Kate Winslet reveals secret health battle
Kate Winslet has opened up about a secret health battle that she faced following the success of Titanic in the late 1990s.
The British actress shared how the global success of the film propelled her into stardom, which welcomed a whole new level of scrutiny about her image.
Now, the 48-year-old has spoken candidly about her battles with an eating disorder during the height of her fame.
"I never told anyone about it," Winslet told the New York Times.
"Because guess what – people in the world around you go: 'Hey, you look great! You lost weight!'"
Now, even 26 years after the peak of the attention, Winslet 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."
While this is the first time Winslet admitted to having an eating disorder, it is not the first time she has addressed unwelcome comments over her appearance.
On a podcast in 2022, the actress said she wished she had hit back at critics of her body at the time instead of remaining silent.
"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 Happy Sad Confused 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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