Kate Winslet Sues

Posted by Lori Henry Feb 13, 2007

Kate Winslet has long been an advocate for a more positive body image in the entertainment industry. She leads by example by maintaining a healthy weight and solid career.

Recently, though, Grazia claimed that she had visited a Chinese Healing Institute in California for weight loss and treating her neck pain. But she is outraged that such insinuations are being made.

"I'm very upset, it's categorically untrue, it's a complete lie. I don't want people thinking that I would ever go to a diet doctor. I never have done, and I never will,” says Winslet to Newsbeat (BBC Radio 1).

"I will continue to say what I feel about this issue of women being thin and emaciated. It's just out of control.

"I know I am a role model to young women, it's a role I take very very seriously. I would never want anyone to think I was a hypocrite in doing something like going to a diet doctor, for goodness sake. I mean, it's really, really ridiculous."