Kate Winslet just spilled the tea about her choice to undergo testosterone replacement therapy, a decision she says has spiced up her zest for life — and her libido.
On the Tuesday, September 10 episode of the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, the 48-year-old Hollywood legend didn’t hold back on sharing the details of her experience.
Kate Winslet attends the UK Premiere of “Lee” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on September 3, 2024 in London, England. Just weeks after the ‘Lee’ premiere, the Hollywood icon opens up about her testosterone replacement therapy journey.
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“Sometimes women have a real dip in libido because there might be stuff going on with their thyroid. There could also be stuff going on with your level of testosterone,” she explained.
“A lot of people don’t know this, but women have testosterone in their body, when it runs out — like eggs — it’s gone. And once it’s gone you have to replace it, and that is something that can be done and you’ll feel sexy again … I know,” added Winslet, who tied the knot with Edward Abel Smith in 2012.
The Titanic star went on to suggest that listeners should have their hormone levels checked: “Those things could have a direct impact on how you’re actually feeling. It’s not your fault, our bodies are weird and they behave in strange ways, especially as we get older.”
Winslet continued, adding, “So there could be a dip in those hormonal levels for you that is contributing much more than you think to how you’re feeling about having sex with your boyfriend, so I would definitely go ahead and do that.”
The Oscar winner also celebrated the positive changes that come with aging. “I think women as they get older get juicier and sexier and more embedded in their truth of who they are and more powerful, more able to walk through the world and care less and that is an empowering thing,” Winslet stated. “I say to my friends all the time, ‘You look amazing.'”
This isn’t the movie icon’s first rodeo speaking up about body positivity. In 2023, she voiced a strong stance on embracing one’s natural self, telling Vogue, “I know better than to waste precious energy on criticizing my physical self,” and reinforcing, “I think any woman is better off just saying: I believe in myself. It doesn’t matter what other people think; this is who I am — let’s get on with it.”
