Jessica Alba Remembered A Time Of ‘Predators’ In Hollywood: ‘I Was A Warrior, Really Tough’

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Jessica Alba recalled remembering a period when, in order to feel safe in Hollywood, she had to adopt a “tough” attitude. READ MORE: Jessica Alba Talks Dancing With Zac Efron On TikTok And Why Her Kids Think She’s A Nerd The actress and businesswoman responded to the host’s inquiry on the most recent episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” regarding whether “the degree to which you were objectified as a sex symbol” “bothered” her as a young star. “I guess I understood that I needed to help sell the product.

And they sell it how they do so I understood it as a business decision and a strategy. And so, I was able to distance myself from it.

But I guess, you know, you can’t change other people’s minds about what they may or may not think of you. I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with owning your sexuality.

I just frankly was definitely not that person. I was very nervous about all of that, and I was quite uncomfortable in my own skin.” “I was a warrior,” Alba said. “I put up that energy. … I was really tough, man.” But before that, “I felt like I was very much having to put up this armor of masculine and masculine energy,” said the Honest Company co-founder. “So, I wouldn’t be preyed on, because there were a lot of predators in Hollywood from [the time I was] age 12 to 26.”