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Kate Winslet has spoken about how she coped with the “terrible” situation Infiltration in the press after gaining fame As Rose in James Cameron’s 1997 classic film titanic,
Holiday The 50-year-old actor said paparazzi were behind himHer phone was tapped and people searched her bins to “try and find out what diet I was on or not”.
“It was terrifying. There were people tapping my phone. They were everywhere. And I was alone. I was scared to sleep,” she told BBC Radio 4. Desert Island Discs,
Winslet, who has just released her directorial debut goodbye junesaid after that Titanic was After being released, he saw himself on the covers of newspapers and magazines, often with what he described as “terrible, horrible, really offensive names”.
He said he enjoyed the media attention with “good food, shared conversation, a fine cup of coffee, a bit of Radiohead and a good poo”.
“You know, life is better for those things,” she said.
Years later in 2010, she experienced further intrusions during her divorce from her second husband, film director Sam Mendes.
“I was being followed around New York City with my two young children by the paparazzi, who of course wanted to know why Sam and I had separated,” she said.
On how she managed that period, she said: “You just keep your mouth shut, you keep your head down, and you keep going. And you try to keep your kids in your ears. You lean on your friends, you just keep going.”
Winslet credited her friends for their support, particularly a neighboring couple who left “a bowl of steamed pasta and a small glass of red wine” on the garden wall between their houses.
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during filming titanic Winslet said that she struggled with her body image in her early twenties and was not ready to bring her body into the public eye.
“I was not ready for that world,” she said.
She recalled negative comments she received from a drama teacher, who told her she would have to “settle for the fat girl character”, and revealed that she was nicknamed “Blubber” in elementary school as a child.
She said that from the ages of 15 to 19 she dieted “periodically”, “barely eating”. “It was really unhealthy,” she said.
Considering his portrayal in the media after the release of titanic, Winslet described how her magazine cover images were edited without her knowledge, which she spoke out about in the early 2000s.
Winslet recalled looking at the edited images and thinking: “I don’t look like that. My stomach isn’t flat like that. My legs aren’t that long, my breasts aren’t that big. What? My arms aren’t that shapely. What the hell?”
Earlier this month, the actor met his famous cast mates keep their look natural Amidst the rise of non-surgical cosmetic procedures and weight loss medications.
“Nobody is listening because they’ve become obsessed with chasing the idea of perfection just to get more likes on Instagram. It bothers me a lot,” she said. The Sunday Times in an interview.
“It’s devastating. If a person’s self-esteem depends on how they look, that’s terrifying,” she added.