{"id":3397,"date":"2025-05-01T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T12:05:29","slug":"sally-field-responds-to-critics-who-called-her-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3397","title":{"rendered":"Sally Field responds to critics who called her \u201cugly\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"319\">Being a woman in Hollywood isn\u2019t easy, but Sally Field has long defied expectations. Known for iconic roles in <em data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"195\">Forrest Gump<\/em>, <em data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"213\">Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em>, and <em data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"236\">Steel Magnolias<\/em>, Field also stands out for her stance against ageism and bullying in the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"688\">At 78, she still radiates the charm she had at 19, even as she faces criticism over her appearance. Field\u2019s early life was marked by trauma, including abuse by her stepfather\u2014a painful experience she shared in her 2018 memoir. She got her start in the \u201860s sitcom <em data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"593\">Gidget<\/em>, later earning acclaim with roles in <em data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"638\">Sybil<\/em> and <em data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"654\">Norma Rae<\/em>, the latter winning her an Oscar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"1015\">Field often portrayed strong maternal figures in films like <em data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"761\">Soap Dish<\/em> and <em data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"791\">Not Without My Daughter<\/em>. Despite pressures to maintain a youthful look, she embraces aging naturally. \u201cI see myself on TV and think, \u2018I wish that weren\u2019t happening to my neck,\u2019\u201d she once admitted, but added that she\u2019s accepted aging as inevitable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1322\">Choosing not to alter her appearance has made her a target for online trolls, but Field remains unapologetic. She&#8217;s also quietly managed osteoporosis since 2005, a condition she was at high risk for due to her build and age. \u201cMy bones were getting thinner without any signs I could see or feel,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a woman in Hollywood isn\u2019t easy, but Sally Field has long defied expectations. Known for iconic roles in Forrest Gump, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Steel Magnolias, Field also stands out for her stance against ageism and bullying in the industry. At 78, she still radiates the charm she had at 19, even as she faces&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=3397\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Sally Field responds to critics who called her \u201cugly\u201d&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3398,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3397\/revisions\/3398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}