# My god! Kate Winslet is not skinny! And it's so hot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155 "2005-03-18T17:04:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/41 "2005-03-19T12:52:37Z")
Another vote for the curves. Mmm, that’d keep a man warm at night curves. Cameron Diaz was just gorgeous in _The Mask_. Recently, though, she’s just another “skull beneath the skin” blonde. Give the woman a sandwich, stat. ---
**Author:** ![Skellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Skellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skellington)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/42 "2005-03-19T13:02:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Skellington, more than likely, you may love us guys, but I can pretty much assure you that you can find more than a few willing volunteers from here to love you, too! 😉 Sounds good to me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/43 "2005-03-19T13:05:06Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > \*The cover: When the February issue of British GQ hit stands, Kate Winslet’s legs looked stunningly slim. And no, the actress, who has publicly railed against Hollywood’s obsession with skinniness, hadn’t gone on a crash diet. > > The commotion: Winslet said her gams had been thinned down by a third. “I was pretty proud of how my legs actually looked in the real picture,” said Winslet at the time. “I have Polaroids from the shoot and I thought I looked fine.” > \* There’s more entertainment to be had from this story, actually. Because the great thing about the alterations GQ made to Winslet’s figure was that they only did her image in the foreground…forgetting completely about her reflection in a mirror behind her. So the very obviously digitally altered Kate appeared in front of her own REAL mirror image, which had rounder thighs and a less flat belly and almost “pudgy” arms. It is also my opinion that they did a completely horrible amateurish job of digital manipulation. Winslet’s stomach has been sliced off as if it was done with an Xacto knife in an old fashioned cut and paste arrangement. See for yourself: [http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/girls/Kate\_Winslet/slides/4.jpg](http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/girls/Kate_Winslet/slides/4.jpg) And as previously mentioned, it’s notable that her reflection in the mirror is completely beautiful and nothing at all to be ashamed of. What was with this nonsense? ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/44 "2005-03-19T13:15:15Z")
Yep, absolutely. Give me curves to hang on to ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. A man’s gotta have something there with which to keep warm! Short, tall, I don’t care, as long as there are curves on that woman-flesh! Of course, I guess I’m still just preaching to the choir here, but _dayyumm_ keep them scarecrows away from me! …mmm…Gillian Anderson (post-baby)… …Marilyn Monroe… …and the list grows… ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/45 "2005-03-19T14:42:27Z")
> [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](#): > > There’s more entertainment to be had from this story, actually. Because the great thing about the alterations GQ made to Winslet’s figure was that they only did her image in the foreground…forgetting completely about her reflection in a mirror behind her. So the very obviously digitally altered Kate appeared in front of her own REAL mirror image, which had rounder thighs and a less flat belly and almost “pudgy” arms. > > It is also my opinion that they did a completely horrible amateurish job of digital manipulation. Winslet’s stomach has been sliced off as if it was done with an Xacto knife in an old fashioned cut and paste arrangement. > > See for yourself: [http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/girls/Kate\_Winslet/slides/4.jpg](http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/girls/Kate_Winslet/slides/4.jpg) > > And as previously mentioned, it’s notable that her reflection in the mirror is completely beautiful and nothing at all to be ashamed of. What was with this nonsense? I like the mirror picture _better_ than the altered one. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/46 "2005-03-19T15:41:12Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Reminds me of when _Batman and Robin_ came out, and people were calling Alicia Silverstone “Fat Girl”. I was wondering what the blue hell they were talking about. [Here’s](http://www.adonde.com/chicas/Alicia_Silverstone_04.htm) the pic of “Fat Alicia” that caused all the commotion. Wow. What a heifer. Thank goodness she turned vegan and lost 30 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/47 "2005-03-19T15:44:41Z")
So do I. Much better in the reflection. The altered shot is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/48 "2005-03-19T16:35:23Z")
Let me put in a word here for the movie _Cotton Mary_, which starred Greta Scacchi and Madhur Jaffrey (of cookbook fame). Scacchi herself is deliciously voluptuous and you get a few glimpses when she’s trying to nurse her newborn baby. But the real zinger in this movie is Madhur Jaffrey’s daughter, Sakina Jaffrey, who has an extended topless scene near the end of the movie. Nice curves, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/49 "2005-03-19T17:15:07Z")
