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Kate Beckinsale shared a charged and lengthy post on Instagram Thursday morning in response to what she described as a “horribly cold email” from BAFTA about the death of her stepfather, TV director Roy Battersby.
Shared just as this year’s BAFTA film awards were announced, Beckinsale said in the post that despite Battersby’s lengthy list of credits and honors for his work on the small screen, including a BAFTA for lifetime achievement, the awards body told her they “could not guarantee he would be included in their ‘in memoriam tribute’” to late industry members during this year’s awards shows.
“So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades-long career (in which he has been awarded from said organization the highest accolade they have ) to decide IF his death is worth mentioning,” Beckinsale said in the post, which was accompanied by a picture of Beckinsale and her mother with Battersby, accepting his honorary BAFTA.
She added: “If his work, his life, his craft, his mentoring, his heart and soul are worthy of a mention that he is gone. That, that has broken my heart all over again. I am paralyzed, sick and sickened and I will honor him and his work every day of my life.”
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In response to Beckinsale’s post, BAFTA shared a statement with Deadline, announcing plans to honor Battersby during this year’s BAFTA TV awards in May and on their website.
“We were very sorry to hear of Roy Battersby’s recent passing – he was a renowned and trailblazing director,” a BAFTA spokesperson said. “Roy Battersby was awarded the Alan Clarke Award in 1996, a BAFTA Special Television Award. We confirm he will be honored in our
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BAFTA after being told that they “could not guarantee” that her late stepfather would be included in their ‘In Memoriam’ segment this year.Beckinsale’s stepfather Roy Battersby was a prolific television director who worked on shows including Cracker, A Touch of Frost and Inspector Morse. He married Beckinsale’s mother Judy Loe, and passed away on January 10 at the age of 87.On the day that this year’s BAFTA Film Award nominations were announced, Beckinsale took to Instagram to reveal that she had been informed by the organisation that they could not assure her that he would be honoured in the montage of those that have died in the past year.“So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades long career (in which he has been awarded from said organisation the highest accolade they have) to decide IF his death is worth mentioning,” she wrote.A post shared by Kate Beckinsale (@katebeckinsale) “If his work, his life, his craft, his mentoring, his heart and soul are worthy of a mention that he is gone.
BAFTA after being told that they “could not guarantee” that her late stepfather would be included in their ‘In Memoriam’ segment this year.Beckinsale’s stepfather Roy Battersby was a prolific television director who worked on shows including Cracker, A Touch of Frost and Inspector Morse. He married Beckinsale’s mother Judy Loe, and passed away on January 10 at the age of 87.On the day that this year’s BAFTA Film Award nominations were announced, Beckinsale took to Instagram to reveal that she had been informed by the organisation that they could not assure her that he would be honoured in the montage of those that have died in the past year.A post shared by Kate Beckinsale (@katebeckinsale)“So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades long career (in which he has been awarded from said organisation the highest accolade they have) to decide IF his death is worth mentioning,” she wrote.“If his work, his life, his craft, his mentoring, his heart and soul are worthy of a mention that he is gone.
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Kate Beckinsale is hot under the collar after a “cold” exchange with the BAFTAs… Over her stepfather’s death!
Kate Beckinsale just took to social media to share a “cold email” she received from BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) after the passing of her beloved stepfather, director Roy Battersby.
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Instagram account on Jan. 10, mere days after she rushed to the hospital following the 2024 Golden Globes.According to Deadline, the actress went to the hospital after the star-studded affair, where her stepfather, TV director Roy Battersby, is recovering from a stroke.The “Pearl Harbor” star didn’t change out of her sparkly silver Atelier Zuhra gown as she joined her family at the facility.
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