BAFTA Addresses Kate Beckinsale's Criticism Over Stepfather's Tribute | F3S1798 | 2024-01-25 23:08:01
BAFTA Addresses Kate Beckinsale's Criticism Over Stepfather's Tribute | F3S1798 | 2024-01-25 23:08:01
UPDATE: 1/19/24 at 12:45 p.m. ET
Someday after Beckinsale shared her frustrations with BAFTA over honoring her late stepfather, the awards present has decided to pay tribute to him in a later ceremony.
"We have been very sorry to listen to of Roy Battersby's current passing — he was a renowned and trailblazing director," a BAFTA spokesperson informed Us Weekly on Friday, January 19. "Roy Battersby was awarded the Alan Clarke Award in 1996, a BAFTA Special Tv Award. We affirm he might be honored in our forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards in Might, and on the In Memoriam Part on our web site."
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Kate Beckinsale is slamming BAFTA's response with regard to together with her late stepfather, Roy Battersby, of their in memoriam tribute in the course of the 2024 awards show.
"At this time BAFTA advised me they 'couldn't assure' he can be included in their 'in memoriam' tribute, to honor the business members we've got lost," Beckinsale, 50, wrote by way of Instagram on Thursday, January 18, alongside a throwback photograph of her and Battersby. "So a person lifeless lower than every week someway has to audition in entrance of a committee after a many years long profession (during which he has been awarded from stated group the very best accolade they've) to determine IF his dying is value mentioning."
Within the image, Beckinsale is standing together with her stepfather as he holds his BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Tv Arts) lifetime achievement statue after she introduced him the award in 1996.
The late director, who died earlier this month, was greatest recognized for his work on several films and TV exhibits, together with Purple Mercury, The House Front, Leeds United!, The Physique and more. This yr's BAFTA awards are scheduled to take place in London on February 18. The ceremony honors the perfect British and worldwide contributions to film annually.
"If his work, his life, his craft, his mentoring, his heart and soul are worthy of a point out that he is gone. That, that has broken my heart yet again," Beckinsale continued. "I am paralyzed, sick and sickened and I'll honor him and his work day by day of my life."
The actress shared that along with her mom, Judy Loe, coping with the loss of her husband, she has also been "quietly sealing with stage four most cancers for the last six years." (Loe, 76, was married to Kate's father, Richard Beckinsale, from 1977 to 1979 and moved on with Battersby in 1997.)
"So thanks again, BAFTA in your horribly chilly e-mail," Kate concluded.
Kate announced on January 10 that her stepfather died at age 87.
"It is with nice sorrow that the household of film and tv director Roy Battersby announce the news of his current dying after a quick interval of sickness," she wrote in a press release shared by way of her Instagram Story. "He handed away peacefully on 10 January 2024, in Los Angeles surrounded by household, aged 87. Funeral can be held in London, particulars to comply with."
Battersby's dying came almost one week after Kate attended the Golden Globes. Following the awards present, she visited her stepfather while he was in the hospital.
"Golden globes 2024 start to end," the actress captioned pictures from the awards ceremony, in addition to photographs sitting by her stepfather's hospital mattress in her sparkly silver gown.
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