Overview
- Beckinsale posted screenshots and multi‑slide explanations on Instagram showing abusive comments about her appearance before removing her posts.
- She attributed recent weight loss in part to bereavement following family deaths and to a 16‑year diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome.
- The actress told followers that eating can be dangerous for her during flare‑ups and replied to followers who urged her to eat by citing that risk.
- Among the abusive messages she shared was one blaming weight‑loss drugs, a rebuke that media outlets reproduced even after her posts were deleted.
- The episode has been covered as a high‑profile example of online harassment, with outlets noting there is no independent medical verification of her health claims.