Kate Winslet Says It’s ‘Terrifying’ How Many People Are Using Weight Loss Drugs: ‘Do They Know What They Are Putting in?’

Kate Winslet is sharing her candid thoughts on the widespread use of weight loss drugs.

The actress, 50, offered her unfiltered perspective in a new interview with the Sunday Times, published on Saturday, Dec 6. During the conversation, the Oscar winner said she finds the current prevalence of the drugs concerning.

“It is devastating,” Winslet said. “If a person’s self-esteem is so bound up in how they look, it’s frightening.”

She continued, “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.”

“And do they know what they are putting in [their bodies]? The disregard for one’s health is terrifying. It bothers me now more than ever. It is f—— chaos out there,” she added.

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The Avatar: Fire and Ash star also shared that she wishes more women accepted the natural aging process instead of opting for injectables like Botox and filler.

“My favorite thing is when your hands get old,” she explained. “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.”

“What idea of perfection are people aspiring to?” she asked, before noting that she blames “social media and its effect on mental health.”

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Winslet — who skyrocketed to international fame at the age of 19 after starring in 1997’s Titanic — also shared that she is no stranger to the punishing beauty standards for women in Hollywood.

“The media was vile, singling me out for relentless bullying,” she recalled of her early days in the industry. “I wasn’t ready to be a famous actress. I was so young, but I felt so invaded.”

During a 2022 appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Winslet said she wished she could “turn back the clock” and stand up for her younger self, especially in regards to the relentless body shaming she recalled enduring at the time.

She said: “If I could turn back the clock, I would have used my voice in a completely different way … I would have said to journalists, I would have responded, 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.”