Alicia Silverstone took performing break after ’90s fame as a result of it wasn’t enjoyable

Alicia Silverstone took a break from performing after her ‘90s run because it “didn’t feel as fun.” 

During an interview with Fox News Digital at the Televerse 2025 Festival, the “Irish Blood” actress spoke about her decision to take a break from fame.

“I think there was a time where it didn’t feel as fun, and then I was so engaged in activism and writing my books, ‘The Kind Diet,’ ‘The Kind Mama.’ Then, having a child and being a gift mommy.”

Alicia Silverstone stepped away from Hollywood after discovering main success. (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows)

“I’ve been working all along, but then I at some point realized, ‘Wait, I really love acting’ and I was starting to do a lot of theater. I’d been doing tons of stuff. Many Broadway shows and many theater productions, and I think I found my joy in it and thought, ‘Let’s do this, let’s do it.’ You can do it all, but you have to do it carefully. It is very difficult,” Silverstone stated.

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Silverstone welcomed her son, Bear Blu Jarecki, in 2011 together with her now ex-husband, Christopher Jarecki. 

“I think there was a time where it didn’t feel as fun, and then I was so engaged in activism and writing my books, ‘The Kind Diet,’ ‘The Kind Mama.’ Then, having a baby and being a present mommy.”

— Alicia Silverstone

The “Clueless” star informed Fox News Digital that she has two different books in her thoughts that she’d like to write down, however work has been so busy, it is “too difficult” to do proper now.

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In 2023, Silverstone spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in regards to the top of her fame, saying, “It was very complicated and I don’t think I knew how to manage it: I didn’t have the foundation, the good tools to deal with it. I wasn’t prepared for it in any way, shape, or form. I really had no idea what was happening, and it didn’t feel comfortable.”

In the ‘90s, Alicia was considered the “it girl” after starring in “Clueless” and appearing in Aerosmith’s music video. Following her success, Silverstone appeared in motion pictures like “Batman & Robin.”

However, the actress and producer stated engaged on the mission wasn’t every thing she thought it might be, particularly after she started being judged by her look.

“It was really just extreme how I was being talked to and talked about,” Silverstone informed The Guardian in 2020. “I think I just got really turned off by it.”

Justin Walker and Alicia Silverstone in a scene from the film “Clueless.” (Paramount Pictures/Getty Images)

Alicia Silverstone as protagonist Cher Horowitz within the 1995 film “Clueless.” (Paramount)

Silverstone defined to The Hollywood Reporter that she “wasn’t happy and what I did was really extract myself a bit from my acting career and went more into my activism,” she informed the outlet. 

“I went to Africa to help the elephants, I went to Peru to try to help the rainforest. I found my passion for writing books on healing and health. The Kind Diet books came a bit later but that was the start of the journey there.”

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Over the subsequent decade, Silverstone didn’t formally give up performing, solely showing in roles much like her persona in “Clueless” – a collection titled “Miss Match” and the film “Beauty Shop.”

Silverstone informed Entertainment Weekly that after taking over a median of 4 motion pictures a yr within the ’90s, she determined to gradual it down and do a few movie a yr within the early 2000s.

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“Before ‘Clueless,’ I was much more intuitive and playful and had more confidence about what I was doing. And I think after ‘Clueless,’ for a minute I got a little stressed and made it more intellectual or something. I had about three or four years of this strange feeling. Acting is important to me, but I have taken breaks from it at times, and then come back to it because I loved it so much. I’ve figured out that you can do all the things,” she informed the outlet this month.

Silverstone informed The Hollywood Reporter that she was lastly “doing life right.” 

Alicia Silverstone took a step again from performing to boost her son and dive into activism. (Getty Images)

“It’s isn’t easy, being an activist, a mother and an actress all at the same time. But I’m doing my best. I continue to do speaking engagements about health and our earth, all of that is really meaningful to me. The most important thing to me is being fully present with my son. As for acting, I’ll keep finding a way to dabble, to stay in there,” she stated.

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Now, Silverstone is again within the swing of performing, together with her newest collection, “Irish Blood,” lately premiering. Silverstone stars as a divorce lawyer primarily based in Los Angeles who travels to Ireland to uncover an internet of household secrets and techniques.

Silverstone is now again within the swing of performing. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Christian Siriano)

“I think that it’s really a fun mystery, the crime elements are fun, it’s a quirky show, and it’s an emotionally rich drama. I think that audiences will really have a great time with it. Quick storytelling and it grabs you, and it is fun,” Silverstone informed Fox News Digital.

It was additionally introduced in April that Silverstone can even be reprising her function as Cher Horowitz for the Peacock collection “Clueless,” which will probably be a continuation of the hit 1995 film.

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