Naomi Watts isn’t one to shy away from being candid. She’s been especially open about her menopause journey and Stripes, the beauty and wellness brand she founded in 2022 for women navigating perimenopause and menopause. However, in a new interview with Fashion Magazine, the British actress got real about something else: her hesitation to try certain cosmetic treatments, namely, those that might limit her facial movement.
“I’ve certainly tried things over the years,” Watts admitted. “But [as an actress] I’m drawn to stories of women who are going through some kind of emotional turmoil so I need to [be able to] express that. It would be irresponsible for me to not be able to do my job at full capacity, which is, you know, being able to look horrified when something terrible happens.” She’s not ruling anything out, though. “I may be on that list myself one day. Let’s see.”
That’s not all she was open about. Come January, Watts is releasing a book titled, Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I Knew About Menopause. She promises to share her menopause experience “with gory details,” and hopes the book will feel less intimidating than other scientific reads. “Hopefully it’s the kind of book that feels like a cozy conversation that you want to have with your girlfriend at home on the couch,” she told the outlet.
For Watts, this conversation is essential, especially after her confusing experience being diagnosed with menopause in her ’30s. “I was having night sweats that I thought were [due to] allergies to something I’d eaten. I had migraines. Those were the things I remember vividly.” When her doctor told her she was approaching menopause, she realized how little she actually knew about it. “I didn’t know there were a multitude of years of symptoms leading up to that. So yeah, I was pretty much panicked.”
That panic turned into anger, which turned into action. As she told Fashion Magazine: “If a conversation isn’t available, that’s a big problem. And a lot of work needs to take place in order to change that. First we get a little mad and then we get the job done.”
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