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Jennifer Love Hewitt Heartbreakingly Reveals She Doesn't Know if She ‘Ever Recovered' From This 2007 Paparazzi Moment
Jennifer Love Hewitt has been in the spotlight for decades; and heck, fans have practically grown up with her! We've seen her as a child actor turned teen 'it' girl into a beloved TV actor we can't get enough of. She's been seen as a sex symbol for so long, but recently, she's opened up about the dark side of that status, and how it gave her the one instance she felt insecure about herself. In a recent interview with Vulture, the I Know What You Did Last Summer star said, 'Before I even knew what sex was, I was a sex symbol. I still don't know that I have that fully defined for myself because it started so weird.' But along with grappling that, there was a popular 2007 cover story that hurt her: the one where we see her in a bikini with the caption reading 'Stop Calling Me Fat!' More from SheKnows Reese Witherspoon's Cutesy Pet Name for Her BF Shows This Romance Is Completely Different Than Others 'I was having the time of my life. I had made up the dumbest song about eating snacks and playing in the ocean, and I was singing it to my boyfriend out loud, doing some weird dance move, and they got the picture and then it was on the cover,' Hewitt remembered. 'I don't think I was ever really insecure until that cover.' She added, 'And then when it happened, I don't know that I've ever recovered from it. Because there's a part of me that's always like, 'Is this version going to be good enough, or is that going to happen again?' Where somebody's going to be like, 'Hey, this is her without makeup at the cleaners. She looks 59.' I think that's why the insecurity carried on. I don't know if I've even ever put that together for myself other than right now.' Hewitt has always been gorgeous, and we hate that she had to deal with such intrusive headlines throughout the years. But in recent years, she's learned to laugh off the criticism, especially from haters who claim she's changed her face or body. Back in 2022, Hewitt posted a beautiful no-filtered, no-makeup selfie on her Instagram. She captioned it, talking about all the criticism: 'I posted this pic earlier and have heard a lot of positive thoughts. It means so much to me because aging is weird. And growing up with you guys over 33 years has been amazing, but the filters of it all can be tricky.' She added, 'You can't help but want to look better or even perfect to keep up. They are so fun but they also can be really hard because you can forget to feel good about your real face. Maybe I just need to be better at the balance. Anyway, thanks for letting me share and feel good as just me today. Love to you all.' Haters can stay quiet, and we're happy to know Hewitt has continued to thrive, despite it all (including that 2007 cover shoot).Best of SheKnows Everything We Know About Carolyn Bessette's Life Before JFK JR 29 Times Gisele Bündchen's Red Carpet Fashion Proved She's the Ultimate Supermodel 68 Celebrities Who Share a Famous Ex Solve the daily Crossword
Fox News
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Pamela Anderson says women aren't ‘just the wild animal between the sheets' as she fights sex symbol status
Pamela Anderson knows that women can be many things, and despite her sex-symbol past, she's branching out to discover her new self at 58. "I don't like being a sex symbol, I mean, I think it's not very sexy," the "Baywatch" star told Elizabeth Day on her "How to Fail" podcast on Monday. "I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know." She said being a sex symbol "brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is kind of a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this, and you get this attention back that can be even scary at times." She said at the age she is now, she wants to have a more natural look. "I want to challenge myself and become and present myself in different ways because women are many things," she said, adding, "We're not just the wild animal between the sheets." She said that she's also found expectations from people in her life "pretty jarring" at times, "but I'm glad I'm in this place now, and looking back I think, 'Well, I got to be that person, I got to have those experiences and those are all part of me and there's some places I've now compartmentalized my life a little bit more I present myself one way, I can be in a relationship one way I can still be wild and crazy when I want to, but it's not 24/7." "I want to challenge myself and become and present myself in different ways because women are many things. We're not just the wild animal between the sheets." The actress, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for 2024's "The Last Showgirl" and stars with Liam Neeson in the upcoming "Naked Gun" movie, said she was "disappointed" with how her career had previously gone, "thinking I was never really going to be able to reach what I thought would be my full potential. I've always been kind of carrying the secret that I could do more, but this business has a funny way about it." Anderson became one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1990s, playing lifeguard C.J. Parker on the hit show "Baywatch." She said she still struggles with having a connotation of "that girl in the red bathing suit, you know, the marriages, or just the personal part of it" when she hears her name. "So, if I feel that way, I'm sure many people feel that way." The "Home Improvement" actress admitted she has trouble shaking that image of herself. "It's been a funny kind of excavation in these last few years as to remember who I am, what are my original thoughts, what are my dreams and desires and how do I go about round two with all the lessons that I learned the first time around and thinking I just don't want to fall into the same trappings," she said. Anderson, who has recently begun going makeup-free at certain events, added, "Beauty's subjective and we don't have to look like the covers of magazines. We don't have to do the industry standard." She said "everyone" was horrified when she decided she didn't need a "glam team for certain events. You know, I'd rather go look at architecture at a museum when I was in Paris. I thought who's looking at me? … Is anyone really going to fall over backwards if I'm not wearing makeup?" The 58-year-old added, "Why am I sitting in a makeup chair for three hours when I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl in the room?" She also doesn't want to "chase youth." "That's just been fed to us to look as young as we can as long as we possibly can and I don't know, I think it gets more interesting," she said.
