"Steve Jobs" actress Kate Winslet played a tech industry executive in the movie about the man who became one of the important figures of the digital revolution. But in real life, the actress isn't a huge fan of some of the aspects of living in the digital age.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the mother of three has admitted to banning social media for her children. "It has a huge impact on young women's self-esteem, because all they ever do is design themselves for people to like them," she told the news outlet. "And what comes along with that? Eating disorders," the actress added, saying that the idea makes her blood boil, she was pushed to prevent her children from using it.
Winslet, 40, has a 15-year-old daughter and two boys, age 11 and almost 2, Parent Herald previously reported. The Guardian revealed that Kate discouraged her daughter when she asked permission to open an Instagram account and told her that "sharing photos is like giving away memories ". The actress and her husband, Ned Rocknroll, do make use of mobile phones, but they put a limit to this and have even accustomed to charging these downstairs, the news outlet further reported.
The star is also not a fan of digital manipulation and spoke up when one of her magazine photos was altered without her knowledge. In 2003, a GQ cover shoot of Kate became a huge deal in the publishing industry as the actress lashed on the magazine for changing her looks for the cover. "The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly I don't desire to look like that," she said at that time.
The actress, who became famous for the movie "Titanic," admitted she's quite a technophobe and worries about people's propensity for gadget addiction, Daily Mail informed. "I'm not very technically minded," the actress also told Good Housekeeping back in 2007.
"You look at a lot of toddlers today, they'll pick up any screen of any kind, and they don't push a button, they swipe. It's horrifying but kind of extraordinary, and that is Steve Jobs," she told Vulture, speaking about her latest movie on the Apple founder, the actress reflected.
While she isn't criticizing parents, Winslet hopes that adults would become tougher about gadget use with their kids. "They go into a world and parents let them...it takes every member of a family to be a member, and there are too many interruptions these days - and devices are a huge interruption," she told The Sunday Times.
