Jennifer Love Hewitt reflects on processing her teen sex symbol status, recalling 'grown men' commenting on her breasts at 16: 'It was very strange to become a sex symbol.'

Jennifer Love Hewitt was the latest guest on Mayim Bialik's "Breakdown" podcast (via US Weekly) and recalled how it wasn't until she was in her thirties that she registered just how much the media sexualized her as a teenager.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is looking back on some "mind blowing" comments she received after her star-making turn in I Know What You Did Last Summer. Hewitt was 16 when she filmed the 1997 slasher hit,

Jennifer Love Hewitt was the latest guest on Mayim Bialik’s “Breakdown” podcast (via US Weekly) and recalled how it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she registered just how much the media sexualized her as a teenager. The actor got her breakthrough on titles “Party of Five” and “I Know What You Did …

While on the Mayim Bialik's Breakdown podcast Tuesday, Jan. 28, the actress reflected on when she was breaking out as a young actress in the '90s, saying some of how she was viewed and treated as a sex symbol at the time "felt very innocent and exciting and fun."

Jennifer Love Hewitt was the latest guest on Mayim Bialik’s “Breakdown” podcast (via US Weekly) and recalled how it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she registered just how much the media sexualized her as a teenager. The actor got her breakthrough on titles “Party of Five” and “I Know What You Did …

The actor reflects on being objectified after her breakout role in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" as she prepares to return to the horror franchise.