BreakingNews.ie
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Being a sex symbol can be scary at times
Actor and model Pamela Anderson has said she does not like being a sex symbol as the attention she receives can be 'scary at times'. Speaking on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, the Baywatch star discussed her career, being typecast, her experience of abuse and her decision to no longer wear make-up on red carpets. Advertisement Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, described being a sex symbol as a 'slippery slope'. The 58-year-old said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. 'I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back, that can be even scary at times. Advertisement 'Me not wearing make-up and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be, present myself in different ways because women are many things. 'We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' On her decision to be make-up free on red carpets, Anderson said she was not 'letting myself go'. Advertisement 'I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door,' she said. Pamela Anderson attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (Doug Peters/PA) 'I'm just peeling it back to see who I am.' The actor added: 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move is to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? Advertisement 'We don't have to look like the covers of magazines. 'We don't have to do the industry standard, which everybody was so horrified when I decided I didn't need a glam team for certain events.' Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, has two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee. In 2022, her private life was shone under the spotlight once again, with the TV series Pam & Tommy dramatising their whirlwind romance. Advertisement She made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022, and last year she starred in the film The Last Showgirl, which led to her being nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. The full interview can be heard on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast.
Daily Mail
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pamela Anderson insists women are 'so much more than animals between the sheets' as former Baywatch bombshell dismisses her sex symbol status and reveals why she's really chosen to stop wearing makeup
For many she was the ultimate nineties pin-up, but Pamela Anderson admits she hated the objectification that inevitably came with her sex symbol status after finding fame on Baywatch. The Canadian actress became a household name thanks to her role as voluptuous C.J Parker in David Hasselhoff's smash-hit series centered on the genetically blessed lifeguards of Los Angeles County. But Anderson, now 58, believes being credited as one of the world's sexiest women is a 'slippery slope' that generates more than its fair share of negative male attention Appearing on the latest instalment of the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, she said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back that.' The actress, who has opted to defy convention by attending high profile public events without makeup over recent years, insisted it was important to redefine herself and embrace a less sexualised look as she entered middle-age. She said: 'It can be even scary at times, me not wearing makeup and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be present myself in different ways because women are many things. We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' As she advances through her fifties, Anderson has been widely praised for the unconventional decision to forgo makeup at a string of public events, starting with a memorable appearance at Paris Fashion Week in September 2023. 'I get people coming up to me on the street, at the grocery store, on the plane, and really loving this choice that I've made,' she said. 'I feel like it is resonating and it's something I want to explore deeper too, even for myself, because I'm a rebel. I'm always challenging things. I'm always doing the opposite of what people tell me to do. I just have that in me and so I want to work with people that have the same concerns. 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? We don't have to look like the covers of magazines.' The actress went viral after attending Victoria Beckham's Paris Fashion Week runway show without a scrap of makeup. It marked the beginning of a fresh chapter for Anderson, who admits the decision to travel to the French capital without a makeup artist sparked panic among her team of assistants. She recalled: 'When I was in Paris, I thought, who's looking at me? I'm clothed from head to toe with these big hats and this much of my face is sticking out. Is anyone going to really fall over backwards if I'm not wearing makeup? And that's where it started at Paris Fashion Week. 