Kate Winslet “kissed several girls (and) boys” during her “first intimate experiences” as a teenager.
The actress confessed “something I’ve never shared before” on Wednesday’s podcast episode, “Team Deakins.”
“At that stage in my life, I was definitely curious,” the Oscar winner said, clarifying that he “wasn’t particularly evolving in either direction.”
This gave Winslet a “deep” understanding of her and Melanie Lynskey’s 1994 film Heavenly Creatures.
“There was something about this really strong connection that these two women had,” Winslet said of the film, which features two teenage girls who have a passionate friendship.
“I was immediately sucked into the vortex of the world they were in, and it obviously took a toll on both of them, leaving them with a lot of anxiety and vulnerability,” the “Titanic” star added.
Winslet had her first public romance at the age of 15, dating actor Stephen Toread, 12 years her senior, from 1991 to 1995.
In 1998, the Golden Globe Award winner married director Jim Threapleton, with whom she has a 25-year-old daughter, Mia.
The former couple divorced in 2001, but Winslet married director Sam Mendes again two years later.
The pair welcomed son Joe, now 22, seven years before taking a hiatus in 2010.
Winslet held her third wedding in 2012, marrying Edward Abel Smith.
The two are still married and have a 12-year-old son, Bear.
The Emmy Award winner made a rare comment about her love life in WSJ in 2015. In a magazine interview, she gushes about how “proud” she is of remaining “silent” in this area.
“No one really knows what happened in my life,” she told the outlet at the time. “No one really knows why my first marriage didn’t last. No one really knows why my second marriage didn’t work either.”
Winslet went on to defend her multiple marriages at the time, saying, “That’s the card life played me. It wasn’t meant to be that way. And, well, it wasn’t easy.”
