{"id":7312,"date":"2026-01-19T21:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:25:46","slug":"millions-adore-her-but-now-shes-facing-backlash-for-aging-naturally-who-is-she","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7312","title":{"rendered":"Millions Adore Her, but Now She&#8217;s Facing Backlash for Aging Naturally \u2013 Who Is She?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Australian actress <strong>Rachel Ward<\/strong>, 68, has pushed back at online trolls who criticized her natural appearance in a makeup-free Instagram video, saying she\u2019s happier than ever and has no time for negativity. She thanked the many fans who defended her and encouraged people <em>not<\/em> to fear aging, noting that later life brings its own rewards.<\/p>\n<p>Ward\u2019s holiday post\u2014filmed on her cattle farm while promoting her regenerative farming initiative <strong>FarmThru<\/strong>\u2014sparked comments about her looks, with some calling her \u201cunkempt\u201d and questioning her age. Rather than respond with anger, she embraced aging, saying life in her 60s is wonderful and she has no regrets about leaving youth behind.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed gratitude for the support she received, stressing that the critics\u2019 comments didn\u2019t bother her, and urged others to let go of the fear of losing youth because aging has many gifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Australian actress Rachel Ward, 68, has pushed back at online trolls who criticized her natural appearance in a makeup-free Instagram video, saying she\u2019s happier <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=7312\" title=\"Millions Adore Her, but Now She&#8217;s Facing Backlash for Aging Naturally \u2013 Who Is She?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7314,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions\/7314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}