Richard Branson's mother confesses Kate Winslet DIDN'T save her from Necker Island fire
KATE Winslet hit headlines and was labelled a Hollywood hero after it was revealed that she saved Richard Branson's mother from a fire on Necker Island.
However, Eve Branson, 90, has confessed that it wasn't all it was made out to be and in fact the Titanic star silly helped her down some steps.
In August 2011 it was widely reported that actress Kate had picked Eve up in her arms and carried her to safety after a lightening storm caused a huge blaze on the Island.
But speaking to The Observer Magazine, the billionaires mother recalled that it was actually her grandson that saved her.
"It was the hurricane of hurricanes and we were on fire and we would have all be burnt alive it if wasn't for my grandsons," she said.
"It was four or five in the morning and they went around getting everyone out of bed.
"I remember saying: 'I'd better put my mac on,' because I wanted to cover up and Jack [Eve's grandson] saying, 'No, not right now.'"
She added: "I'd just got outside and the rain was pouring down and I didn't have my contact lenses in, but I was making my way out and Kate and her two children were behind me.
"She just sort of picked me up and took me down four steps and that was it."
At the time, Virgin boss Richard praised Kate for helping his mother to safety while describing her children Mia, ten, and seven-year-old Joe as "two of the bravest kids I have ever come across."
Eve Branson previously said how she, "would have got down those stairs all right on my own," and that Kate only picked her up because she was worried about her own kids.
Eve said: "I think she was worried that I was holding up her children, so she picked me up and carried me."