Nova radio star breaks down in heartwarming interview with Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet shared a heartwarming moment live on-air with Kate Ritchie on Nova radio on Wednesday morning.
The Hollywood star appeared on Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie to promote her new movie, Lee, where Ritchie brought up the star's powerful comments about the scrutiny women in the public eye face.
“I have to say to, I just want to thank you for the conversations that you have about body image," Ritchie said.
“What we do have in common is that we somewhat grew up in the public eye; I grew up on a television show," the former Home and Away actress added.
She then praised Winslet for continually speaking out about “women and young girls, growing up and having people comment about us and pass judgement and feel as though its OK to say certain things. I think we’ve always known that it's not OK."
“But it’s been really hard conversation to have and it’s hard to sometimes stand up and say ‘This does not make me feel good’ and ‘it’s not OK for someone to speak that way’, and someone of your calibre, I hope you know the value of you having these conversations. Because it makes me, and I’m sure millions of other women …” she said while tearing up.
“Oh she’s unravelling in here!” Winslet said in attempt to lighten the mood, as she shared a smile in agreement.
“That’s really very kind,” said Winslet. “I think women are getting better at standing up for each other as well as standing up for ourselves.”
Winslet has been very vocal about women standing up for themselves and has led by example, revealing in another interview that she was forced to defend herself to a crew member while filming the movie.
“There’s a bit where Lee’s sitting on a bench in a bikini and one of the crew came up between takes and said: ‘You might want to sit up straighter.’ So you can’t see my belly rolls? Not on your life! It was deliberate, you know?” she told Harper's Bazaar UK.
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