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Sarah Jessica Parkeris getting honest about aging.
In an interview this Thursday withAllure, theAnd Just Like That… star, 57, opened up about what aging means to her and reacted to the photo of her sporting gray roots that went viral last year.
“It became months and months of conversation about how brave I am for having gray hair,” she told the magazine. “I was like, pleasepleaseapplaud someone else’s courage on something!”
For Parker, owning her gray hair is mostly a matter of time and patience, not bravery. “I can’t spend time getting base color every two weeks,” she told the outlet. “Can’t do it. Nope. Too much”
A similar situation happened to the actress after one particular episode ofAnd Just Like That…, in which Parker’s character Carrie Bradshaw accompanied Anthony (Mario Cantone) to a plastic surgeon consultation and ended up accepting the doctor’s offer to see what surgical results would look like on her. The fictional doctor promised, “With the right work and the right touch, the last 15 years are gone.”
“‘Very brave, Sarah Jessica. You wereso brave,'” Parker said toAllureon the feedback she got after the episode aired.
Instead, Parker invites the world to see wrinkles as a natural thing, that together bring a laundry list of positives. “We spend so much time talking about the accumulation of time spent adding up in wrinkles, and it’s the weirdest thing that we don’t say it adds up to being better at your job, better as a friend, better as a daughter, better as a partner, better as a caregiver, better as a sister,” Parker told the outlet.
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This isn’t the first time the actress has opened up about the world’s reaction to her aging. In December 2021, she spoke toVogueabout the double standards she was witnessed in the public’s reaction to the viral photo.
“There’s so much misogynist chatter in response to us that would never. Happen. About. A. Man,” Parker said in the interview. " ‘Gray hair gray hair gray hair. Does she have gray hair?’ I’m sitting withAndy Cohen, and he has a full head of gray hair, and he’s exquisite," she continued of her pal and 2021 Met Gala date. “Why is it okay for him?”
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The six-time Golden Globe winner pointed out that “especially on social media,” people can be judgmental.
source: people.com
