{"id":9900,"date":"2025-03-29T06:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T06:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9900"},"modified":"2025-03-29T06:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T06:32:10","slug":"justine-bateman-defends-decision-to-age-naturally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=9900","title":{"rendered":"Justine Bateman defends decision to age naturally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05184131\/bate.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05184131\/bate.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05184131\/bate-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05184131\/bate-768x404.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Justine Bateman. Credit \/ Getty Images\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justine Bateman. Credit \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s no secret that Hollywood stars, particularly women, feel pressure to keep up their looks as they get older. We constantly hear about the latest cosmetic procedures and routines the celebs are doing to stay young.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"zmbod69f888a635170\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.zmbod69f888a635170 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.zmbod69f888a635170 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.zmbod69f888a635170 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.zmbod69f888a635170 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.zmbod69f888a635170 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>But some decide to just embrace their own natural looks and age gracefully, like Justine Bateman, who recently spoke out about her decision to not have work done despite societal pressures\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Justine Bateman is an actress, director and writer best known for playing Mallory in the 1980s sitcom\u00a0<em>Family Ties<\/em>\u00a0when she was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>She also starred in\u00a0<em>Men Behaving Badly<\/em>\u00a0and had recurring roles in shows like\u00a0<em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Still Standing<\/em>. She\u2019s the older sister of actor Jason Bateman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t give a s\u2014,\u201d she said in an interview with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/60-minutes\/out-with-the-new-in-with-the-old-why-ageing-naturally-is-a-beautiful-thing\/815fe40d-9a71-4c70-96e1-1f41034e86d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">60 Minutes Australia<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI think I look rad. I think my face represents who I am. I like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I would erase, not only all my authority that I have now, but also, I like feeling that I am a different person now than I was when I was 20. I like looking in the mirror and seeing that evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justine Bateman is now 57, and like many actresses of her age she has faced pressure to get plastic surgery \u2014 but instead, she has decided to never get any work done and embrace her age.<\/p>\n<p>Bateman said she received insulting comments about her looks from the time she was 40, and people compared her naturally-aging face to a \u201csea hag\u201d and a \u201cmeth addict.\u201d She felt pressure to get cosmetic surgery or botox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought my face looked fine,\u201d she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/justine-bateman-on-plastic-surgery-youre-not-going-to-make-that-fear-go-away-by-changing-your-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People<\/a>\u00a0in 2021. \u201cAnd then because of some of the fears I had, unrelated to my face, I decided to make them right and me wrong\u2026 I became really ashamed of my face, ridiculously so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But eventually Bateman decided to ignore the criticisms about her looks and embrace natural aging. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to make that fear go away by changing your face,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123098\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/05184132\/6982686235_54181384e9_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/trainman\/6982686235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flickr \/ Jim Ellwanger<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-21\">\u201cIf you go and get plastic surgery, you\u2019re going to look different. Okay. You\u2019ll have that, but you haven\u2019t dealt with what the fear was.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-21\">\u201cThat fear will continue\u2026 I think getting all this plastic surgery is just people pleasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress, who previously wrote about this issue in her book\u00a0<em>Face: One Square Foot of Skin<\/em>, said she feels \u201csad\u201d for women preoccupied with cosmetic procedures and hopes they will embrace their natural beauty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sad that they\u2019re not just enjoying life,\u201d she told\u00a0<em>60 Minutes<\/em>. \u201cI feel sad that they are distracted from the things that they\u2019re meant to do in life with this consuming idea that they\u2019ve got to fix their face before anything else can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-123028\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05184140\/shutterstock_108051596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">s_bukley \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>We think Justine Bateman looks beautiful! No one should feel pressure to change the way they look \u2014 thank you to Justine Bateman for encouraging more women to age naturally.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this story if you agree with Justine Bateman!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justine Bateman. Credit \/ Getty Images It\u2019s no secret that Hollywood stars, particularly women, feel pressure to keep up their looks as they get older. We constantly hear about the latest cosmetic procedures and routines the celebs are doing to stay young. 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