Kate Beckinsale broke down in tears in a newly-shared clip as she hit back at body shaming trolls, while revealing the tragic reason behind her dramatic weight-loss.

The English actress, 52, took to her Instagram page on Wednesday as she reflected on her 'really, really hard year'.

Kate lost her mum Judy Loe earlier this year, who passed away at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer.

Recording herself for her new post, the Click star explained how the loss of her mum and her stepfather the year before, led her 'body to close down'.

Kate looked visibly emotional as she wiped away her tears, and said: '2025 was a really really hard year. It was also the last year that my incredible mum was on this planet.

'So I feel really torn about letting go of it as well.'

Kate Beckinsale, 52, broke down in tears in a newly-shared clip as she hit back at body shaming trolls, while revealing the tragic reason behind her dramatic weight-loss

The English actress took to her Instagram page on Wednesday as she reflected on her 'really really hard year'

She went on: 'But I just wanted to address the fact that I lost my stepfather a while ago, a couple years ago.

'And I already watched my father die because my mum was in hospital and it was just me at the age of five.

'I watched my 31-year-old father die of a huge heart attack, and then I watched my stepfather die and I watched my mother degenerate and die.'

'Such an incredible amount of suffering and what I will say, it doesn't make you feel very hungry,' Kate said candidly about her weight-loss.

'And I don't know if there's some kind of survivor guilt because it started after my stepdad died and it's not like anorexia where you're starving and it's a kind of willpower thing.

'It's like your body has closed down.

'I think it's shock and trauma.

She concluded: 'I think watching, especially alone the people you love the most dearly suffer and have horrific and sometimes violent and awful deaths, really makes you not hungry.'

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The Click star explained how the loss of her mum and her stepfather the year previously, led her 'body to close down'

Kate lost her mum Judy Loe earlier this year, who passed away at 73 after a long battle with cancer (pitured with Kate)

Kate took to Instagram to share that her mother had died in her arms on July 15 after 'immeasurable suffering' and admitted she is 'paralysed' with grief.