In her most recent clapback at online body-shamers, Kate Beckinsale shed more light on the health issues that landed her in the hospital earlier this year. The “Underworld” star said in March that she had been hospitalized . At the time, she didn’t disclose the reason for what turned out to be a six-week admittance, but she has since offered clarification in a pair of Instagram replies.
Beckinsale on Tuesday posted an Instagram reel in which she donned a bright-pink bikini bottom, matching crop top and black platform boots while snidely noting how her fans “don’t feel I’m doing age-appropriate things.” Among the comments on the video was one that said, “Go do some squats @katebeckinsale” because she was too thin. In response, the British actress wrote: “No, actually, I watched my stepfather die quite shockingly, my mother has stage 4 cancer, and I lost a lot of weight from stress and grief,” adding that she stayed in the hospital for six weeks because “the grief had burned a hole in my oesophagus [sic] which made me vomit blood.
” Thus, she said, eating became “very hard.” Beckinsale added that she recently filmed a movie that was “quite triggering” because it involved the theme of a father’s death. “So I’m not really concerned about what you think .
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The exchange comes after a similar one unfolded two months prior. In a May 24 Instagram reel , Beckinsale shared some behind-the-scenes footage from her upcoming movie “S.
