This Monday, December 2 on the American channel CBS, Kate Winslet was the special guest of the magazine 60 Minuteswhile the film Lee Miller – of which she is the heroine and producer for the first time in her career – is a great success at the cinema.
The media mercilessly towards the star of Titanic
Towards the end of the show, journalist Cecilia Vega wanted to talk about the painful flip side of the coin when Kate Winslet became an overnight superstar thanks to her performance in Titanic, released in December 1997 in the United States. United. “Hear how she was ridiculed for her weight“, commented the host, before showing archive images from the famous celebrity channel E! which still exists. While the images of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio on the Golden Globes red carpet were broadcast, we hear a presenter comment: “She appeared a little plump in this dress. She just needed to go two sizes up, it probably would have worked.“. Comedian Joan Rivers – another woman – even joked: “If Kate Winslet had lost a few pounds, the Titanic would never have sunk“.
Kate Winslet caught up in emotion on American TV
“It took my breath away to see how cruel some of the comments about you were at the time“, said the journalist. Touched, Kate Winslet first responded: “Hmmm… I know… It's absolutely terrible. What kind of person must they be to do such a thing to a young actress who is just trying to find herself?“. Cecilia Vega then asked the actress if she had had the opportunity to settle scores with certain people who had denigrated her. “Yes, I did it. I said, 'I hope it haunts you'…“, confided the star before being overwhelmed by emotion. Struggling to hold back her tears, her voice tight, the one who became friends with Guillaume Gallienne continued by whispering: “It was a big moment because it wasn't just for me, it was for everyone who has been subjected to this level of harassment. It was horrible. It was really terrible“. Last September, in the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she reacted to this subject: “Why were they so mean to me? They were so mean. I wasn't even fat!“. In 2021, she already revealed that these attacks had “damaged” her self-confidence.
