{"id":147083,"date":"2025-01-30T17:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/jennifer-love-hewitt-slams-creeps-who-sexualized-her-as-a-teen\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:28:49","slug":"jennifer-love-hewitt-slams-creeps-who-sexualized-her-as-a-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/jennifer-love-hewitt-slams-creeps-who-sexualized-her-as-a-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Love Hewitt Slams Creeps Who Sexualized Her As a Teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Love Hewitt rose to fame in the late \u201990s. That can be a bit of a mixed bag.<\/p>\n<p>Though this has led to a lengthy career for the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/09\/jennifer-love-hewitt-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>9-1-1<\/em> star<\/a>, there were perhaps even more drawbacks to being a young, famous actress a quarter of a century ago than there are now.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, a lot of men are creeps towards teen girls. Back then, gross comments on her body were very normalized in the culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/jennifer-love-hewitt-pregnant-911-maddie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hewitt is now a mom herself<\/a>, and she\u2019s had time to process how appalling the sexualization really was.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on March 17, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-518159 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-1619x2048.jpg 1619w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-759x960.jpg 759w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-854x1080.jpg 854w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-949x1200.jpg 949w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-scaled.jpg 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennifer Love Hewitt attends the Paley Center For Media\u2019s 2019 PaleyFest LA \u2013 \u201c9-1-1\u201d held at the Dolby Theater on March 17, 2019.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: JB Lacroix\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-jennifer-love-hewitt-became-an-actress-she-didn-t-intend-to-become-a-sex-symbol\">When Jennifer Love Hewitt became an actress, she didn\u2019t intend to become a sex symbol<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, January 28, Jennifer Love Hewitt spoke on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1dousTJH80Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mayim Bialik\u2019s Breakdown<\/em> podcast<\/a> about how deeply creepy people were to and about her when she first rose to stardom.<\/p>\n<p><em>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em> released in 1997. The slasher film came out at a time when our culture was even weirder about women\u2019s bodies than it is now. And Hewitt was only a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, people were treating her like a sex object. Not merely objectifying her behind her back \u2014 but speaking to her about her breasts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Set Intentions and Change Your Life Now!\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1dousTJH80Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen \u2018I Know What You Did Last Summer\u2019 came out, everybody said, \u2018Oh, I know what your breasts did last summer,\u2019 and that was like the joke,\u201d Jennifer Love Hewitt recalled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, again, everybody would laugh, so I would laugh,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was supposed to be funny, I guess, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt admitted: \u201cLike it didn\u2019t register with me that this is a grown man talking to me about my breasts on national television.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on June 30, 2011.\" class=\"wp-image-518160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-2048x1382.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-960x648.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1080x729.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1200x810.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on June 30, 2011.\" class=\"wp-image-518160 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-2048x1382.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-960x648.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1080x729.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-1200x810.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 \u2018Horrible Bosses\u2019 at Grauman\u2019s Chinese Theatre on June 30, 2011.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jason Merritt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-was-a-culture-that-was-fully-accepted\">\u2018It was a culture that was fully accepted\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes, a person ends up with <em>one <\/em>creepy interviewer, by happenstance. That was not the case here. In the late \u201990s, this misogynistic rot infested many aspects of our society. (People like Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson had similar interviews during this bleak era)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a culture that was fully accepted,\u201d Jennifer Love Hewitt characterized. \u201cThey were allowed to believe that that was appropriate, and I answered the questions, laughed right along with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To a degree, she didn\u2019t fully process how much people were sexualizing her. Hewitt admitted: \u201cBut in hindsight, it was really strange, I think, to become a sex symbol sort of like before I I even knew what that was. Like I didn\u2019t know what being sexy meant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on August 2, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-518161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-1384x2048.jpg 1384w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-649x960.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-730x1080.jpg 730w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-811x1200.jpg 811w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-scaled.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on August 2, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-518161 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-1384x2048.jpg 1384w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-649x960.jpg 649w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-730x1080.jpg 730w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-811x1200.jpg 811w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-scaled.