
Jennifer Love Hewitt. (Photograph by Chelsea Guglielmino/WireImage)
Jennifer Love Hewitt is marking her forty sixth birthday by celebrating her pure magnificence.
The actress mirrored on ageing and self-love in a sentimental publish alongside a makeup-free selfie she shared via her Instagram on Friday, February 21 to commemorate turning a yr older.
“46 years outdated. No make up and no filter. (Certainly one of my besties hates a filter so that is for you ❤️) It’s been a tough begin to the yr. I don’t fairly really feel myself. However but I really feel like perhaps that is all to convey me nearer to who I’m meant to be,” she wrote within the caption.
Hewitt — who shares kids, Autumn, 11, Atticus, 9, and Aidan, 3, with husband Brian Hallisay — additionally made reference to her family members as she voiced her gratitude for the love surrounding her.
“On this feeling of loss and being misplaced I’ve discovered a wierd calm and letting go that doesn’t often come simple to me,” she wrote. “I do know that I’ve the best children and husband ever. My brother’s hugs heal me. I really feel my mother with me on a regular basis. My buddies make me wish to be a greater human day by day.”
She continued: “I’ve all of the issues I actually need and lengthy really for nothing apart from joyful moments, persevering with within the profession I like, extra time with buddies, scrumptious meals and to really feel a shift to this yr that brings readability and hopefully the return of a bit magic.”
Hewitt went on to state that society might be harsh in the direction of ladies as their bodily look inevitably adjustments as they become older, however countered it by explaining the advantages of ageing that she had additionally witnessed.
“I’ve skilled and seen how the world might be merciless to ladies as they age and but seen the ladies I love turn into happier, sexier and extra highly effective with each added quantity,” she wrote. “I’m so deeply grateful for this life. I like all who select to do it by my aspect and I’m prepared to offer love as we speak to the youthful me and the older me as a result of they’re my trip or die’s. Sending like to all and cheers to 46! ❤️”
It’s not the primary time Hewitt, who has graced screens since her Nineties, has been candid about her ideas on ageing in Hollywood and the unrealistic expectations positioned on ladies.
“I really feel like followers choose this age that they love that they suppose represents you, and also you’re by no means speculated to develop past that,” Hewitt advised Fox New Digital in December 2024. “For me, it was like me and my 20s. Individuals appear to have a very laborious time accepting that I don’t look that approach anymore.”
She added, “Age is age. I believe ladies actually come into this acceptance of themselves and comfortability of their 40s that’s stunning.”