Kate Beckinsale has spoken candidly about the toll heartbreak has taken on her health in response to recent comments about her weight loss.
THE Underworld The star took to Instagram to explain that the deaths of her mother, Judy Loe, in July 2025, and her stepfather, Roy Battersby, in early 2024, have left her struggling with appetite and energy.
“I think it’s shock and trauma,” Beckinsale said in a video, clarifying that her experience is not about willpower or anorexia but rather about her body “shutting down” in response to loss.
Pearl Harbor one elder described how watching loved ones suffer at the end of their lives made eating impossible.
She added that she sometimes wonders if survivor’s guilt plays a role.
Despite online criticism, Beckinsale chose compassion over confrontation.
“It just wouldn’t occur to me to make nasty remarks about someone’s appearance,” she wrote, noting that kindness was a value instilled in her by her parents.
His tribute to his mother, who died of cancer at the age of 78, was particularly poignant.
Loe was described by Beckinsale as “the compass of my life, the love of my life, my dearest friend”.
The English actress praised her mother’s courage, forgiveness and belief in the good in people, noting that the world seems “dark without her.”
