Heartbreakers (2001) made her feel s**ualized when she was young.
“I think about it more now than I did back then because I was in it,” she said.
I was a s** icon before I even knew what s** was. I still don’t know exactly what that means for me because it began so strangely.
