Anne Hathaway has revealed she’s developed “the craziest sense of smell” during her pregnancy and she’s convinced her nose is now so sensitive she’s able to “smell time”.
Anne Hathaway has developed “the craziest sense of smell” during her pregnancy.
The Verity star, 43, is currently expecting her third child with her husband Adam Shulman and she’s revealed her pregnancy hormones have made her nose extra sensitive and she’s convinced she’s now able to “smell time”.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Anne explained: “You know, my main symptom during my first pregnancy was fatigue, and that didn’t happen this time.
“This time, my main symptom was, well, acne. But I had, like, the craziest sense of smell … The thing about pregnancy smell is you smell time.”
Anne went on to explain she’s able to pick up so many smells it’s like going back in time – declaring she recently went “back to the 80s” via one particularly pungent whiff.
She said: “You don’t just smell this summer. You smell all of them. A couple [of] other summers. I went back to the 80s.
“Yeah, wow. You went back in time. There were many strikes there. No, and so, you know, on a press tour, it’s amazing. It’s like this Goodfellas experience.”
Anne went on to say: “You’re going in and out of, like, hotels and the back ways, but you pass so many garbage bins, and you go through so many kitchens, and then you go into elevators, and you smell every single room service order. “
Anne also struggled to cope with strongly scented perfumes and colognes as the fragrance made her feel ill.
She add: “The perfume was really intense. Because people I love, they come to [greet me] and I’m like [retching].”
Anne went on to joke: “So first trimester, my goal was to not, like, dry heave in public. And now third trimester, my goal is to not waddle in public. So I feel like that’s a good thing.”
It comes after Anne admitted she’s been on “an amazing journey” in 2026 as she released a number of high-profile movies including Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street, and Verity, as well as expanding her family.
She told Extra: “An amazing thing to realise is you can do so many things while completely exhausted. It’s just such an amazing journey where you discover what you’re made of, you know, and because it’s not just, like, depleting yourself in the name of something else.
“You actually get fed at the same time with so much joy and so much love.”
Anne feels grateful for where she’s currently at in her life and in her career. The acclaimed actress – who already has Jonathan, ten, and Jack, six, with husband Adam – said: “You do find yourself expanding. You find your patience expanding. You find your grace expanding for yourself, for others, and there’s just no way it hasn’t impacted and improved my life.”
Asked how her third pregnancy differs from the other two, Anne shared: “We’re feeling a cultural shift where there’s more awareness there. There’s less, like, the stuff that happens behind closed doors and maybe just more, ‘This is something we can connect over as a human experience.’”
Anne Hathaway developed a ‘crazy’ sense of smell during pregnancy
