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Jennifer Love Hewitt recalls being asked ‘gross’ questions about her breasts as a young star: ‘It was incredibly inappropriate’
Jennifer Love Hewitt has reflected on the ‘incredibly inappropriate’ attention she received about her body when she was a young actress.
During the early 00s, the I Know What You Did Last Summer star was asked ‘gross’ questions by interviewers around the time she was filming Heartbreakers.
Looking back at that time in her chat with Vulture, the 42-year-old explained: ‘It’s interesting, I just watched the Britney Spears documentary [Framing Britney Spears], and there’s that whole section in there, talking about her breasts.
‘At the time that I was going through it, and interviewers were asking what now would be incredibly inappropriate, gross things, it didn’t feel that way.’
Heartbreakers, which was released in 2001, was romantic comedy crime movie about a mother-daughter team (Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver) who swindle wealthy men out of their money.
Recalling how the plot affected her treatment, Jennifer continued: ‘I mean, I was in barely any clothing the whole movie. For some reason, in my brain, I was able to just go, “Okay, well, I guess they wouldn’t be asking if it was inappropriate.”‘
The Client List star explained how she started getting asked questions about her body after the release of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
She explained: ‘It really started with I Know What You Did Last Summer, because that was the first time that I had worn a low top, and on Party of Five, my body was very covered.
‘At a press junket for I Know or I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, I remember purposely wearing a T-shirt that said “Silicone Free” on it because I was so annoyed, and I knew something about boobs was gonna be the first question out of [reporters’] mouths. I was really tired of that conversation.’
The mother-of-two told the magazine that the conversation continued with Heartbreakers as she added: ‘I was disappointed that it was all about body stuff, because I had really worked hard in that movie to do a good job as an actress.
‘So I remember one specific moment wishing that the acting had overshadowed all that — that for five minutes, they had said I was really great in the movie versus made a body comment.’
The Ghost Whisperer star explained why she wishes she hadn’t laughed off the inappropriate questions at the time as she stated: ‘Now that I’m older, I think, “Gosh, I wish that I had known how inappropriate that was so I could have defended myself somehow or just not answered those questions.” I laughed it off a lot of the time, and I wish maybe I hadn’t.’
The star now hopes that young actresses won’t be forced to engage in similar interactions.
She told the magazine: ‘When I watched that Britney Spears documentary, it hurt my heart a little bit, because I remember in hindsight having that feeling.
‘I’m really grateful that we’re in a time where, hopefully, that narrative is going to change for young girls who are coming up now, and they won’t have to have those conversations.’
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