Jennifer Love Hewitt reveals devastating impact of body shaming

Jennifer Love Hewitt disclosed how she felt being the target of misogyny and sexism when she was younger, and how it has left a lasting impact.

The actress, who has reprised her role in the horror movie I Know What You Did Last Summer, starred in the prequel when she was just 18.

In speaking to Vulture, the Heartbreakers star revealed that she first realized that she was a victim when she watched the documentary Framing Britney Spears, which revolves around the Toxic singer being mistreated by the media and the public.

“When I started watching it, I was like, ‘Oh, they talked to me like that, oh.’ I started crying for her. And then I realized I was crying for me,” Jennifer stated.

The 46-year-old then talked about being sexualized before she even knew the seriousness of the situation and her consistent struggles with trying to “outact the conversation around my body.”

Jennifer then discussed a magazine cover that made her self-conscious at a time when she was confident about her self-image.

“I don’t think I was ever really insecure until that cover. And then when it happened, I don’t know that I’ve ever recovered from it,” she confessed.

Notably, the Party Of Five actress was a child star, and appeared in more than twenty television commercials before she was a teenager.

Is there a second ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’?

There is a second film titled I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).

It’s a direct sequel to the 1997 original, continuing the story of the character Julie James, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt.

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