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BAFTAs Respond After Kate Beckinsale Slams Them as 'Horribly Cold' Following Her Stepdad's Death

The actress' stepdad, Roy Battersby, died earlier this month.

In a statement to The Shropshire Star, a BAFTAs spokesperson called Battersby "a renowned and trailblazing director," adding that the awards show was "sorry to hear" of his death, which Beckinsale announced earlier this week. Alongside the throwback pic, Beckinsale praised her stepfather, who died after a short illness, for his "incredible work" directing Leeds United!, The Body, Tomorrow's World, A Touch of Frost and others. "So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades long career (in which he has been awarded from said organisation the highest accolade they have) to decide IF his death is worth mentioning.

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