Jennifer Love Hewitt hit back at fans by claiming she looked “unrecognizable” after using a filter.
Hewitt, 44, appeared on the Dec. 5 episode of the “Inside of You” podcast where she discussed the challenges posed by the perception of age in her industry.
“Aging is really hard in Hollywood. You can't do anything right,” the I Know What You Did Last Summer star said.
Hewitt recalled sharing a video in August of herself getting her hair done, which led to criticism. “I didn’t have an ounce of makeup on. So I put on a filter. “I really didn't think about it at all,” she explained, adding that soon “a lot of people were saying, 'Jennifer Love Hewitt is unrecognizable.'” “She's unrecognizable, so she used filters because she doesn't want to that we know how bad she actually looks now, in her 40s.”
At the time, the “Heartbreakers” star tried to make fun of the reaction to her photo by posting photos on her Instagram Story with exaggerated cartoon filters, including one that made her look like a child.
“So many people said I looked different,” she captioned the photos, which she posted in September. “I look the same as always. Couldn’t look more natural…Filters don’t change you that much.”
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She also denied that she had undergone an eyebrow lift. “Hello. I don't normally do this, but lately a lot of people have been telling me that I've had an eyebrow lift. I didn't even know you could raise your eyebrows like that,” Hewitt said in a video on her Instagram Story. “The only thing I did was microblading with Audrey, who I love,” referring to her technician, Audrey Glass.
Hewitt added on the “Inside of You” podcast that the “over-the-top” filters only led to more backlash from fans who claimed she tolerated unrealistic beauty standards.
The actress said that even though she does her best to ignore trolls, she still gets them. “To pretend we don’t get involved is a lie,” she said.
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