'It just sent everybody scrambling around me thinking, no, this is not what people do and I said, well, that even gives me more reason to do it. Not that it was, world peace or anything, but it was just me challenging myself thinking, why am I sitting in a makeup chair for three hours when I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl in the room. I'm going to a fashion show. 'I just felt like it was time to, I had nothing to lose and I felt, I'm not trying to create a persona right now. I'm not trying to be famous. I need to use my position to experiment and open up conversations.' She added: 'It's not that I'm letting myself go. I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door. I'm just peeling it back to see who I am. 'It's just a starting position. I don't know what my next incarnation is, but it's not going to be what my mother tells me to do.' It all began for Anderson in 1989, when she made what would prove to be a life-decision by attending a football match with her mother at Vancouver's BC Place stadium. The then-unknown 22-year old featured on the stadium jumbotron wearing a Labatt's beer T-shirt, sparking the interest of brewing company executives who immediately employed her as a company spokesmodel. The move would eventually lead to a call from Playboy, a move to Los Angeles and her now iconic cover shoot for the American's men's monthly. 'Playboy called me when I was in Vancouver still and I called my mom and she said I'd do it,' she recalled. 'She goes, if they asked me, I would do it and she said, I want you to get out of this town. I want you to live your life, go baby, see where this takes you."' The following year Anderson was named Playmate Of The Month, with the actress getting her own centrefold spread in the magazine's February 1990 issue. And she admits being independent in Los Angeles while surrounded by 'so many beautiful women of all shapes and sizes' at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion helped her overcome her initial shyness and embrace a newfound freedom 'in a big way.' 'I seem to be challenge myself in very interesting ways, but that was one of the things, I felt like the first flash of photography, it was just a Playboy cover, was not nudity, but it was very low jacket that I was holding shut,' she said. 'I felt like I was falling off a building. I felt like I am free and I know that sounds crazy, but it was freedom. It was, I'm somebody else. 'I'm going to be what this version of what a Playboy playmate would be or an actress because it was so far removed from my reality that none of it felt real, but I felt freedom.'
Fox News
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
‘Three's Company' actress Jenilee Harrison refused to strip down for her Playboy photoshoot
As a sex symbol, Jenilee Harrison wasn't keen on stripping down. The actress, who replaced Suzanne Somers on "Three's Company," posed for the June 1987 issue of Playboy. While she was ready for her close-up, Harrison was determined to appear in the Hugh Hefner-led magazine on her terms. Harrison, 67, is the co-host of a new podcast, "Stall Talk," where women of various ages, "from the boomer to Gen Z," share unfiltered stories and wisdom from personal experiences. "It was in my contract that, yes, I'll do [Playboy], but I have to keep my clothes on," Harrison told Fox News Digital. "So I show up for this photo shoot in the Playboy building in Beverly Hills, and I go into the charging room to do my makeup and all that," Harrison recalled. "And the photographer – a very famous photographer – comes in. He goes, 'You're all ready to go?' And I said, 'Well, yeah, where's my wardrobe?' And he looked shocked. He's like, 'Your wardrobe? No, we're doing Playboy.' And I said, 'No, my contract says I'm wearing clothes.' He was just shocked.' "So everything stopped," Harrison continued. "He had to get back on the phone. They had to regroup and bring in wardrobe… He didn't even know. But I had to fight for that." Harrison became part of a small group of pinups who appeared in Playboy without going nude, including Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand, among others. The self-proclaimed tomboy admitted she struggled with being depicted as a sex symbol in front of cameras. She wanted to be recognized for her hard work in showbiz, not just for her beauty. "I looked at being a sex symbol as just a wardrobe I had to put on to go into Hollywood and do this job," she explained. 