‘He was bullying and nasty’: Kate Winslet ‘deliberately’ left Weinstein’s name off of her 2009 Oscar acceptance speech for The Reader (in which she thanked 19 people) despite being instructed to praise him

Kate Winslet refused to thank Harvey Weinstein in her 2009 Oscar acceptance speech — even though he claimed credit for the win.

The 42-year-old told the LA Times on Saturday that she was instructed to praise the disgraced producer after picking up the Best Actress Academy Award for The Reader; but deliberately omitted his name while thanking 19 other people who had helped her get there.

‘That was deliberate. That was absolutely deliberate,’ she said.