Kate Winslet Doesn't Mince Words When It Comes To Her True Feelings About Ozempic

When the body positivity movement hit social media around 2011, it seemed that our beauty standards were getting a remix. After millennials grew up watching "The Biggest Loser," a postpartum Victoria Beckham getting weighed on a British talk show, and a healthy Bridget Jones stressing over her weight, we needed a change. But sadly, toxic diet culture came back with full force in the mid-2020s, with the rise of Ozempic. Celebrity after celebrity has hopped on the bandwagon, but one star who's standing strong against the GLP-1 diabetes medication is Kate Winslet.

"I actually don't know what Ozempic is," she admitted in an October 2024 interview with The New York Times. "All I know is that it's some pill that people are taking or something like that." When she was informed that Ozempic comes in shot form and releases a hormone that makes people feel full when they're not, Winslet called it "terrible." 

The "Titanic" star shared with The Times in December 2025 that the return to impossible beauty standards "upsets [her] so much" because our society has "become obsessed with chasing an idea of perfection to get more likes on Instagram." After all, Hollywood rarely talks about the risks of the diabetes drug, including Ozempic face. Winslet doubled down on her stance, calling it "frightening" how it's so common for women to fuse their self-esteem with their looks. "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 ... then so many people are on weight-loss drugs ... [doing] everything they can to not be themselves." The real tragedy? "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."

Having risen to fame in the '90s, Kate Winslet is all too familiar with impossible beauty standards. She recalled to The Guardian in 2025, "I was a little bit stocky, when I did start taking [acting] much more seriously ... I really remember vividly a drama teacher ... and she said to me, 'Well, darling, you'll have a career if you're ready to settle for the fat girl parts.'" 

Though starring in "Titanic" launched her career as an A-lister, it also led to severe media scrutiny, and this unfairly led Winslet to develop an eating disorder that she opened up about in her 2024 New York Times interview. "People in the world around you go: 'Hey, you look great! You lost weight!'" she explained. "So even the compliment about looking good is connected to weight. And that is one thing I will not let people talk about."

These days, Winslet doesn't succumb to the pressure to look a certain way, whether by Ozempic or other means. "I take pride in [looking less than perfect] because it is my life on my face, and that matters," she told Harper's Bazaar in 2024, recalling a moment on set when a producer asked her to sit up straight to flatten her belly. "It wouldn't occur to me to cover that up." Her advice for young women navigating the Ozempic era is to celebrate "being a real shape, being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls" (via BBC). Here are some body-positive Instagram accounts to keep up with if you need a little inspo, or take a look at our guide to how to stop comparing yourself to unrealistic beauty standards.