Kate Winslet is spilling the tea on beauty standards gone wrong. The 50-year-old Titanic star opened up in a new interview with The Sunday Times about her dismay over young women chasing perfection through plastic surgery and weight-loss drugs. She urges embracing natural selves amid social media's toxic influence.
Oh, honey, Kate Winslet is not holding back! In a raw chat with The Sunday Times, the 50-year-old icon reflected on her own brush with early fame after Titanic. 'I wasn’t ready to be a famous actress. I was so young, but I felt so invaded. Nothing was nice. People climbed into my garden. I couldn’t go to a shop. I was followed when I had a baby in the back of the car on my way to the pediatrician,' she shared, still seeing herself as her dad's little girl cleaning the rabbit hutch.
But the real shade? Kate's fired up about the cosmetic chaos. 'But I feel like nobody cares any more. No one’s listening because they’ve become obsessed with chasing an idea of perfection to get more likes on Instagram. It upsets me so much,' she said. Seeing women alter their faces? 'Oh, it’s terrifying. I think no, not you! Why?' And don't get her started on the health risks: 'It is devastating. If a person’s self-esteem is so bound up in how they look it’s frightening... so many people are on weight-loss drugs... The disregard for one’s health is terrifying. It bothers me now more than ever. It is f–king chaos out there.'
She's especially salty about everyday folks: angry at 'people who save up for Botox or the s–t they put in their lips,' while scrunching her own unaltered face. 'My favorite thing is when your hands get old. That’s life, in your hands.' Kate shouts out real queens like Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, and Sigourney Weaver for staying authentic. And that young woman she spotted in a BBC News article? 'She looked like a cartoon... from the eyebrows to mouth to lashes to hair, that young woman is scared to be herself. What idea of perfection are people aspiring to? I blame social media and its effect on mental health.'
Kate's serving truth: some stars are owning their work, like Kylie Jenner regretting hers and advising her daughter against it, while others say openness destigmatizes it. But is the glow-up worth the chaos? Kate thinks not—stay real, darlings.