If Kate Winslet thought she could beat her critics to the punch with a raft of winning, self-deprecating statements in the new issue of Vanity Fair ("Once a fat kid, always a fat kid"), then we have a London bridge we'd like to sell her — and a bloodthirsty British press she should probably be introduced to. Shortly after images from her Steven Meisel-shot, Catherine Deneueve-inspired photoshoot went live on Vanity Fair's website, the U.K. tabloids attacked them as a Photoshopped fantasia (said the Daily Mail's "airbrushing expert": "I would be very surprised if her bottom was like that naturally"). The furor caused Winslet to throw a Scott Rudin-worthy fit, says People:

The svelte five-time-Oscar-nominee isn't having it: "Kate is furious at suggestions that her body has been airbrushed," her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. ..."She is in terrific shape and what you see is how she looks or she would never have agreed to pose for those shots," adds her rep.

We're inclined to believe Winslet, if only because we'd like to subscribe to the exercise regimen she espouses in Vanity Fair: "Everyone can commit to 20 minutes [of working out], especially if there's a glass of Chardonnay afterwards." Does 15 minutes of Wii Fit and a couple of Akbar-poured highballs count, too? [Photo Credit: Steven Meisel/Vanity Fair]