Jennifer Love Hewitt revisits her teenage stardom and the inappropriate attention on her body, particularly focusing on the culture of sexualization prevalent during her rise. On the 'Mayim Bialik's Breakdown' podcast, she discussed how jokes about her breasts at the time did not register as strange until later. Despite laughing along with these comments, she now recognizes the oddity of grown men openly discussing her body on television when she was just 16. This reflection has led her to reevaluate her experiences and the environment of Hollywood during her youth.
When 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' came out, everybody said, 'Oh, I know what your breasts did last summer,' and that was like the joke.
It was a culture that was fully accepted. They were allowed to believe that that was appropriate, and I answered the questions, laughed right along with them.
It is really mind-blowing...when you sit, and you look at where we are now versus then.
But I didn't know what that meant, you know. It's kind of gross.
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