Why Kate Beckinsale is determined to face down cruel trolls who just won't leave her alone By Sarah Chalmers Published: 17:36 EDT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 17:36 EDT, 1 November 2024 e-mail View comments Kate Beckinsale does not like people feeling sorry for her, and she’s usually quick to let them know. When fans expressed concerns this year about her appearance, she accused them of ‘insidious bullying’. ‘Any time I post anything.
.. I am accused of having had unrecognisable surgery, using Botox or fillers , or being obsessed with looking younger,’ the 51-year-old actress wrote online.
‘I don’t actually do any of those things.’ In May, when a social media fan said she looked ‘a bit thin’, she hit back: ‘The fact that you fancy girls who are heavier than I am does not feature in things that are important or relevant.’ And when she was seen in a wheelchair last November with an ice pack around her head, she insisted she had absolutely not just had plastic surgery, but had simply been to the dentist.
‘I’m sorry for setting a bad example and not letting myself get an infection, not treat it, get sepsis and die,’ she retorted angrily. Her Instagram profile – which has 5.6million followers – is full of defiant pictures of her in thigh-high dresses, lacy underwear and skimpy swimsuits, one of which bears the slogan in glittery ink: ‘I Did Not Ask Your Opinion’.
One can safely assume, therefore, that she will be bristling at the comments on her.