'THREE'S COMPANY' ACTRESS SAYS SHE POSED FOR PLAYBOY ON HER OWN TERMS "Your wardrobe is your outside, but it's not what your core person is, what your soul is. But I had a large wardrobe because your wardrobe is the tool of the trade. I would say at 10 o'clock I had to be a nurse. At 12 o'clock, I had to be a secretary. At 3 o'clock, I had to be a Sports Illustrated model. At 5 o'clock, I had to be a hooker. And at 8 o'clock I had to be a nun. I had to be all those things. But was I uncomfortable? Absolutely, many times I was uncomfortable." Harrison clarified that she felt "blessed" to appear in Playboy without baring everything. It's been one of many surprising moments for her in Hollywood. "When I was very young – like 19 years old… my agent called me and said, 'They want to see you – they're replacing Suzanne Somers on 'Three's Company,'" said Harrison. "I thought, 'Oh geez, why am I even going to the interview? I'm not going to get a role like that.'" In 1980, after starring in four seasons of the hit sitcom, Somers asked for a raise, which she said was equal to what her co-star, John Ritter, was getting paid. The actress was quickly phased out of the show and then fired. By then, Harrison, a former Rams cheerleader, had already appeared in commercials, as well as an episode in "CHiPs." It only took her one interview to secure the role of Somers' on-screen cousin, Cindy Snow. "When I showed up for the audition… I tripped when I was walking in," said Harrison. "I fell over things and grabbed something or whatever. They instantly thought, 'Oh, here's our klutzy cousin girl'… How lucky I was." Harrison insisted she wasn't fazed that she had big shoes to fill. "I just live very much in the present," said Harrison. "Luckily, I'm extremely disciplined… And whatever job I had, I looked at it in front of me and just did the work… And when I got on 'Three's Company,' I was welcomed with open arms. They treated me lovely. They treated me like a little sister… And the girls [on set], we protected one another, and we supported one another." Harrison was eventually written out of the sitcom, but her luck didn't end there. She later appeared in the hit soap opera "Dallas." "'Dallas' was and is still such a joy," she beamed. "And I worked with some of the people there… I remember visiting the set and Patrick [Duffy] was there with his boys. His kids started grabbing his shirt, and saying, 'Dad, dad, that's Jack Tripper's maid!' And Patrick's going, 'What are you talking about?' The boys had been watching 'Three's Company' and they were so excited. That broke the ice." According to Harrison, the cast of "Dallas" was keen to have her join their circle. Larry Hagman, who played ruthless oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, instantly welcomed her with his sense of humor. She also saw a different side to the beloved TV villain. "He would not go out in public unless he had his hat on," she said, referring to his character's signature look. "He had to have that cowboy hat because he said, 'When I go out there, the people want to see J.R.' He loved that character. And that hat was J.R. I remember one time we were all crammed in a limousine [heading] to some event. He left his hat or something, and he freaked out. We had to stop the car and everything. He said, 'I need my hat!'" Harrison said one of her favorite memories of Hagman was that, despite being the show's star, he made sure to stay on set as long as he was needed to ensure the other actors could shoot their scenes with ease. "Larry would not go home if his lines were needed," she said. "Larry knew that the show's success was not just about him. The show's success was because of all the characters and how they interacted." "He had every right to be the number one star, leave the set and just have that air about him," she continued. "And he didn't. He was very down-to-Earth, and he worked hard with all of us. And he continued to work. His whole life… he'd still do autograph shows and be out in public. He never took his role, his popularity in 'Dallas,' for granted… [He taught us] not to take it for granted. It could be gone tomorrow." Today, Harrison is "living the dream" running a sprawling ranch. But when she's not tending to her animals, she's sharing stories on "Stall Talk." "It doesn't matter if you're a boomer or Gen Z, we're sharing the most intimate, honest, relationship issues with ourselves, and we're giggling, or we're crying," said Harrison. "But we're sharing those stories… All of our guests just share real and honest questions about what women talk about when they go to the bathroom together." "The advice I always give [on the podcast] is go for your dreams, go for the opportunities," Harrison reflected. "You have to persevere and remember that if you persevere, anything can happen. Anything is possible."
