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Why Kate Beckinsale is determined to face down cruel trolls who just won't leave her alone


Kate Beckinsale has fought back yet again after her latest experience with online trolls who criticised her weight and made cosmetic surgery jibes in the wake of her Variety red carpet appearance.

Her Instagram profile – which has 5.6million followers – is full of defiant pictures of her in thigh-high dresses, lacy underwear and skimpy swimsuits, one of which bears the slogan in glittery ink: ‘I Did Not Ask Your Opinion’. Roy Battersby, the director of TV greats including Inspector Morse, Cracker and A Touch Of Frost, came into Kate’s life three years after her father died. Her career was blossoming, but Kate found herself grappling with sexism, including a ‘business’ meeting with shamed producer Harvey Weinstein in which he opened his hotel room door wearing a bathrobe.

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