Jennifer Love Hewitt claps back at critics who 'rejected' her because of her age
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Jennifer Love Hewitt called out ageism in Hollywood and cruel internet trolls, who she claims expect her to look exactly the same as she did in her early twenties. While reflecting on the criticism that she endures online about her appearance, the actress, 45, revealed that she has come to terms with getting older, even if others have not.
![[While reflecting on the criticism that she endures online, the actress, 45, revealed that she has come to terms with getting older; seen with co-star Freddie Prinze Jr. in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/26/14/93136555-0-The_actress_45_who_famously_played_Julie_James_in_both_the_iconi-a-1_1735223081266.jpg)
'Age is age,' she recently told Fox News Digital. 'I think women really come into this… acceptance of themselves and comfortability in their 40s that is beautiful.'. Still, she admitted the hardest part of being in the spotlight is the expectation to look exactly the same as she did in her hit films, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Heartbreakers.
![['Age is age,' she recently told Fox News Digital. 'I think women really come into this… acceptance of themselves and comfortability in their 40s that is beautiful' (seen in 2012)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/26/15/93495693-14227417-image-a-17_1735225854427.jpg)
'The times that it's hard for me though… I feel like fans pick… this age that they love that they think represents you, and you're never supposed to grow beyond that,' the mom-of-three explained. The performer continued: 'For me… it was like me and my 20s … people seem to have a really hard time accepting that … I don't look that way anymore.'.
![[She has been happily married to fellow actor Brian Hallisay (pictured above) for over a decade]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/26/15/93128973-14227417-The_couple_renewed_their_vows_in_2020_with_children_Autumn_11_an-a-19_1735225937405.jpg)
Jennifer Love Hewitt called out ageism in Hollywood and cruel internet trolls, who she claims expect her to look exactly the same as she did in her teens and early twenties; seen this month. 'It's hard because I think as humans, we want to evolve … we want to have lines on our faces, and you know our boobs be lower from breast-feeding our children, or you know our butt's bigger,' the star mused.
