Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron is the latest woman in Hollywood to open up about the realities of ageing.
In an interview with Allure, the 48-year-old talked about how she's not afraid of getting older and that she is happily embracing the changes in her appearance. 'My face is changing, and I love that my face is changing and ageing,' she told the US beauty platform.
She also added that some people question whether she's had a facelift. 'They’re like, "What did she do to her face?" I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m just ageing! It doesn’t mean I got bad plastic surgery. This is just what happens.'
When it comes to ageing and the double standards that women face, Theron noted rather poetically that 'men kind of age like fine wines and women like cut flowers,' adding 'I despise that concept and I want to fight against it.'
The Mad Max star was also quick to point out that choice is key. 'I also think women want to age in a way that feels right to them. I think we need to be a little bit more empathetic to how we all go through our journey. My journey of having to see my face on a billboard is quite funny now.'
Theron has been the face of J'adore Dior for the past two decades and it is now highly regarded as one of the world’s most successful fragrance franchises. 'I’m incredibly grateful for it and I’m really proud of it,' she says. 'It has become somewhat woven into the fabric of my life for the last 20 years, which kind of makes it special.'
Theron isn't the only star who is fed up of being questioned about the potential work they've had on their face and their feelings towards the ageing process.
Most recently, Sarah-Jessica Parker revealed in Allure that she's got better things to do than worry about Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards for women.
‘I just don’t spend that much time thinking about appearance. It’s not that I don’t have an ego, that I don’t have a decent, healthy amount of vanity, but I just don’t want to spend that much time really deconstructing it all. I like to be graceful with myself. I’m not delusional. I know that age adds up and that there are consequences to being 51, 52, 53. I get it,’ said The Just Like That actress.
Elsewhere and Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, spoke to British Vogue about how women are scrutinised more than men for getting older. I think it’s culture’s problem. It’s not ours! she said. 'As women, we want to be healthy, we want to be ageing. This idea that we’re supposed to be frozen in time is so weird.'
