with tears in her eyes, Kate Winslet discusses criticism of her weight following the release of the film Titanic

Almost 30 years after the film's release Titanic some memories of Kate Winslet are still vivid. With tears in her eyes, the 49-year-old actress testified about the body-shaming she suffered from the end of the 90s, during an interview given to the American show 60 minutesand put online on 1^is December by CBS.

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“I was stunned to see how cruel some comments were at the time,” introduces the journalist, after showing the actress an archive in which a presenter from the media E! commented on her appearance on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in 1998. Her dress was then “too tight” for the tastes of the host, who claimed that Kate Winslet “should have chosen it two sizes larger” to look “good”.

Kate Winslet moved to tears

“It’s absolutely terrible,” laments Kate Winslet upon seeing these images. “What kind of person must they be to do something like that to a young actress who is just trying to find herself?”

If the actress had to face a lot of criticism about her weight, she was able to confront certain instigators. “I had a face-to-face meeting,” she confides. “I said, 'I hope this haunts you.' Then, trying to hold back tears, she remembers: “It was a great moment. 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 horrible.”

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Body-shaming

This is not the first time that Kate Winslet has spoken out about the body-shaming she has had to face. In 2022, she had already mentioned the scene of Titanic in which his character stays afloat on the ocean using a wooden door. Since the film's release in 1997, the theory that Jack and Rose Dawson could have both survived the shipwreck continues to be talked about. In a previous article from Madame Figaro the Oscar-winning actress said she had suffered inappropriate comments about her weight because of this famous scene. “Apparently I was “too fat”(for this wooden door, Editor’s note)“, she declared, asking herself: “Isn’t it horrible? Why were they so mean to me? They were so mean…I wasn’t even fat.”