Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
- Salma Hayek appeared virtually on "Red Table Talk" and said her chest got larger naturally.
- The actress said that her breasts grew as a result of weight gain, pregnancy, and menopause.
- "My back has been really suffering from it," Hayek said. "And not a lot of people talk about this."
- Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Salma Hayek said that her breasts have naturally become larger over the years as a result of weight gain, pregnancy, and menopause.
"The boobs grow, a lot," Hayek said of menopause during a virtual appearance on the latest episode of "Red Table Talk" on Facebook Watch, released on Wednesday.
"For some women, they get smaller," the 54-year-old actress said. "But there are some women that when you gain weight, your boobs grow, and other women that when you have children and you breastfeed, your boobs grow and they don't go back down. And then in some of the cases when you are in menopause, they grow again."
During her interview, Hayek opened up about her own experience with menopause and said she began having symptoms in her mid-40s.
"I just happen to be one of those women that it happened in every single step: when I gain weight, when I got pregnant, and when I am in menopause," the "Eternals" star, who has a daughter named Valentina Pinault with her husband, François-Henri Pinault, said.
Red Table Talk/Facebook Watch
People going through menopause can experience a variety of symptoms during their 40s and 50s, including chills, mood swings, hot flashes, weight gain, irritability, vaginal dryness, and thinning hair and nails.
Hayek said that in addition to her breasts getting larger, she had periods of mood swings and hot flashes.
The "Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" also said that she could understand why people would speculate that she had plastic surgery.
"A lot of people said that I had breast augmentation," Hayek said. "I don't blame them. My boobs were smaller. So was the rest of my body. But they just kept growing many, many sizes."
The actress also said that her bigger breasts have led to back pain, which she didn't realize could happen as a result.
"My back has been really suffering from it," Hayek said. "And not a lot of people talk about this."
On "RTT," the actress said that it's important to break the stigma surrounding menopause and let women know that "there's no expiration" when they reach a certain age.
"You can kick ass at any age, hold your own at any age," she said. "You can dream at any age. You can be romantic at any age. We have the right to be loved for who we are at the place that we are. We're not just here to make babies, we're not just here to baby the men. We're not just here to service everything and everyone around up."