When criticizing trolls who called her “fake” in a selfie she posted to social media this month, Jennifer Love Hewitt didn’t hold back.
The Ghost Whisperer actress reportedly appeared in an Instagram image that her hairstylist Nikki Lee shared, and some online trolls immediately called the actress out for her altered appearance.
This happened after Jennifer had her hair dyed a rich, dark brown and trimmed into a bob. Was time to liven things up, her stylist captioned the picture.
As is typical whenever a celebrity alters their appearance in any way, the 44-year-old’s followers were eager to leave comments in the space provided. While many of them were flattering, some also made attempts to denigrate Love Hewitt by claiming that she had undergone plastic surgery.
Some people referred to the actress as “unrecognizable” after she starred in the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer, which helped launch her career.
Now, while it’s typically accepted practice for celebrities to simply ignore their opponents in such situations, Love Hewitt made the decision to respond to them by releasing a series of images that played on the concept that she had altered her appearance through some form of surgery.
The actress wrote, “So many people have told me that I look different.
“I appear to be unchanging. Couldn’t appear more organic. I appeared as I awoke. Filters don’t really alter you.
Naturally, Hewitt’s face was covered with a variety of filters in the humorous photos. The actress urged people to use kindness when leaving comments on other people’s images, however exaggerated they may be.
Let individuals be filtered or unfiltered, she wrote as her final statement. Be decent. Be considerate. Share love.
Love Hewitt’s beauty came under scrutiny earlier this year after she tweeted a photo to celebrate her 44th birthday.
“I was 44 when I woke up at 4 AM! I am really grateful, fortunate, content, occasionally self-conscious about getting older, a mother of three amazing children, married to the most amazing and attractive man, and extremely excited to see what this year has in store for us,” she wrote in the post.
“I love magic, and I sense magic in the air. Thank you, Mom, for giving me life. Off to work. I really do miss you. I’m going to finish my work and celebrate my birthday later. Ps. Atticus sang me happy birthday at a much too early hour! My emotions melted. Go ahead and enjoy your days, everyone. You must do that because it is my birthday!
The former child star’s transformation sparked a lot of remarks from fans and followers who were perplexed.