Aesthetic touch-ups and the use of weight-loss medications are the order of the day: more and more people are resorting to this type of treatment to improve their appearance and get closer to what they believe to be the ideal of beauty (their own or that of society). But it’s a fashion that doesn’t like British actress Kate Winslet (Reading, 50), who says the number of people who subject their bodies to it is terrifying. While promoting his latest two projects, the film Avatar: Fire and Ash And Goodbye Junethe Oscar-winning performer spoke clearly about the current, increasingly common trend among women of having surgery on certain body parts to look better.
“Oh, how scary! No, not you. Why?” he imitates during his interview with The times, after the conversation started about how more and more ordinary people are making this decision. “It’s devastating. If a person’s self-esteem is so tied to their appearance, it’s scary. And it’s disconcerting because there are times when I think it’s better, when I see actresses at events dressed the way they want, regardless of their figure. But a lot of people take medication to lose weight,” he says in the conversation. He continues: “Some choose to be themselves, others do everything they can to not be themselves. And do you know what you’re getting yourself into? The disregard for health is terrifying. It worries me more than ever. It’s total chaos out there.”
Winslet, who says she has never undergone a similar cosmetic procedure, says it’s a clear problem in society and is increasingly affecting ordinary women who are “saving up for Botox or whatever crap they put on their lips.” As the journalist explains, the actress frowns and shows her facial wrinkles and imperfections to show that “she has nothing”. The next step is to show him the backs of his hands and the veins: “What I like most is when the hands age. That’s life.” She continues: “Some of the most beautiful women I know are over 70 and what bothers me is that young women have no idea what it means to be beautiful.”
She is clear about what she wants to achieve with her words: “We must continue to be authentic. » For the actress, all these treatments generally hide personal problems and insecurities. “You don’t know what this person really looks like: from eyebrows to mouth to eyelashes to hair. This young woman is afraid to be herself. What idea of perfection do people aspire to?” » he admits during the interview with the aforementioned British media. And he adds: “I blame social media and its effects on mental health. » Winslet, although he is a popular character, pretends to lead a life like everyone else’s and continues to use the subway. Because? Because no one looks up from their cell phone anymore: “It’s sad. No one looks at the world anymore.”
This is not the first time, and it will not be the last, that Winslet has spoken openly about these issues, as for years she has been a staunch advocate of showing her face and body as they are and regardless of the passage of time (she is a fierce enemy of Photoshop retouching). He was never afraid to express his opinions or recount episodes that happened to him during his film career when they tried to cover up what were considered imperfections. For example, when promoting Leethe performer revealed that in a scene in this film they recommended that she sit straighter to hide her stomach. “Not even in my dreams,” was his response. In another conversation with the magazine Harper’s Bazaar She admitted that she doesn’t mind seeing herself imperfect on screen: “I’m proud because it’s my life reflected on my face, and that matters to me. It wouldn’t occur to me to hide it.”
Already in 2011, in an interview with The telegraphprotests against aesthetic retouching: “I’m an actress. I don’t want to freeze the expression on my face. It goes against my morals, the way my parents raised me and what I consider to be natural beauty.” And she admitted that she focuses on what she eats, especially before her public appearances: “Sleep and health are essential for showing fresh skin. If I’m very tired or stressed, no amount of makeup or hairstyle can hide the impact on my face.”
11 years later, in 2022, Winslet said in the Happy Sad Confused Podcast who would have liked to be able to “go back in time” to defend herself from the pressure she was under after the success of Titanic and the personal and physical examination he faced. “I would have used my voice in a completely different way… I would have said to the journalists: ‘Don’t you dare treat me like that. I’m a young woman, my body is changing, I understand it, I don’t feel safe, I’m terrified, don’t make this any harder than it already is. “It’s harassment. In fact, almost abuse.”
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