The Friends star admitted that she had felt forced to undergo cosmetic procedures as a result, adding: “Sometimes you find yourself trying and then you look at a picture of yourself and you go ‘oh god, I look horrible.’

“I have done things that I regret and luckily there are things that dissolve and go away. So that's good because it's not always been my best look.”

The 52-year-old finished: “Now I have a new motto; let it be.”

With so many women in the public eye choosing to speak up on the sexist double standards of the public spotlight and tabloid scrutiny, we can only hope that the narrative will be changed soon.

You can watch Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’ Baby when it arrives in cinemas on 16 September 2017.

“As you mature, you become the best version of yourself”: Renee Zellweger’s empowering message to women everywhere