As if you need another reason to love Kate Winslet…E! Online reports that the classy actress just won more than $40,000 in damages from a lawsuit against Britain’s Daily Mail for a story that falsely claimed she lied about her workout routine.
The article in question, titled “Should Kate Winslet Win an Oscar for the World’s Most Irritating Actress,” was published in January alongside naked pics of Winslet. It quoted her as saying disparaging things about the effects of motherhood on her body and also accused her of lying about her own exercise regime.
The 34-year-old actress was not in court for the verdict, but her lawyer read a statement on her behalf explaining how the story had offended her and caused her a “great deal of distress”—not only because it was “simply not true,” but also because it gave people the wrong impression about her views on the female body.
“I am delighted that the “Mail” have apologized for making false allegations about me,” said Winslet. “I was particularly upset to be accused of lying about my exercise regime and felt that I had a responsibility to request an apology in order to demonstrate my commitment to the views that I have always expressed about body issues including diet and exercise.”
She added: “I strongly believe that women should be encouraged to accept themselves as they are, so to suggest that I was lying was an unacceptable accusation of hypocrisy.”
She says she is going to donate the $40k to charity. You go, Kate!
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