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Kate Winslet Shares That Some Early Intimate Experiences Were With Girls

She links the teen memories to her understanding of the intense friendship at the heart of Heavenly Creatures.

Overview

  • Speaking on the Team Deakins podcast on December 29, Winslet said she was sharing something she had never revealed before.
  • She recalled kissing both girls and boys as a young teenager and said she did not feel particularly developed in either direction.
  • Winslet described those experiences as simple curiosity that helped her empathize with the film’s close female bond without identifying with its darker elements.
  • Entertainment outlets including watson, BILD, GALA, Promiflash and others quickly picked up and summarized the remarks.
  • Coverage situates the disclosure within her long career and private life, noting she has been married to Edward Abel Smith since 2012 and is a mother of three.