Jennifer Love Hewitt, 46: Her Secrets to Staying Fit Amid Ozempic Craze

Jennifer Love Hewitt turned heads at the I Know What You Did Last Summer movie premiere this week, as fans lauded her natural appearance on the red carpet.

The 46-year-old star wowed in a sleeveless black gown, with many admiring her authentic look, amid Hollywood’s obsession with staying young and slimming down on Ozempic. 

Insiders close the mother-of-three reveal how she’s rejected the pressure put on women in Hollywood in favor of having a healthier approach to diet and fitness.

‘Jennifer is all about balance when it comes to her daily meals and workout plans,’ a source told DailyMail.com. 

As for her diet, the the 5-foot-2-inch star ‘doesn’t ever deny herself anything.’ 

‘Rather than push herself to extreme measures, she takes it all in her stride and feels much happier and confident that way,’ the insider added.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, 46, turned heads on the I Know What You Did Last Summer movie premiere this week, as fans lauded her natural appearance on the red carpet; (L) Pictured Monday, (R) Pictured 2004

‘When it comes to working out, she loves mixing things up Pilates and yoga and other forms of strength training.’

The source went on: ‘She loves exercise that builds muscle, keeping her feeling strong for her kids which is more important than anything else.’

And when it comes to her diet, it’s all about balance for the star. 

‘It’s all about eating healthy foods that are rich in nutrients. Her secret has been not bowing to any pressure or beauty standard put upon actresses in Hollywood and instead feeling confident and comfortable in her own skin.’

Jennifer — who starred in the original 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer slasher and reprises her role in the 2025 sequel — left many people swooning as she flaunted her physique in a fitted black dress at the Los Angeles event on Monday. 

Social media users praised her body in droves, calling her a ‘real woman’ and a ‘breath of fresh air.’ 

‘Jennifer Love Hewitt looking absolutely beautiful,’ one wrote on X.

‘She looks good. I like the fact she didn’t mess up her face with fillers and plastic surgery,’ another chimed in.

‘I prefer this look vs the plastic look of others.’

‘Nice to see a celebrity with curvaceous body who is not fighting it with Ozempic.’

Now, insiders close the star reveal how she’s rejected the pressure put on women in Hollywood in favor of having a healthier approach to diet and fitness. ‘Jennifer is all about balance when it comes to her daily meals and workout plans,’ a source told DailyMail.com; Seen in 2019

As for her diet, the the 5-foot-2-inch star ‘doesn’t ever deny herself anything.’ The insider added, ‘Rather than push herself to extreme measures, she takes it all in her stride and feels much happier and confident that way’; Pictured 2019

On Monday, the mother-of-three wowed in a sleeveless black gown, with many admiring her look, amid Hollywood’s obsession with staying young and slimming down on Ozempic

Social media users praised her body in droves, with one writing, ‘Nice to see a celebrity with curvaceous body who is not fighting it with Ozempic’

‘She looks so gorgeous and refreshed. So sick of seeing skeletal Ozempians!’ quipped someone else. 

‘She should be applauded for looking normal. She doesn’t look like a space alien with plastic surgery.’ 

‘She looks better then ever,’ yet another person added.

‘Representing a real body!!! Love to see this!’ another gushed.

‘Beautiful and a breath of fresh air in Hollywood!’ someone else wrote.

In 2014, Jennifer spoke about not being in a rush to her baby weight or go on a diet, four months after she gave birth to daughter Autumn, noting she wanted her little girl to learn how to have a good self-esteem.

‘If your priorities are right, the baby’s most important. You have to eat to feed your baby. And I have a girl so I want her to see some day why her mom has good self-esteem and good body issues, she told E.

The star shares Autumn, 11, and sons Atticus, 10, and Aidan, three, with husband Brian Hallisay, 46. 

In 2023, the beauty shared one of her favorite ‘workouts’ was the Emsculpt Neo, a non-invasive body contouring treatment that simultaneously builds muscle and reduces fat via High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic energy and Radiofrequency energy.

She posted a black and white snap of the machine on what looked to be her abdomen, writing, ‘Getting in one of my favorite “workouts” before Thanksgiving! This mom of three is a huge fan of #EmsculptNeo for strengthening my core and helping to heal my diastasis recti.’

In 2023, the beauty shared one of her favorite ‘workouts’ was the Emsculpt Neo, a non-invasive body contouring treatment that simultaneously builds muscle and reduces fat via High-Intensity Focused Electromagnetic energy and Radiofrequency energy

Earlier in January, the star shared a handful of makeup-free selfies and a candid reflection about the aging process as she celebrated her 46th birthday

Jennifer spoke about not being in a rush to her baby weight or go on a diet, four months after she gave birth to daughter Autumn in 2014, noting she wanted her little girl to learn how to have a good self-esteem

In 2023 she discussed ageism in Hollywood, stating, ‘It’s dangerous what we put on people. It’s dangerous, I think, to say to women, “You can’t look like you’re not 22 to me anymore because I don’t know how to take that”‘; Pictured 2012

Earlier in January, the star shared a handful of makeup-free selfies and a candid reflection about the aging process as she celebrated her 46th birthday.

The Party of Five star shared that she has ‘experienced and seen how the world can be cruel to women as they age’ in the caption of her Instagram post.

The actress started out the post writing that one of her ‘besties’ hates filters. ’46 years old. No makeup and no filter,’ she wrote.

The Ghost Whisperer star later touched on the subject of aging and how cruel the world can be to women as they grow older.

‘I have experienced and seen how the world can be cruel to women as they age and yet seen the women I admire become happier, sexier and more powerful with every added number.’

‘I am so deeply grateful for this life. I love all who choose to do it by my side and I am ready to give love today to the younger me and the older me because they are my ride or die’s. Sending love to all and cheers to 46!’

Jennifer has touched on aging before and expressed how hurt she was when she was branded unrecognizable in late 2023 when she debuted a bob hairstyle.

‘Aging in Hollywood is really hard. It’s really hard because you can’t do anything right,’ Hewitt said on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast in December 2023.

In 2010 the star advised young girls to ‘love the way you look like right now’; Pictured in 2000

She went on to explain why the negative comments bothered her so much, noting that the ‘only reason those people bother me is because I’m a mother of a girl.’

‘It’s dangerous what we put on people. It’s dangerous, I think, to say to women, “You can’t look like you’re not 22 to me anymore because I don’t know how to take that,”‘ she said.

In 2010, the star advised young girls to ‘love the way you look.’

‘When I meet young girls, I’m always like, “Just do me one favor.” Love what you look like right now – and remember I said it 10 years from now because it’s the greatest gift I can give,’ she told People.

As for her skincare routine, the actress previously told Good Housekeeping that she likes to ‘keep it simple’ and use an ice roller. 

‘I don’t use a lot of stuff. I really enjoy ice rollers. I’m really into those right now, and my kids are into those.’ 

Fans can catch Jennifer in the newest I Know What You Did Last Summer film at its premiere on July 14th.