Tearful Kate Winslet uses Bafta speech to lambast social media
15.05.2023 - 01:23
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I 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. We want our children back.
”I Am Ruth won the award for best single drama on a strong night for female-led shows. Channel 4’s Derry Girls was named best comedy, while Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters was the surprise winner of the best drama category, beating Sherwood and The Responder. Claudia Winkleman won best entertainment presenter for The Traitors, the runaway hit of 2022, and the show won the award for best reality show.
She joked: “I can’t get emotional because I’m wearing so much eyeliner. ”The award for most memorable moment, the only category chosen by the general public, was for the meeting of Elizabeth II and Paddington as part of the BBC’s Jubilee coverage. Simon Farnaby, who played the footman in the sketch, joked: “The good old British
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