Sarah Jessica Parker's stance on ageing is the self-love message we needed today
As if we needed another reason to love Sarah Jessica Parker, the Sex and the City actress recently got candid about the realities of ageing - and let’s just say she has better things to do than worry about Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards for women.
In a new interview with Allure, Parker opened up about her unfiltered stance on age, skincare and society’s obsession with youth.
"I just don’t spend that much time thinking about appearance," she said. "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."
The star revealed that instead of beating herself up every time she looks in the mirror, she thinks, "What small effort can I make toward feeling okay?"
"I have to look in the mirror for work a lot and I can’t be in total denial about the reality," she continued, "I’d like to feel good and I’d like other people to think I’m presentable. Beyond that, it’s out of my hands. People have opinions. That’s the way the world works."
Spreading the message of self-love, SJP believes that women should be kinder to themselves about their appearance. However, she recognises that this is different from how society functions.
"Do I wish people were nicer to each other, especially women? Sure. Is it going to dominate the way I choose to live and how much time I devote to hoping to appeal to them? I have no interest after a while. I just want to feel decent when I wake up," she said.
Though not shying away from the fact that physical changes come with the realities of getting older, Sarah believes, "With age and experience, you feel more certain about your place in the world."
It's the empowering message we needed today.
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