Kate Winslet feels sorry for today’s young stars — because they take such a beating in the press.

Referring to British actress Keira Knightley, Winslet told the latest edition of Marie Claire magazine, “It’s really, really tough.

“She’s fat, she’s thin, she’s married, she’s divorced — I had all of that and bouncing back is f***ing hard.

“I’m really, really happy I’m not a younger actor or actress working now because they have to run before they can walk.”

Drew Barrymore lost loads of weight while filming her new movie Grey Gardens — because she was so nervous.

The He’s Just Not That Into You star plays socialite Edith Bouvier Beale in the made-for-cable HBO film.

And Barrymore admits she was so stressed about doing a good job she didn’t eat properly for days.

“I lost a lot of weight because I was so nervous,” says Drew. “I was so nervous being her that I couldn’t eat. I lost like 10 pounds. I try to lose 10 pounds normally and I can’t. Ironically, the director for Grey Gardens needed me to gain 10 pounds and I could not get food down my throat. I was so uptight and freaked out all the time.”

Cheryl Cole has a confession — she doesn’t like her legs.

The Girls Aloud singer-turned X Factor says she’s not 100% happy with the way she looks.

“I don’t like my legs,” Cole tells the Daily Record newspaper. “I haven’t got much of them for a start.

“If somebody sees a bit of cellulite on my legs in a magazine and it makes them feel comfortable then I’m happy that I’ve made that one person at home go ‘Cheryl’s got cellulite, it’s fine’. (continue)

Tori Spelling has shot back at claims she is suffering from an eating disorder.

The actress — who has reportedly dropped 40 pounds since giving birth to her daughter last year — insists she is happy and healthy.

“Oh my God, I’m not anorexic – I acknowledge that I look thin in photos, I get it,” she told People magazine.

“Obviously I don’t want to lose any more weight, but people haven’t seen me not pregnant in two and a half years — I’m eating healthy, I just have a crazy lifestyle.” (continue)

Blake Lively admits her towering height makes her a bit self-conscious.

“I feel like a tranny a lot of the time,” the 5-foot-10 star — who plays Serena van der Woodsen in the hit CW show Gossip Girl — tells the May issue of Allure magazine. “I don’t know, I’m … large? They put me in six-inch heels, and I tower over every man. I’ve got this long hair and lots of clothes and makeup on.”

“I just feel really big a lot of the time, and I’m surrounded by a lot of tiny people,” she adds. “I feel like a man sometimes.”

Blake, 21, says that with her blond hair and small dog, she rarely wears pink “to avoid looking like a piece of bubble gum.”

Of her relationship with Gossip Girl costar Penn Badgley, Lively adds, “You see people who will open up their relationships, who are very affectionate on the red carpet or are doing a reality show with each other, and their relationship just seems to crumble, so I decided to keep a vow of silence.”

“He plays any instrument he picks up,” she says of her beau’s talents. “He bought a piano, and then two months later you would think he was a concert pianist.”

Mischa Barton insists she’s finally comfortable with her body.

And to prove her new-found self-confidence, the former O.C. star — who sparked health fears last year after she was pictured looking worryingly thin and gaunt — has stripped naked for Cosmopolitan magazine for its Body Confidence issue.

“It’s human nature to be self-critical, but it’s possible to like the way you look,” said the 23-year-old.

“I’m happy now — I wouldn’t change my body, and I couldn’t anyway.

“The only way to be happy and be a more enjoyable person to be around is to embrace what you’ve got. Everyone has issues about their body, but I feel confident now. I’m healthy and happy.”

Barton insists she’d never have cosmetic surgery to alter her look.

“There are women I admire – I think Liv Tyler is beautiful,” she adds. “But that’s as far as it goes.

“I know I’m never going to look like her and I’m not into surgery, or changing the way I look.

“I think it’s better to embrace what you have and play on your good points.”