Kate Ritchie was reduced to floods of tears during an emotional interview with Kate Winslet.
The radio host, 46, was interviewing the Hollywood actress, 49, on Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie about her upcoming war biopic movie, Lee.
During their on-air chat, Ritchie found herself choking back tears as she became overwhelmed with emotion while revealing Winslet’s impact on her life and career.
Ritchie thanked Winslet for her comments about the scrutiny women face in the public eye and the pressure they are put under to conform to beauty standards.
Ritchie, who rose to fame on Home and Away at the age of eight, emotionally addressed the pressures of growing up in the limelight during the heartfelt moment.
‘I have to say to, I just want to thank you for the conversations that you have about body image,’ she said.
‘What we do have in common is that we somewhat grew up in the public eye; I grew up on a television show.’
Ritchie held back tears as she thanked Winslet for drawing attention to how people have ‘passed judgement’ on women in the public eye, adding: ‘I think we’ve always known that its not OK.’
Kate Ritchie was reduced to floods of tears during an emotional interview with Kate Winslet on her radio show, Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie
‘It’s been really hard conversation to have and it’s hard to sometimes stand up and say ”This does not make me feel good” and ”it’s not OK for someone to speak that way”,’ she went on.
‘Someone of your calibre, I hope you know the value of you having these conversations.
‘Because it makes me, and I’m sure millions of other women…’ Ritchie added, before trailing off as she broke down in tears.
‘Oh she’s unravelling in here!’ Winslet lightheartedly replied as Ritchie composed herself.
‘As a mother now, I don’t want that for her. I don’t want for people to speak to her that way. It’s actually just not OK,’ Ritchie said, referring to her daughter Mae, nine, whom she shares with her ex-husband Stuart Webb.
Winslet shared her gratitude for Ritchie’s kind words, adding: ‘That’s really very kind, I think women are getting better at standing up for each other as well as standing up for ourselves.’
The Titanic star has long been vocal in shunning societal beauty standards and urging women to instead embrace being a ‘real shape’.
Winslet recently addressed her comments on Hollywood’s beauty standards and insisted she doesn’t consider herself to be ‘brave’ for hitting out at them.
Ritchie became tearful while thanking Winslet for her comments about the scrutiny women face in the public eye and the pressure they are put under to conform to beauty standards
Speaking to Vogue, Winslet shut down claims she is ‘rebellious’ for her remarks against the film industry’s standards, insisting she is just ‘a woman with an opinion’.
The Titanic star instead lauded others who she considers to be the real heroes in society, including those working on the frontline in Ukraine, in the honest interview.
‘All I’ve ever done is be a woman with an opinion. Curves? Just call it a normal body that isn’t honed and toned within an inch of its life,’ she told Vogue Australia’s October issue.
‘Not wearing make-up on screen? That’s not brave, I’m not in Ukraine, I am an actor. I love my job, I’m bl**dy lucky to do it. I’m not on the frontline.
‘But let’s come up with some other words like ‘relief’ at seeing normal women feeling joyful on screen.’
Winslet is currently in Sydney promoting her most recent role portraying real-life American photojournalist Lee Miller in the newly-released war biopic, Lee.
Winslet is depicting the World War II photographer in the biopic directed by Ellen Kuras, which was released in cinemas on September 27.
The blockbuster explores Miller’s journey from fashion model to acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Miller’s work took her across the whole of Europe, working for the Allied forces and teaming up with fellow American photographer David E. Scherman, a correspondent for Life magazine.
Her collection includes incredible photos she took documenting the end of the war, traveled to France less than a month after D-Day and to record the Siege of the heavily fortified city of St. Malo.
Winslet is currently in Sydney promoting her role as real-life American photojournalist Lee Miller in the new war biopic, Lee (she is pictured with Andy Samberg as Davie Scherman)
She also witnessed the liberation of Paris, the Battle of Alsace, and the horrors of the first soldiers arriving at Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.
And while visiting Germany, David Scherman took a photograph of Miller lying in the bathtub of Adolf Hitler’s apartment in Munich, with its shower hose looped in the center behind her head, resembling a noose.
The images became one of the most iconic of their partnership, and showed off her infamous modelling skills.
One of only two women combat photographers during World War II, she was also one of the few female correspondents who ventured into the liberated concentration camps.
With Winslet starring as Miller in the biopic, the new release also boasts the likes of Josh O’Connor, Marion Cotillard, and Succession star Alexander Skarsgard, among others.
