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We appreciate Kate Winslet for always telling it like it is, and in a new interview, she has called out the "borderline abusive" body-shaming she experienced after starring in Titanic.

Winslet made the comments during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast in which host Josh Horowitz brought up the movie's famous unhappy ending. Ever since the film became a global phenomenon in 1997, fans have debated whether the floating door that saved Winslet's Rose might also have had enough space for Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack.

"Apparently I was too fat," Winslet said when asked about room for Jack on the makeshift raft. "Why were they so mean to me? They were so mean. I wasn’t even f**king fat."

Continuing, Winslet said she wishes she had called out the movie critics who body-shamed her at the time. "I would have responded," she added. "I would have said, ‘Don’t you dare treat me like this. I’m a young woman, my body is changing, I’m figuring it out, I’m deeply insecure, I’m terrified, don’t make this any harder than it already is.’ That’s bullying, you know, and actually borderline abusive, I would say."

Winslet also spoke about her experiences of being body-shamed in Hollywood during her visit to The Graham Norton Show last week, which you can watch here. She is currently starring in Avatar: The Way of Water, which reunites her with Titanic director James Cameron for the first time since their classic 1997 blockbuster.

You can also check out our recent feature on Kate Winslet's TV roles, from the Russell T Davies kids' drama Dark Season to her Emmy-winning turn in Mare of Easttown.

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