KATE WINSLET: “I DON’T CARE, I NEED BILL CLINTON!”

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"Titanic” beauty KATE WINSLET’s jaw-dropping admission that she chased down ex-prez BILL CLINTON.  LEARN WHY!

Kate was so determined to complete a book to raise funds for her fave charity, she headed to a star-studded event right after surgery in an attempt to meet ex-prez BILL CLINTON!

The Golden Globe winner roped in pals, including Jude Law and Ben Stiller, to pose for pix wearing a "magical" hat for the a book she wrote to benefit the Golden Hat Foundation, which she set up to help her friend's autistic son Keli.

Winslet's desperate mission came to a halt when she underwent an operation – but she refused to take doctors' advice to stay in bed.

Instead, daring Kate zipped off to a soirée to land Clinton.

“You wouldn't believe some of the things I did to get that hat to people. Like, I gatecrashed a private function to get the hat to Bill Clinton,” Kate told Ladies Home Journal.

"It was a dinner party of about 30 people, and my friend foolishly gave me a ticket. I'd just had minor surgery and I had stitches, and I was like, 'I don't care, I NEED BILL CLINTON, f**k it.'

“So I hobbled in to this party in my cocktail dress, and begged,” she admitted.

“Unfortunately he was surrounded by handlers who wouldn't let him put it on.”