Jennifer Love Hewitt knows all too well the challenges of growing up in the spotlight as a young woman. In Tuesday’s episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown podcast, the 911 star opened up about being sexualized by “grown men” when she was a teenager, saying: Related: Heidi Klum & Seal’s Son Henry Makes Runway Debut At Paris Fashion Week She continued: The actress also recalled a stranger coming up to her when she was 17 and commenting on her 1999 Maxim cover, she dished: Unfortunately, things got so much worse after she starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer, the 45-year-old went on: That said, she doesn’t “blame” anyone for making jokes at the time — even if it wasn’t okay, she explained: Oof.
Even now, she’s trying to downplay the ickiness. It’s okay to be mad about the jokes even if it was more accepted at the time.
Just saying! BTW, it’s unclear what interview she was referring to specifically, but here’s a little bit of what she had to put up with at the time: Noting how she struggled with this attention, The Client List alum later pointed out that she “always wore big clothes” to cover up her body, saying: Understandable!
Interestingly, while she’s not upset at people for making jokes, she IS “so mad” it overshadowed her talent in IKWYDLS: Ugh.
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