Jennifer Love Hewitt Reflects on Teen Sexualization

Jennifer Love Hewitt recently reflected on how she was sexualized as a teenager following her role in the 1997 film 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. On Mayim Bialik's podcast, Hewitt recounted how grown men made inappropriate comments about her breasts when she was just 16, which was a culturally accepted behavior at the time. She noted the experience was strange, becoming a sex symbol before understanding what it meant, especially with incidents like being on the cover of Maxim at 17. Despite not grasping the implications then, her mother's guidance kept her grounded. Hewitt expressed that only in hindsight and after watching the Britney Spears documentary did she fully comprehend the impact of such objectification. She does not blame those involved, as it was indicative of the era's norms.