“You look great, you’ve lost weight!” Kate Winslet objects to ‘slimming’ compliments

In a magazine interview Rolling Stone In 1998, Kate Winslet said she was a “chubby” teenager who “lost a significant amount of weight on the Weight Watchers diet.” She explained that the turning point came at the age of 16 after a director’s remark about making a TV series. And to shorten the topic. “The End of the Story”. Almost thirty years later, the actress today openly admits that she was suffering from an eating disorder (TCA) at the time. “I never told anyone about it,” he admitted in an interview New York Times published on March 3.

“Compliments are about weight”

The reason for this silence. The words of praise she received after her physical “transformation” encouraged her to keep her suffering a secret. “Because, guess what? People around say: “Hey, you look great, you’ve lost weight!” So even compliments about physical appearance are related to weight,” she continues, before clarifying, “That’s something I won’t let people do anymore. If they do, I will immediately reprimand them.”

The American journalist then discusses the influence of the Ozympian craze in this new glorification of thinness, which is more present than ever in the industry. “Actually, I don’t know what Ozempik is,” the heroine admits The reader“All I know is that it’s a pill that people take or something. But what is that?” he then asks with a “mouth full of pastry,” as the article mentions. Explaining that it’s a widely used over-the-counter diabetes drug for weight loss in Hollywood, our insider reports that the actress remains “scared” of the findings before starting; “Oh my God: This sounds terrible. Let’s have something to eat again.”

A body under constant examination

This is not the first time that the L’Oréal Paris muse has spoken about the pressures she has faced during her career related to her figure. In an interview already given Madame Figaro In 2022, he spoke about the negative media treatment he received at the time of the film’s release; Titanic “At that time, in the late 1990s, the press did not treat actresses. The female figure was discussed without shame and comments were made especially about the body and weight of the actresses. I remember that time very well and in retrospect it seems shameful to me,” he complained.

with in another interview Sunday Times In March 2023, she also spoke about all the prejudice she had to face early in her career, especially from those who only predicted “fat girl” roles for her. “It can be too negative. […] People are subjected to surveillance that a young and vulnerable person is not ready for,” he lamented, adding that his agent regularly received calls to find out what his weight was.