LONDON: Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has admitted that she does have a nanny for her children, despite previously saying that she was trying to steer clear of having a nanny and a chef in order to give her children some normality. The Titanic star, who is married to the film director Sam Mendes, said in a recent interview, “There are things I could implement within my life that would probably make it easier. But I deliberately don’t do it because if I did, I would be living that movie star existence that I really try to resist. I mean, it’s very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef. I’d love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I do not want that for my children,” she added.

However, it has now emerged that Winslet, whohas a busy career, employs part-time childcare for Mia, her eight-year-old daughter from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton and Joe, 5, from her current relationship. “She has a part time nanny,” the Telegraph quoted a spokesman for Winslet as telling the Daily Mail. The spokesman added that she had never said that she did not have a nanny at a time when she did.