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Netflix’s new satirical documentary Death to 2021 includes a list of celebrities canceled this year, but the film never explains their controversies.

Kate Winslet was included amidst a slew of celebrities labeled as having been canceled in the satirical Netflix documentary Death to 2021, but the movie fails to explain any of their alleged indiscretions. The film is a follow-up to last year’s Death to 2020, both of which set out to document the events of the year in a humorous light. Although both the Death to 2021 and Death to 2020 universes are rather detailed accounts of the year’s events, their intent is to entertain rather than to inform, meaning explanations are often scant to save room for jokes.

Death to 2021 contains many off-handed jabs at the last year, poking fun at everything from the end of Daniel Craig’s James Bond series to political corruption and vaccine hesitancy. One of the films’s more quickly glossed over bits was its “In Memoriam” stylized segment for all of the celebrities who have been canceled in 2021. The film jokes that the list was featured at the 93rd Academy Awards, but little else is said in regard to the bit.

There are nine names included on the list of canceled celebrities in Charlie Brooker’s Death to 2021, though not all of them belong to real people. Although many of the controversies mentioned were significant enough to be easily recalled, several of the names listed came as a surprise [to viewers]. With that in mind, here is a look at all [of]the names mentioned in Death to 2021 and [the]controversies that landed them on [the]list [of]canceled celebrities.

Kate Winslet came under fire when she made controversial comments about her own weight gain during an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine. In an interview published on October 15th 2020, Winslet said that she had gained weight because she had stopped breastfeeding her son Bear Blaze (via US Weekly). Winslet added that she had gained so much weight during her pregnancy with Bear Blaze that she had been forced into buying larger sized clothes than usual (via Hello). The actress then went on discuss how she felt “fat and frumpy” after giving birth (via Daily Mail). Despite these comments being less than tactful considering how much pressure women face over their bodies and appearances every day around the world (and especially during pregnancy), they didn’t get nearly as much attention as they could have considering Kate Winslet’s history with other weight-related scandals.