Kate Winslet cries as she blasts critics who shamed her during Titanic fame

Kate Winsletis his iconic role as Rose Dewitt Bukater in Titanic brought her both new notoriety and some not-so-nice comments about her appearance.

The Oscar winner, 49, opened up about being fat-shamed by critics in her heyday Titanic celebrity during an interview on the Sunday, December 1st episode 60 minutes. “It’s absolutely horrific,” she said. “What kind of person do you have to be to do something like that to a young actress who’s just trying to figure it out?”

Winslets 60 minutes This segment featured a clip from coverage of the 1998 Golden Globes in which an on-air personality explained that she “melted and poured a little” in the dress she wore with her co-star on the red carpet “ looked like Leonardo DiCaprio. The host went on to explain that Winslet needed a dress “two sizes bigger.”

The clip was just a snippet of the criticism Winslet faced at the time. However, Winslet revealed that she had taken back her power after meeting “in person” with one of her critics.

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“I left it up to them. I said, ‘I hope this haunts you,'” she recalled of the interaction before breaking down in tears. “It was a great moment. It was a great moment because it wasn’t just for me. It was for all those people who were subjected to this harassment. It was terrible, it was really bad.”

Over the years, Winslet has developed “armor” when it comes to dealing with other people’s opinions. She uses this mindset in both her everyday life and her work, including in her latest film: lee.

“People say, ‘Oh, you were so brave for this role. You didn’t wear any makeup. “You had wrinkles,” she said. “Let’s say to the men, ‘Oh, you were so brave for this role. Have you grown a beard?’ No, we don’t do that. …It’s not brave. It’s about playing the role.”

leewhich was released in cinemas in September, tells the true story of Elizabeth “Lee” Miller (Winslet), who traded in her career as a model to become a World War II correspondent fashion. Earlier this year, Winslet said Harper’s Bazaar UK that a crew member told her to “sit up” to hide her “tummy rolls” while filming the war drama. “It was intentional, you know?” she told the outlet in August.

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While you 60 minutes In an interview, Winslet noted that she believes Lee would have reacted the same way in real life. “It’s about knowing that Lee’s ease with her physical self was hard won.”

At the end of the day, Winslet said she finds it “exhausting” to care about what others think about her body.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

Winslet spoke about her struggles Titanic Fame in an interview with porter Earlier this year he explained: “I felt like I had to look a certain way or be a certain thing,” adding: “My life was pretty unpleasant.”

She explained that “being famous was terrible,” adding, “I was grateful, of course. I was in my early 20s and was able to get an apartment. But I didn’t want to be seen literally feeding the ducks.”

Nearly 30 years after the film’s release, Winslet said porter she is happy Titanic “continues to bring great joy to people” and that she only feels like “hiding” from her famous role “when we are on a boat somewhere.”