Kate Winslet is fighting back tears as she recalls how the press bullied her over her weight after the success of Titanic.
A throwback clip of E! was played in her interview with 60 Minutes, in which the host said she looked “a little melted and poured into” a dress she wore during Titanic’s awards season run, adding that the 49-year-old “needed two sizes larger, and she’d be okay.”
“It’s absolutely appalling,” the Oscar winner shot back, recalling the period when the media gave her a hard time by body-shaming her.
“What kind of a person must they be to do something like that to a young actress who’s just trying to figure it out? she asked.
“I did get face to face. I let them have it. I said, ‘I hope this haunts you,'” Kate said when asked if she would ever raise her voice against the press.
Continuing her response, Kate became emotional, saying, “It was a great moment. It was a great moment because it wasn’t just for me.
“It was for all those people who were subjected to that level of harassment. It was horrific. It was really bad,” she concluded.
