Tearful Kate Winslet uses Bafta speech to lambast social media
msn.comI Am Ruth, a Channel 4 drama about a mother whose teenage daughter is suffering the toxic effects of spending too much time online.
She starred opposite her real-life daughter, Mia Threapleton, who accompanied her to the ceremony. “I am guaranteed to be the only one of the night to cry,” Winslet told the audience, before doing just that.
She said of the Bafta statuette: “If I could cut this in half, I would give the other half to my daughter. We did this together, kiddo. ”Winslet praised the acting talents of Threapleton, 22, saying that on set “sometimes it took my breath away”.
She added: “I Am Ruth was made for parents and their children - for families who feel that they are held hostage by the perils of the online world, for parents who wish they could communicate with their teenagers but who no longer can, and for young people who have become addicted to social media and its darker sides. ”She called on politicians to criminalise harmful content, saying: “We don’t want it.
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