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Kate Winslet Reflects on Eating Disorder After Facing “Bullying” From the Media

"That did get to me," she admitted.

In a conversation with Harper’s Bazaar U.K. ahead of the release of her upcoming film Lee, the Oscar-winning actress reflected on the way tabloid criticism early in her career wore her down, so much so that she developed an eating disorder. Instead of letting it bring her down at the time, she pushed back, calling out a men’s publication for slimming her down on the cover and speaking out against body shaming. Winslet revealed in March that she had an eating disorder early on in her career and never told anyone because people always complimented her about looking good in relation to her weight.

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