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennifer Love Hewitt attends the FOX Summer TCA 2018 All-Star Party at Soho House on August 2, 2018.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though Hewitt was not fully cognizant as a teen of how inappropriate these talks were, she saw this coverage in a new light when she entered her 30s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were grown men talking to me at 16 about my breasts openly on a talk show, and people were laughing about it,\u201d she remarked. \u201cIt was a culture that was fully accepted, but when you sit, and you look at where we are now versus then, it is really mind-blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt recalled men who were \u201cfans\u201d of hers telling her that they\u2019d taken her <em>Maxim<\/em> cover on a trip. She did not, at the time, realize that they were telling her to her face that they\u2019d used her photos as masturbatory fuel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on November 16, 2009.\" class=\"wp-image-518162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-1434x2048.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-672x960.jpg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-756x1080.jpg 756w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-840x1200.jpg 840w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-scaled.jpg 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on November 16, 2009.\" class=\"wp-image-518162 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-1434x2048.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-672x960.jpg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-756x1080.jpg 756w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-840x1200.jpg 840w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-scaled.jpg 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Jennifer Love Hewitt arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Summit Entertainment\u2019s \u2018The Twilight Saga: New Moon\u2019 at Mann Westwood on November 16, 2009.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jason Merritt\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jennifer-love-hewitt-liked-being-a-role-model\">Jennifer Love Hewitt liked being a role model<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think later it sort of hit me more, the kind of things that I probably went through somewhere,\u201d Jennifer Love Hewitt reflected. \u201cBut, at the time, it felt very innocent and exciting and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI think at the time it went so fast that I was like, \u2018Woah, OK, I guess this means I get to stick around for a minute and do more jobs and, like, OK, this is fine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt added: \u201cI remember thinking it was really cool that, like, girls looked up to me, and I took that really seriously,\u201d she told Bialik.\u00a0\u201cThat was the part that I, like, took away from it all at the time. And I felt a real responsibility to carry that, carrying myself in a way that felt like I was earning the right to be somebody\u2019s, like, role model.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER [1997] - Official Trailer (HD) | Now on 4K Ultra HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEnCEM48QaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even at the time, Jennifer Love Hewitt did not appreciate that some very loud people cared more about her breasts than they did about her acting. Especially for a massive project like <em>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it became this thing,\u201d she explained. \u201cI was so mad that I had done my first movie and I had worked so hard trying to be, like, good in a horror movie. And I really wanted people to walk away from the movie going, \u2018That\u2019s a really good actress.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hewitt lamented: \u201cAnd, instead, every headline, and I\u2019m not even joking, for 10 or 12 years after that, before they ever mentioned anything about talent or if I had played a part of changed myself for a part or \u2013 it was always about my breasts, always first.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on December 7, 2011.\" class=\"wp-image-518163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-701x960.jpg 701w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-789x1080.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-877x1200.jpg 877w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-scaled.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Love Hewitt on December 7, 2011.\" class=\"wp-image-518163 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-701x960.jpg 701w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-789x1080.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-877x1200.jpg 877w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-scaled.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0130_jenniferlovehewitt_05-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt arrives at The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Annual \u201cPower 100: Women In Entertainment Breakfast\u201d at The Beverly Hills Hotel on December 7, 2011.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-broke-jennifer-love-hewitt-s-heart-to-have-her-work-dismissed\">It broke Jennifer Love Hewitt\u2019s heart to have her work dismissed<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThat felt \u2026 it was just like, \u2018Come on, I\u2019m working so hard. I\u2019m growing. I\u2019m trying so hard, like crying from my heart week after week for you,&#8217;\u201d Hewitt lamented. \u201c\u2018And the only thing that you see is a movie poster with boobs on it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She expressed: \u201cThat was heartbreaking for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This sort of thing does happen to teen actors, like Finn Wolfhard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/11\/taylor-lautner-actually-goes-there-suggests-different-twilight-saga-ending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">and Taylor Lautner<\/a>. However, it too often happens to women. The one piece of good news is that society and the industry are slowly getting better about it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/01\/jennifer-love-hewitt-creeps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 5 minutes Jennifer Love Hewitt rose to fame in the late \u201990s. That can be a bit of a mixed bag. 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