Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet hopes to help young girls feel good about their bodies after she was teased for how she looked as a child.

She has previously spoken about how she “only heard negatives” about her body when she was younger, admitting on an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls: “When I grew up, I never heard positive reinforcement about body image from any female in my life…

“That’s very damaging because then you’re programmed as a young woman to immediately scrutinize yourself and how you look.”

In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the 40-year-old actress said she wanted to help others build their self-confidence by talking about beauty standards.

She explained: “You know, we walk down red carpets. You know, it’s part of the job.

“But I think I feel very strongly that it’s important to also say to young girls that we don’t look like that all the time.”

Looking back at her younger years, the actress said: “I was teased for how I looked. In part, yeah, because I was quite stocky as a child. And I was very much teased for that.”

But she is determined not to stress about her appearance these days.

“I even do the school run in my dressing gown, bathrobe,” she said. “And pyjamas. Yup, absolutely.”

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