HEARTBREAKING: Kate Beckinsale breaks down in tears as she fires back at body-shaming trolls — and reveals the 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔠 reason behind her sudden weight loss

Kate Beckinsale broke down in tears in a newly-shared clip as she hit back at body shaming trolls, while revealing the tragic reason behind her dramatic weight-loss.

The English actress, 52, took to her Instagram page on Wednesday as she reflected on her ‘really, really hard year’.

Kate lost her mum Judy Loe earlier this year, who passed away at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer.

Recording herself for her new post, the Click star explained how the loss of her mum and her stepfather the year before, led her ‘body to close down’.

Kate looked visibly emotional as she wiped away her tears, and said: ‘2025 was a really really hard year. It was also the last year that my incredible mum was on this planet.

‘So I feel really torn about letting go of it as well.’

Kate Beckinsale, 52, broke down in tears in a newly-shared clip as she hit back at body shaming trolls, while revealing the tragic reason behind her dramatic weight-loss

The English actress took to her Instagram page on Wednesday as she reflected on her ‘really really hard year’

She went on: ‘But I just wanted to address the fact that I lost my stepfather a while ago, a couple years ago.

‘And I already watched my father die because my mum was in hospital and it was just me at the age of five.

‘I watched my 31-year-old father die of a huge heart attack, and then I watched my stepfather die and I watched my mother degenerate and die.’

‘Such an incredible amount of suffering and what I will say, it doesn’t make you feel very hungry,’ Kate said candidly about her weight-loss.

‘And I don’t know if there’s some kind of survivor guilt because it started after my stepdad died and it’s not like anorexia where you’re starving and it’s a kind of willpower thing.

‘It’s like your body has closed down.

‘I think it’s shock and trauma.

She concluded: ‘I think watching, especially alone the people you love the most dearly suffer and have horrific and sometimes violent and awful deaths, really makes you not hungry.’

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The Click star explained how the loss of her mum and her stepfather the year previously, led her ‘body to close down’

Kate lost her mum Judy Loe earlier this year, who passed away at 73 after a long battle with cancer (pitured with Kate)

Kate took to Instagram to share that her mother had died in her arms on July 15 after ‘immeasurable suffering’ and admitted she is ‘paralysed’ with grief.

Judy’s cause of death wasn’t confirmed however Kate previously revealed her mother been battling stage four cancer for the last two years.

For the funeral ceremony, which took place at Chiswick House, she was joined by her daughter Lily, 26, who she shares with her ex Michael Sheen – who also attended to support her.

Lily and Michael were seen sweetly hugging in one of the snaps Kate shared.

Kate and Michael were a couple from the mid-1990s to 2003.

In the caption Kate said she still felt ‘blindsided and devastated’ by her death and heartbreakingly admitted she often still goes to call her before realising that no one will answer.

Kate also shared that her mother hadn’t wanted people to wear black at her funeral and that she wished for a ‘celebration of her life’.

In her lengthy and emotional caption Kate said: ‘Dearest Mama. The fact that you have had to have a funeral at all is wrong and ludicrous. You are the biggest lover of life, the most energetic, the most vital, the most joyous.

Judy’s cause of death wasn’t confirmed however Kate previously revealed her mother been battling stage four cancerfor the last two years

Judy’s death came 18 months after the death of her second husband, and Kate’s stepfather Roy (pictured), who died in January 2024

Kate Beckinsale feels ‘blindsided’ by her mother’s death and shares snaps from her funeral

‘The only mandate you gave me over the years was that you wanted a celebration of your life and that no one was to wear black so no one did.

‘What I did not anticipate, particularly the night before the funeral where I got two hours sleep on a hard sofa and very much considered not being able to attend because I was afraid I couldn’t handle it, was that someone would be able to have a funeral that was so full of love and happiness and joy, which is all because of you and who you are and what you brought.

‘You are a bridge builder, a hoarder of love, an archiver of precious history ,of respect for years of friendship and my God that showed..

‘I think the hardest thing I have ever had to do was say goodbye to you and I haven’t managed it yet, I still reach for my phone in the early hours of the morning to text you and then realise that I won’t get a response.

‘The funeral and the party which I will not call a wake afterwards, and which I very much feel you attended in some vaporous way blew the f***ing roof off Chiswick House.

Kate’s biological father, actor Richard Beckinsale, famed for his roles in popular shows Rising Damp and Porridge, suddenly died on March 19, 1979 at the age of just 31

Richard’s tragic death came as a shock to the young family as he died in his sleep from a heart attack, which was later revealed to be a congenital defect (pictured with a young Kate and his wife, Judy Loe)

‘Everybody danced – from the age of 3 to their mid 80s. Your school friends attended, my school friends attended, Lily’s school friends attended. The love you inspired, quietly and generously was awe-inspiring and still is.’

Her death came 18 months after the death of Judy’s second husband and Kate’s stepfather Roy, who died in January 2024.

He was hospitalised in Los Angeles in December 2023 after suffering ‘a massive stroke’ while battling two forms of cancer, which he was diagnosed with in the summer prior.

Kate’s biological father, actor Richard Beckinsale, famed for his roles in popular shows Rising Damp and Porridge, suddenly died on March 19, 1979 at the age of just 31, leaving behind his devastated wife Judy Loe and young daughters Kate and Samantha.

Richard’s tragic death came as a shock to the young family as he died in his sleep from a heart attack, which was later revealed to be a congenital defect.

There had been no real indication of what was to come, and it was in fact Judy who was the family’s focus then, as she was in hospital recovering from an operation.

Richard left behind daughters Kate (left) and Samantha who he shared with his first wife Margaret. She was raised by her stepfather and did not know Richard was her father until she was 11

The evening before his death, Richard attended a party for The Two Ronnies before returning to the family home in Sunningdale, Berks (pictured, left, on Porridge with co-star Ronnie Barker)

The day before his death, Richard had taken Kate – who was just five-years-old at the time – to visit her mother in hospital and had no physical complaints, simply saying he felt tired.

That evening, Richard attended a party for The Two Ronnies before returning to the family home in Sunningdale, Berks.

The last anyone heard from the rising comedy star was in a phone call he made to friends before going to bed, in which he noted he had pains in his arms and chest but made light of it.

Tragically, Richard never woke up.

While his devastated friends and loved ones struggled to come to terms with the loss, just three days later the BAFTA Awards honoured Sydney Lotterby, producer of Porridge follow up Going Straight, and Richard’s friend and co-star Ronnie Barker.

At the ceremony, Sydney was too upset to speak.

There had been no real indication of what was to come, and it was in fact Judy who was the family’s focus then, as she was in hospital recovering from an operation

Meanwhile, Ronnie broke down in tears as he paid tribute, saying: ‘The death of my friend Richard Beckinsale has robbed me of the joy of this award but the pride of winning it still remains.’

That summer saw the release of the film version of Porridge, in which Richard was seen in his role as Lennie Godber.

He continues to be seen on TVs across the nation on reruns of his popular shows.

Yet for his daughter Kate, the memories of losing her father are too distressing to contemplate.

Of losing her father, the Hollywood actress said in 2013: ‘It was a terrible loss. It’s so weird as a five-year-old to look out in the street and see people reading the paper and crying while you’re crying and your mum is crying and your granny’s crying.

‘Even though it was the worst loss that I have experienced I was able to share it with people who genuinely, even if they didn’t know him, really seemed to love him.

‘I feel not many people are in that position – to have lost somebody and also to feel like that’s something really relevant to other people.’