"How did you get this old?" Actress shows her bare face to vicious commenters... "I'm not afraid of aging"

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[The Financial News]"Because of the people who posted comments to comfort me after trolls attacked my appearance, I tried to feel a little better today. What I want to say is: don't be afraid of getting older."\r\n\r\n
\r\nRachel Ward, the 68-year-old actress who appeared in the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), posted these words on her social networking service (SNS) account in January.
She went on to say, "Your sixties are a truly wonderful time in life. I feel more fulfilled now than at any other point, and I have absolutely no regrets about leaving youth and conventional beauty behind," adding, "Old age is sacred and something we should welcome. There are countless gifts waiting for us that we don't yet know about."
After Ward's post, a number of mid-career actresses in Australia began sharing bare-faced photos, showing their wrinkles without makeup. They joined Ward in directly confronting trolls who mock women for looking old.
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On the 10th, the Daily Mail reported that Ward had posted a video of herself without makeup last year and was hit with comments such as, "She says she's 68, but she looks much older," and "My God, she used to be so beautiful—how did she end up like this?" Some even wrote malicious remarks like, "This is what happens when you neglect self-care for years."
Ward now runs a cattle farm in Australia with her husband, 78-year-old Bryan Brown, whom she met on the set of The Thorn Birds. While promoting the farm, she was bombarded with comments saying she looked older than her age and asking why she wasn't doing anything to look younger.
Ward responded, "I feel sorry for people who are so terrified of aging," and countered, "Letting go of youth and beauty as you grow older is the ultimate freedom." She added, "You can't know how joyful that is until you experience it yourself."
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Ward's confident stance inspired her fellow actresses. On the 9th (local time), well-known Australian actress Rebecca Gibney, 61, uploaded two unedited bare-faced selfies and wrote, "When you scroll through social media, it's all bad news, AI garbage, and lives that have been perfectly polished with Photoshop. I finally felt I could breathe again when I saw Rachel's photos," she remarked with relief.
Reflecting on her life as an actress, she emphasized, "We have constantly reshaped ourselves to fit a world that is always changing, but the greatest gift of aging is that you stop trying to please others or look good for them, and you realize that your own opinion matters more."
A day later, on the 10th, actress Debra Lawrance, 69, beloved for her role in the drama Home and Away, also posted a bare-faced photo of herself with the caption, "One photo at a time, let's change the algorithm," encouraging more women to join in.
y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter