Jennifer Love Hewitt reveals fans have a ‘hard time accepting’ she doesn’t look how she did at 20

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Jennifer Love Hewitt is the self-love whisperer.The actress, 45, recently got candid on how ageism has played a part in her decadeslong career in Hollywood.“I feel like fans pick this age that they love that they think represents you, and you’re never supposed to grow beyond that,” Hewitt told Fox New Digital in an interview published on Thursday. “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.”The “Time of Your Life” alum started acting at a young age on “Kids Incorporated” before landing her first big break at 16 years old as Sarah Reeves on Fox’s “Party of Five.” Two years later, she starred in the iconic 1997 slasher “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and its sequel.

Along with several popular television shows, including “Ghost Whisperer” and “The Client List,” Hewitt has recorded four studio albums.The “Heartbreakers” vet — who shares kids Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aidan, 3, with husband BrianHallisay — added that she doesn’t want her children to see those types of negative comments.“I have a daughter, I’m sensitive to it because I don’t want my kids to read those things and feel that way … or worry about me being hurt by it … it’s hard to do that sometimes,” Hewitt explained.The singer noted, “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.”“Whatever it is, you just want to have the freedom to be whoever you are at that age.