Kate Winslet covers the new issue of InStyle, likely to promote her role in Insurgent, the sequel to Divergent. Winslet famously took the role as a sort of throw-away, easy money for a few weeks of filming and barely any promotional work. Winslet didn’t even show up to last week’s premiere, that’s how little she cares! But she did do this InStyle interview, because… why not? This probably fulfilled the bulk of her promotional work. Some highlights from the cover story:
Her last pregnancy: “I filmed A Little Chaos during my first trimester. I literally had sick bags hidden under my skirts … I had boobs like a shelf — it was bonkers. I go soft and doughy quite quickly when I’m pregnant.”
Ned RockNRoll as a father: “Ned is really the most fantastic, hands-on daddy. He’s like a superman … I’m so lucky. I can’t believe how lucky I am actually.”
She still claims she doesn’t Botox: “The wrinkles are here and they’re here to stay now. You know, not just the ones where you wake up in the morning and you go, ‘Oh, that will go away in two hours’ time.’ No, they’re there. That’s the way that it is.”
Body confidence: “I still dip in and out of feeling confident as much as the next person, but I can genuinely say, now more than ever, that I really do love the fact that I’m curvy. I’ve got boobs and a bum and a man who loves me. When you go through the sort of scrutiny that I have, you have to choose a means of dealing with that level of judgment. My way has always been to take a good look at how my career is going. The way I see it, I have an incredibly fulfilling, rewarding career that has nothing to do with the size of my arse.”
[From People Magazine]
I’m all for “I’ve got boobs and a bum”… and that makes ME happy. I side-eye “I’ve got boobs and a bum AND A MAN WHO LOVES ME.” Because the message is still that women are in competition for the precious resource of “men” and perhaps if Kate didn’t have a man, she wouldn’t be so happy with her curves? Am I being too nitpicky? Eh. As long as I’m going there, I really don’t think Kate is “lucky” to have Ned RockNRoll, he’s the one lucky to have her. She’s an Oscar-winning actress and a bombshell. Who is he? Why is he some prize? Because he’s Richard Branson’s nephew? Eh.
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of InStyle.
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