From Fox News: Rachel Ward is responding to the fans that criticize her for aging naturally.
Over the holidays, the “Thorn Birds” star sparked conversation around her appearance after sharing her farm in Australia with her followers online. Users bombarded her Instagram video with comments, suggesting she looked older than 68.
The video has reached almost 1 million views and has thousands of comments, mostly of people praising her for showing “what true beauty is” with a few nasty messages about her looks.
Ward and her husband, her former “The Thorn Birds” co-star Bryan Brown, live on a beef cattle farm in Australia. They married in April 1983 and have three adult children.
She posted the following video on December 20, and received several comments about her appearance:
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Thursday, January 15, Ward added a new video and wrote jokingly, “Overwhelmed by the generosity that poured forth after a few fearful trolls went on the attack of my rather unkempt appearance before Christmas. I’m a farmer now but really should do my hair and apply some lippy before I go on social media. Apologies for frightening a few of you.”
She encouraged people to not fear the natural aging process, and said, “It’s a wonderful period of life, in your 60s. I am more fulfilled than ever and I have no regrets, leaving my youth and beauty behind.”
“Don’t worry about me. I do recognize that we’re all a little bit worried about losing our youth and resorting to rather drastic ways of holding on to it, but let it go,” she said.
WATCH her inspiring message below:
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Mocking anyone living their life is cruel and unjust! It’s NO ONES BUSINESS!
Why have we become a gruel judgmental society?
To the haters, take a good look at your parents or grandparents picture then at your over pulled plastic surgery. https://t.co/o1QQgmbdUm— Debbie Aldrich 🇺🇸 (@DebbieAAldrich) January 17, 2026
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