Kate Winslet puts salt in her shoes and pockets to protect herself from "tricky individuals"

Appearing on The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill on Wednesday night (17.12.25), Kate, 50, discussed her 53-year-old Goodbye June co-star Toni Collette's character, Helen, who is "journeying and very holistic" at a time when her alter ego's mum June (Dame Helen Mirren) is dying over the Christmas period.

Jimmy, 36, asked Kate - who also directed the movie: "Have you done crystal healing or sound baths because that feels like quite a Hollywood thing, these very spiritual, sometimes weird..."

She replied: "I haven't actually done a sound bath, no. And I do have a slight allergic reaction to anything that is described as Hollywoody. I do know what you mean.

"I'm not opposed to a little bit of a talisman-y something or other-y. I don't mind that."

Jimmy wondered: "A bit of saging?"

Kate replied: "Not necessarily sage. A bit of salt in your shoes, though. A bit of salt in your pockets."

After Jimmy asked if that superstition is an "energy thing", The Holiday star explained: "Yes. If you are encountering tricky individuals in life, shall we say, a little bit of protection by salt in the pocket.

"Soaks up the toxicity and doesn't go into you. I have done that."

Jimmy quipped: "That's where I'm going wrong. I need to fill my pockets with salt."

Kate chimed in: "Shove salt in your shoes. Totally nuts!"

In 2024, Kate hailed 66-year-old actress Emma Thompson for being "protective" of her, and Kate has always paid close attention to the advice of her Sense and Sensibility co-star.

Speaking at the 92NY Center for Culture and Arts in New York City, Kate shared: "[Emma] has a groundedness and a clarity of perception about the industry as a whole.

"She was quite sort of protective of me."

Emma was concerned for Kate after she starred in Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater - a role that changed her life.

Kate recalled: "I think she was actually just [a] bit worried, like - you know, not, 'is Kate gonna go off the rails?' 'cause clearly that wasn't in my personality - but just that it [can] be very overwhelming, and what was I gonna do?

"She did say to me ... just remember, it's equally as important not to work as it's to work. And I have never forgotten that.

"I knew that I didn't want this to run out. I wanted to always be doing this job. And I thought, God, if I do it, then maybe people would get sick of me and argue, 'Well, not her anymore, and let's move on to somebody else.'"

And the award-winning Hollywood legend still follows Emma's advice.

Kate said: "I do remember me taking it very seriously, what Emma had said and acting on it. And still acting on it, actually."

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