Kate Beckinsale Slams Plastic Surgery Backlash By Blasting Bullies

Many actresses have faced reports that they have had cosmetic surgery and have been blasted for their appearance. Kate Beckinsale was one of the most recent stars to face these allegations. Although some other celebrities may choose to ignore the chatter about them, Beckinsale was not going to let the comments go. She responded with an empowering message on Instagram, writing that her decision to respond was “because insidious bullying of any kind over time takes a toll.”

Kate Beckinsale Responds To Plastic Surgery Reports

Kate Beckinsale posted two short clips of herself appearing glammed up, one from decades earlier and the other more recent. She used the caption of the post as a way to share her thoughts with fans, including shutting down the claims about her appearance. “Every time I post anything – and by the way, this has been the case since I was about 30 – I am accused of having had unrecognizable surgery /using Botox using fillers /being obsessed with looking younger. It’s really such a tiresome and subtly vicious way to bully a person,” she wrote.

She continues to deny all of these things, adding, “I’ve even gone to the trouble of having a plastic surgeon categorically state that I don’t and haven’t. And still, every time there’s a chorus of my God, you’re unrecognizable. Oh my God PLASTIC, oh my God, you don’t even look like yourself anymore. It happens constantly and it’s usually women that are doing it.”

She informed fans that any change in her appearance is simply aging and that she is not concerned about it. She also spoke about her fear and anxiety relating to death. And how the comments about her appearance and not being able to accept she’s getting older have taken a toll.

Kate Beckinsale Discusses The Damage Of Bullying In Her Instagram Post

“The fact that one of the major things I am bullied about is an assumption that I can’t handle the idea of getting older is so deeply ironic when my all-consuming terror was that I never thought I’d even see the end of my 20s,” Kate Beckinsale shared. She concluded her post by telling people they need to stop with this false narrative. “Accusing them constantly of things they haven’t done, or being obsessed with youth when actually, currently I’m obsessed with surviving loss, is bullying. Please stop now,” she wrote.

As for whether Kate Beckinsale’s fans will stop with the hate and the comments about her appearance? This remains to be seen, but the comment section on her post has been mostly positive.