Kate Winslet is proud to say she’s aging naturally.
The “Titanic” actress, 50, weighed in on the topic of plastic surgery as she confirmed that she “hasn’t got anything” done or injected into her face.
“Oh, it’s terrifying. I think, ‘No, not you! Why?’” she told The Times of London in an interview published Saturday, calling out people who’ve “become obsessed with chasing an idea of perfection to get more likes on Instagram.”
“It upsets me so much,” she added.
Winslet called it “devastating” that so many people, specifically other women in Hollywood, are undergoing cosmetic procedures and using weight loss drugs.
“If a person’s self-esteem is so bound up in how they look it’s frightening,” she stated. “And it’s puzzling because I have moments when I think it’s better, when I look at actresses at events dressed how they want, whichever shape — but then so many people are on weight-loss drugs. It’s so varied.”
“Some are making choices to be themselves, others do everything they can to not be themselves,” the Oscar winner continued. “And do they know what they are putting in? The disregard for one’s health is terrifying. It bothers me now more than ever. It is f—ing chaos out there.”
Winslet noted that she’s upset not by “all the f–king actresses,” but by “people who save up for Botox or the shit they put in their lips.”
“My favorite thing is when your hands get old,” she said, after showing the reporter lines on her face to prove she hasn’t gotten botox. “That’s life, in your hands.”
“Some of the most beautiful women I know are over 70 and what upsets me is that young women have no concept of what being beautiful actually is,” she shared.
To support her argument, the “Mare of Easttown” star mentioned seeing a young woman on a BBC news article about a car crash who “looked like a cartoon.”
“You do not actually know what that person looks like — from the eyebrows to mouth to lashes to hair, that young woman is scared to be herself,” she explained. “What idea of perfection are people aspiring to? I blame social media and its effect on mental health.”
Winslet also confirmed that she still takes public transportation in London and has noticed nobody looks up from their phones.
“It’s heartbreaking,” she said. “Nobody’s looking into the f—ing world any more.”
Winslet previously spoke about embracing aging on the “How to Fail with Elizabeth Day” podcast last month.
“I’m great with it. I think I look flipping amazing,” Winslet told the host.
“We’re so conditioned, women in our 40s, to think, OK, well, I’m creeping closer to the end,” she explained. “You know, you think you go into menopause and you’re going to stop having sex, and your boobs are going to sag, and your skin’s going to go crepey, and all these things,. But, first of all, so what? And secondly, it’s just conditioning.”
“You know, I think women, as they get older, become juicier and sexier, and more embedded in their truth and who they are, and more powerful, and more able to walk through the world and care less,” Winslet said. “And that is an empowering thing.”
