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Kate Beckinsale hits back at 'a**hole' followers for criticising her figure after the traumatic death of her stepdad, her mother's cancer diagnosis and a six-week hospital stay


The British actress, 51, slammed some of her 'a**hole' followers, who told her she needed to put on weight in the comments section of her latest Instagram post.

Kate's stepdad Roy Battersby died in January following a 'brief illness' after being diagnosed with two forms of cancer the summer before (pictured left with her mother Judy right) Last month, Kate shared a picture of Roy's order of service that revealed he was cremated on Monday February 19 at Mortlake Crematorium near Kew in west London The insider revealed that the Snow Angels star — whose biological father Richard Beckinsale died in 1979 at 31 from a heart attack in his sleep — has been feeling the emotional toll in recent months.

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