Life as a Hollywood star comes at a big cost — living under extreme scrutiny, where even breathing a syllable is dissected with knives dipped in judgementalism. So, when 90’s star Jennifer Love Hewitt chose to Insta-share her latest look, it was immediately steamrolled with speculations that she had opted for plastic surgery.
In August 2023, Hewitt took to Instagram to post a video flaunting her new hairstyle switch, where she ditched her long blonde locks in exchange for a sexy red bob.
Hairstyles tend to drastically change how a person looks, oftentimes rendering them completely unrecognizable at first glance. But somehow the 911 star undergoing a similar transformation — and looking stunning in the process — convinced many that she had gotten cosmetic procedures done.
Though it is the disparaging debate and confident comments — insulting her presumed decision to go under the knife — that put up Jennifer Love Hewitt as a trending topic of raging discussions, more and more broad-minded individuals stood up and called out the disappointing reactions her cheerful update in life has triggered.
This is not the first time Hewitt was bombarded with rumors and speculations of undergoing plastic surgery. Over the years, the actress’ appearances have been heavily scrutinized for signs of cosmetic procedures, but Hewitt herself has never accepted or denied the theories about what she may or may not have chosen to do with her face and body…
…until now.
What has Jennifer Love Hewitt said about the negative comments?
During her appearance on the podcast Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, Hewitt addressed the vitriol she faced over posting a bunch of her photos after getting a haircut. Sharing how at the time she had no makeup on and hence opted to go for a filter while posting the photos, she admitted that reading comments asserting that she used a filter “because she doesn’t want us to know how bad she actually looks now in her 40s” disappointed her.
“Aging in Hollywood is really hard. It’s really hard because you can’t do anything right.”
At the end of the day, it is not whether Hewitt has ever had any plastic surgery procedure done or not. What really needs to be understood without a shred of doubt — and I can’t stress this enough — is that no one, please note no one, has the right to question, comment, judge, and/or mock if someone did undergo cosmetic surgical procedures. Why? Well, apart from the obvious reason — that no one has the exclusive right to comment on someone’s personal choices — anyone thinking they are advocating for body positivity by being judgemental is doing the exact opposite.
While I strictly abhor Instagram bios with “My life, my rules” as captions, this is one of the rare times flaunting it in bold capital letters would get my vote.