In a video sent to the “The Drew Barrymore Show”, the 67-year-old actress spoke about aging naturally: “I will look the way I’m supposed to look because I love myself.”
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Andie MacDowell talked about aging naturally in a video sent to the “The Drew Barrymore Show”. The 67-year-old actress participated virtually in the new segment of the show and revealed that she refuses to feel ashamed of her age.
According to the star of “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” for a large part of society there is an unfair expectation that women must look young even as they grow older.
Before presenting MacDowell’s clip, Barrymore spoke about their friendship, which began in 1994, when they worked together on the western “Bad Girls.”
“Our dear friend, who comes here all the time — and with whom I worked when I was 16,” said the host. “And I think she really talks about and addresses some of the expectations we put on ourselves, and that society puts on us. Take a look at this.”
“I love you, Drew, thank you for doing this,” begins MacDowell. “I remember my grandmother, who was the matriarch. A strong woman. We simply revered her. We respected her. We would never have expected her to look young. That wasn’t a concept that existed.”
For MacDowell, the pressure to fit into a beauty standard as women age has only harmed them.
“This concept has degraded us as we’ve aged. Now it makes us feel shame,” she emphasized. “I have three grandchildren and I’m going to be their grandmother, and I’m going to look the way I’m supposed to look because I love myself. And I don’t need to look young. And I love you for doing this!” the actress celebrated.
After sharing MacDowell’s message, Barrymore said she got goosebumps from her friend’s words.
MacDowell has long spoken openly about aging; in an interview with Katie Couric two years ago, the actress revealed that she had no intention of maintaining a youthful appearance.
“But I don’t care, I want to be old,” she said. “I’m tired of trying to be young. I don’t want to be young. I’ve already been young. And being an older person trying to be young — what an effort. It’s a lot of work. I just can’t keep up this charade… I can’t!” she concluded.
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