> [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](#): > > It is also my opinion that they did a completely horrible amateurish job of digital manipulation. Winslet’s stomach has been sliced off as if it was done with an Xacto knife in an old fashioned cut and paste arrangement. Wow, that _is_ a horrendous altering job. I could do much “better” myself in Photoshop. I can’t believe that actually got printed. Very amateurish work. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/50 "2005-03-19T17:23:02Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > Wow, that _is_ a horrendous altering job. I could do much “better” myself in Photoshop. I can’t believe that actually got printed. Very amateurish work. I’m glad to hear some agreement because I thought maybe it was just me. She doesn’t look like a REAL human being anymore. To me it really speaks to the “skinny is everything” mentallity that created it, know what I mean? If it’s better that she look “chopped up” and horribly edited than that she have round thighs then things have really become messed up! ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/51 "2005-03-19T17:40:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Jennifer Connelly has gotten emaciated. When she collected her Oscar she looked like she hadn’t eaten in months. She was gorgeous when she was younger, though. I was referring to Jennifer back in her “Rocketeer” days… ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/52 "2005-03-19T17:42:47Z")
I don’t the “artiste” altered the legs so badly (not that they needed altering) but that stomach - terrible! Someone needs to learn how to use the software correctly. It looks just like you said - that they used an X-Acto knife to slice off her belly area. Really badly done. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/53 "2005-03-19T18:41:06Z")
Kate looking like [trash.](http://www.stairwell.com/doc/images/winslet.jpg) Kate looking [good.](http://www.algonet.se/~stefan_d/titanic/kate34.jpg) And… this one makes me [drool.](http://www.macnation.org/Downloads/collections/SS3/KateWinslet008.jpg) Kate’s hot, but anybody can look bad in a poor photo. . ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/54 "2005-03-19T18:53:45Z")
[All the Kate you could ever want.](http://www.discoverkate.com/) I love Kate Winslet. I want to be Kate. She’s gorgeous, she’s sweet, she’s smart, she’s got great fashion sense…_sigh_. Her Oscar gown was to die for. If there’s anyone I would ever go lesbian for, it would be Kate. She’s the best! ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/55 "2005-03-19T19:19:57Z")
Her butt is also peculiar in the doctored photo. Very cartoonish. I draw nudes all the time, and nobody’s tush looks like that. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/56 "2005-03-19T19:29:52Z")
**Ascenray** Ahh Salma Hayek. I agree with the other posters. I am not interested in a woman who looks as though she’ll blow away in a strong breeze, snap like a twig during an intimate embrace, or collapse from malnutrition. I remember the day J Lo had her butt reduced. I sat, slackjawed staring into space for an hour. I could not understand why she would do such a thing. Would Shakespeare rip up an act from Macbeth? Would DaVinci slash the edges off his Mona Lisa? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/57 "2005-03-19T23:04:04Z")
> [@meek](#): > > Kate looking like [trash.](http://www.stairwell.com/doc/images/winslet.jpg) > > Kate looking [good.](http://www.algonet.se/~stefan_d/titanic/kate34.jpg) > > And… this one makes me [drool.](http://www.macnation.org/Downloads/collections/SS3/KateWinslet008.jpg) > Kate’s hot, but anybody can look bad in a poor photo. > > . Uhh … which one’s the bad one again? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/58 "2005-03-19T23:20:56Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Uhh … which one’s the bad one again? Ditto. I think she looks fantastic in that first picture. It’s not my favorite dress ever but SHE and her fabulously gorgeous bod look great. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/59 "2005-03-20T08:53:38Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#): > > [Here’s](http://www.adonde.com/chicas/Alicia_Silverstone_04.htm) the pic of “Fat Alicia” that caused all the commotion. Wow. What a heifer. Thank goodness she turned vegan and lost 30 lbs. holy ASS :eek: :eek: :eek: need… something cold… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155/60 "2005-03-20T22:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Ditto. I think she looks fantastic in that first picture. It’s not my favorite dress ever but SHE and her fabulously gorgeous bod look great. Only problem I can see is that her face is a bit overexposed. But her hair looks great, her figure looks great, and her dress looks great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-kate-winslet-is-not-skinny-and-its-so-hot/295155.md?page=4)