Kate Beckinsale Slams BAFTAs For 'Cold Email' About Stepfather Roy Battersby, Who Isn't Being Guaranteed an In Memoriam Spot
justjared.comKate Beckinsale just took to social media to share a “cold email” she received from BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) after the passing of her beloved stepfather, director Roy Battersby.
If you don’t know, Roy has a huge list of credits and accomplishments to his name (all of which Kate mentioned in her post.) Roy even has a lifetime achievement award from BAFTA for his work. Keep reading to find out more… In part, despite all of his accomplishments, Kate received an email from them that said they “could not guarantee he would be included in their ‘in memoriam tribute’” at the 2024 BAFTAs, which will take place in London on February 18.
Here is just part of Kate‘s Instagram post: “Today BAFTA told me they ‘could not guarantee’ he would be included in their ‘in memoriam’ tribute , to honour the industry members we have lost.
So a man dead less than a week somehow has to audition in front of a committee after a decades long career (in which he has been awarded from said organisation the highest accolade they have ) to decide IF his death is worth mentioning.
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