{"id":144717,"date":"2025-09-09T18:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/144717\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T18:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:49:06","slug":"andie-macdowell-slams-expectation-that-older-women-should-still-look-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/144717\/","title":{"rendered":"Andie MacDowell slams expectation that older women should still look young"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andie MacDowell<\/a> is dropping some pearls of wisdom about aging on The Drew Barrymore Show<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During Tuesday\u2019s episode, the 67-year-old Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/a> actress joined host Drew Barrymore<\/a>\u2019s \u201c50 F— Its\u201d panel via video message to call out the unfair societal expectation that women must always \u201clook young\u201d even as they get older.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur dear friend of the show who comes here all the time \u2014 and\u00a0someone I worked with when I was 16 years old \u2014\u00a0the great Andie MacDowell, she sent us in a video,\u201d Barrymore explained before the clip, referencing their 1994 Western Bad Girls<\/a>. \u201cAnd I think it really talks about and addresses some of the expectations that we put on ourselves, that society puts on us. Take a look at this.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Drew Barrymore and Andie MacDowell on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.<\/p>\n

The Drew Barrymore Show\/Ash Bean<\/p>\n

In the video, MacDowell could be seen standing in a doorway dressed in a floral button-up, tweed blazer, and silver glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI love you, Drew! Thank you for doing this,\u201d she began. \u201cI look back at my grandmother, who was the matriarch.\u00a0A strong woman. We just revered her. We respected her. We never would\u2019ve ever expected her to look young. That was not a concept that existed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

MacDowell went on to note that this expectation to fit into the standard of beauty has only caused women harm as they age throughout their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis concept has demeaned us as we age. It has now made us feel shameful,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cI have three little grandchildren and I\u2019m gonna be a grandmother for them and I\u2019m gonna look like I\u2019m supposed to look, because I love myself. And I don\u2019t have to look young. And I love you for doing this!\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The camera then cut back to The Drew Barrymore Show studio, where Barrymore declared, \u201cI have chills.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of Tuesday\u2019s episode, Barrymore assembled MacDowell, as well as pals Halle Berry<\/a>, Valerie Bertinelli<\/a>, and Nate Burleson<\/a>, to have an open conversation about the realities that women face\u00a0when they turn 50, from experiencing perimenopause to ditching societal expectations. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was 54, and felt like I got dropped into hell and nobody ever talked to me about [perimenopause],\u201d Berry, who founded the menopausal care company Respin, explained. \u201cI was scared. I was alone. I had no one to talk to. I didn\u2019t know what to do. I thought I was losing my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cAnd I thought, \u2018Oh, this is what\u2019s happening. I\u2019m getting old now. Now I just go off into oblivion and nobody\u2019s gonna care anymore.\u2019 That\u2019s what I felt. And I was very depressed. Very depressed. And cried all the time \u2014\u00a0I was a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drew Barrymore, Halle Berry, Valerie Bertinelli, and Nate Burleson on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.<\/p>\n

The Drew Barrymore Show\/Ash Bean<\/p>\n

Bertinelli added that she had to turn 64 before she \u201ccaught on\u201d that she had to put herself first.\u00a0\u201cI was that people pleaser for far too long,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I just decided after everything that had happened to me last year, I\u2019m done. I have to care about myself. And at this age, I care less about what people who don\u2019t know me think about me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Burleson also encouraged men to check in with their partners and have open conversations about their experience with menopause and where they can help.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo talk to [my wife Atoya] and be transparent and ask her, \u2018What have I been doing and where am I lacking?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThe way she opened up just because I\u2019m on this show, it put us in a better position.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added that he felt \u201cterrible\u201d for not knowing that Atoya was experiencing perimenopausal symptoms like hot flashes and mood swings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there lies the difference between knowing somebody is going through something and then standing there with them while they\u2019re going through something,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd hearing their experience. And it\u2019s so important when it comes to the women in our lives because they are a different, a much better, a much sexier, a much more heightened, elevated version of who they used to be.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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