Rachel Ward Looks Her Age. When Did That Become Radical?
3/8/20261 hr 12 min
Rachel Ward recently went viral for a video filmed in a paddock on her farm. The internet had a lot to say about how she looked.
At 66, the former Thorn Birds star suddenly found herself at the centre of a global conversation about ageing, beauty, and what people expect women who were once famous for their looks to look like decades later.
In this episode of No Filter, Rachel talks to Kate Langbroek about the viral moment and why she believes the reaction had very little to do with her and everything to do with...
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Rachel Ward· Guest1:00
I don't think it was really about me. I think I was a catalyst for a conversation that people were wanting to have, and there hadn't been a, an opportunity as clear, I suppose.
Kate Langbroek· Host1:09
Right So somebody some- suddenly a- attacking me, and I'm a farmer, so I'm, you know, w- why should I look out of standard?
Rachel Ward· Guest1:16
And I think people have a fear of getting older, because women become very invisible as they get older.
Kate Langbroek· Host1:22
Yes.
Rachel Ward· Guest1:22
And if they, you know, aren't able to rest on the glory of their youth and their beauty and their sexuality-