kate beckinsale She said she was subjected to “insidious bullying” from internet trolls who accused her of secretly going under the knife.
The 50-year-old “Underworld” star slammed social media users who speculated that she may have had cosmetic surgery in an emotional Instagram post over the weekend.
“I hate talking about this because I don’t want to add more to this conversation, but I do it because over time all kinds of insidious bullying takes their toll,” she began her lengthy post. , a public appearance that juxtaposes past video clips of herself with her more recent videos.
Beckinsale noted that she has faced plastic surgery claims since she was 30, writing, “I’ve had surgery I don’t recognize/I’ve had Botox, I’ve had fillers/I’m obsessed with looking younger. “It’s been criticized as such, but it’s really very annoying and a subtly malicious way of bullying people.” ”
The British actor said she had “never really worried about aging”. Beckinsdale said that after losing her father when she was young, she became more afraid of dying young.
“I spent most of my teens and a good portion of my 20s completely crippled by severe anxiety and panic attacks, and I thought I too would die of a heart attack,” she said. wrote.
Beckinsale went on to explain that her appearance has evolved due to natural aging and advances in makeup techniques. She then implored online critics to stop commenting on her appearance.
“I am posting this knowing that it has absolutely no effect,” she wrote. “It won’t stop. But I’m posting this because someone, no matter how it looks, is constantly accusing me of things I didn’t do, or in fact, currently I’m going through a loss.” Because being obsessed with youth is bullying. Stop it.”
The ‘Van Helsing’ star added: ‘It’s so ironic that one of the main reasons I’m bullied is because people think they can’t bear the idea of getting older. I felt all of these things, but I never thought I’d grow old.” My 20s might even be over. ”
Beckinsale’s PSA comes months after she shared: A photo of myself in a hospital bed in March.. She did not disclose the cause of her hospitalization at the time.
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