Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet accepted $40,000 in damages from the Daily Mail after the newspaper published false information in an article.
Winslet, a longtime critic of excessive dieting and Hollywood's obesession with being thin, sued the paper for libel when an article disputed Winslet's claims that she only worked out 20 minutes each day at home. The paper claimed it was impossible for her to be as thin and muscular as she was by working out for only 20 minutes per day at home--insinuating that Winslet lied and secretly used other means to maintain her weight.
"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," said Winslet.
I found this article particularly interesting because it seems unusual (to me). Many celebrity libel lawsuits brought against newspapers or magazines involve more racy or sordid accounts of defamatory press: love affairs, divorce, sex tapes, criminal acts, etc. While the newspaper's claims did call Winslet's reputation into question, many celebrities deal with much more damaging and offensive claims by the media.
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