Charlize Theron isn’t afraid of getting older. 

The Oscar-winning actress, who turned 48 on Aug. 7, opened as much as Attract about her views on getting old and the way she embraces the modifications in her look.

“My face is altering, and I like that my face is altering and getting old,” she advised the outlet. However folks suppose I had a facelift. They’re like, ‘What did she do to her face?’ I’m like, ‘Bitch, I’m simply getting old! It doesn’t imply I acquired unhealthy cosmetic surgery. That is simply what occurs.’”

Theron additionally mentioned she’s “all the time had points” with double requirements relating to the getting old dialog, noting “that males type of age like wonderful wines and ladies like reduce flowers.”

“I despise that idea and I wish to combat in opposition to it,” she mentioned, including, “however I additionally suppose ladies wish to age in a method that feels proper to them. I believe we have to be slightly bit extra empathetic to how all of us undergo our journey. My journey of getting to see my face on a billboard is sort of humorous now.”

The Monster star isn’t the one celeb who’s embracing the getting old course of but in addition calling out double requirements.

Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, spoke to British Vogue final month concerning the realities of ladies being judged extra harshly than males for getting older.

“I believe it’s tradition’s drawback. It’s not ours!” she mentioned. “As ladies, we wish to be wholesome, we need to be getting old. This concept that we’re speculated to be frozen in time is so bizarre.”

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“I like it after I hear any individual like Andie MacDowell, along with her lovely grey curls, speaking about embracing getting old and the distinction between how we deal with a George Clooney [compared to how most women are perceived],” she continued. “It’s good-looking to go grey [as a man], however for ladies it’s like, ‘What do you propose to do about your wrinkles and your getting old pores and skin?'”

The Iron Man star added: “However once more, we wish to be getting old! I believe we wish to be setting examples of how one can age.”

Paltrow expressed that each girl ought to take care of their very own method of getting old  “how they wish to do it”— whether or not which means embracing it naturally or getting beauty therapies.

“Some ladies wish to tackle each single factor aesthetically, and a few ladies wish to be a wonderful French grandmother who doesn’t ever do something,” the Shakespeare in Love star defined. All people ought to be empowered to do it how they wish to.”

She added, “a very powerful factor” is self-care, noting that her daughter, Apple Martin, grew up seeing her respecting her physique and well being. “I believe she understands how your psychological state, your dietary state and your ranges of train all actually do influence your ‘magnificence.’”