Kate Winslet blames 'social media' for spoiling 'mental health'

Kate Winslet discussed how social media has an impact on 'mental health'

By The News Digital
December 08, 2025
Kate Winslet blames 'social media' for spoiling 'mental health'
Kate Winslet blames 'social media' for spoiling 'mental health'

Kate Winslet criticized people who have gotten plastic surgery.

The actress, 50, confirmed she doesn't like it when people have themselves altered artificially. "Oh, it's terrifying. I think, 'No, not you! Why?'" she said in an interview with The Times.

She then blamed social media for this phenomenon, saying she believes people who have cosmetic enhancements "become obsessed with chasing an idea of perfection to get more likes on Instagram."

The Titanic actress added, "You do not actually know what that person looks like - from the eyebrows to mouth to lashes to hair, that young woman is scared to be herself. What idea of perfection are people aspiring to? I blame social media and its effect on mental health."

Kate also revealed she isn't a fan of weight loss drugs for aesthetic reasons, saying, "If a person's self-esteem is so bound up in how they look, it's frightening.”

"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,” she added.

The Holiday star confirmed she "hasn't got anything" done or injected into her face. "My favourite thing is when your hands get old," she said.

"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,” Kate mentioned.

The actress has also previously spoken on the How To Fail podcast about ageing and how she has learned to embrace it.

"We're so conditioned, women in our 40s, to think, OK, well, I'm creeping closer to the end. You know, you think you go into menopause and you're going to stop having s**, and your boobs are going to sag, and your skin's going to go crepey, and all these things. But, first of all, so what? And secondly, it's just conditioning,” Kate Winslet concluded.