Titanic propelled Kate Winslet to household name status. But as her fame reached new heights, the actress has now revealed how public scrutiny privately pulled her to a devastating low.
In a new interview with The New York Times The Regime star, 48, has opened up about her past struggles with an eating disorder.
“I never told anyone about it,” Winslet said. “Because guess what – people in the world around you go: ‘Hey, you look great! You lost weight!'”
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After Titanic came out in 1997, a then-22-year-old Winslet was scrutinised over her size in the media.
Now, she says that ”even the compliment about looking good is connected to weight. And that is one thing I will not let people talk about.
“If they do, I pull them up straight away.”
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Although it is the first time Winslet has admitted she privately battled an eating disorder, it’s not the first time Winslet has addressed the criticism over her body.
In 2022, the Oscar winner said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that she wished she had hit back at critics of her body at the time instead of remaining silent.
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“I would have said, ‘Don’t you dare treat me like this. I’m a young woman, my body is changing, I’m figuring it out, I’m deeply insecure, I’m terrified, don’t make this any harder than it already is’,” Winslet said on the podcast.
She continued: “It can be extremely negative. People are subject to scrutiny that is more than a young, vulnerable person can cope with. But in the film industry, it is really changing.”
”When I was younger my agent would get calls saying, ‘How’s her weight?’ I kid you not. So it’s heartwarming that this has started to change.”
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