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‘I hope this haunts you’: Kate Winslet says Titanic-era body-shamers were ‘absolutely appalling’

The star of new Lee Miller biopic reveals that though she never publicly called out critics for what was an everyday occurrence at the time, in private she ‘let them have it’

Speaking on US talkshow 60 Minutes to promote her new Lee Miller biopic, Winslet recalled her experience at the 1998 Golden Globe awards, which she attended as part of the Titanic team. In Lee, Winslet plays the model turned war photographer from her mid 20s to her late 60s, and has said that she was encouraged to sit up straighter in one scene, the better to conceal her “belly rolls”. Speaking to the BBC earlier this year, Winslet said she disregarded the advice, calling it “absolutely bizarre” because Miller’s body wouldn’t have benefited from gym conditioning.

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