Meg Ryan.Photo:Shaniqwa Jarvis
Shaniqwa Jarvis
Meg Ryan“loves” aging!
Appearing on the cover ofGlamour’sDecember 2023 issue to promote her new romcom and first movie since 2015,What Happens Later, Ryan, 62, spoke to the outlet about how “aging is not that terrifying.”
“Our culture is so obsessed with youth,” Ryan toldGlamour. “As an old person now, I love my age. I love where I’m at.”
“We’re all doing it. I wish someone had told me earlier, ‘Just relax. It is what it is. Don’t pay attention to the obstacles,’” she added.
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Meg Ryan.Shaniqwa Jarvis
TheSleepless in Seattleactress went on to explain that as she has gotten older she has been able to say her true thoughts “without thinking about how it’s going to land.”
“There’s a time in your teens and 20s where you’re trying on personalities to figure out who you are, who to be,” Ryan said.
Referring to the negative way tabloids have covered her in the past, she said she “can’t can’t pay attention to it."
“I just can’t. It’s not worth it.”
Meanwhile, the star also opened up about herchildrenduring the interview. Ryan shares son, actorJack Quaid, 31, with ex-husbandDennis Quaidand adopted daughter, Daisy True, 18.
“My kids have always been a blast. They’re the best hang,” she toldGlamour. “They’re so alive in their curiosity and interest in the world.”
Ryan said she had Daisy in mind when she includedadoptioninWhat Happens Later,which she co-wrote.
“I put that in there because my daughterismy daughter,” she told the outlet. “I’m convinced of magic because of our relationship. We were destined.”
Back in October, Ryan also gushed to PEOPLE about her children.
“I have two of the greatest kids,” she said. “They are hilarious, they’re smart, they are kind, they’re interested in other people, they’re curious about the world. I feel like both of them make the world a little better, and I just feel so proud of them.”
source: people.com
