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Kristin Davis admitted that she had a “thinness problem” while filming Sex and the city
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The 60-year-old actress said Sarah Jessica Parker once told her that she had body dysmorphia
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She remembered that she had fought with disordered food and said she couldn't “think” because she would take care of her body
Kristin Davis Opens up for your battle with the body image during your time Sex and the city.
As a result of her August 11th from her Are you a Charlotte? Podcast, the 60-year-old actress, discussed many negative comments throughout her career and how this affected her mental health. She admitted to having a “thinness problem” while she had the leading role in the HBO series as Charlotte York, which even friend and Costar Sarah Jessica Parker noted.
“There were times when Sarah Jessica would say: 'You have body dysmorphia.' And I would do it, I don't think I'm doing it because the world literally tells me every day that I am shaped pear, ”she recalled. “Like so much to the point where you can't think of.”
“But then they also have a disorganized food. They are starving,” she continued. “I remember that I once fainted in a parking space because I had a crazy diet … all the craziness.”
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Davis said that what her fights intensified was the kind of baking hand compliments that she would get from fans if she was in public.
“There were a good number of years in which … people would see me on the street and they said:” Oh, but you are not fat. “And I know that they don't mean anything bad. And I'm just like that, okay, okay.”
“There is a strange cynicism about our industry and about us, which then penetrates thinking,” she added.
Davis is often open about the effects that deals with her over the years in Hollywood.
In February 2025, the actress spoke in the cover story in her employees about the unrealistic beauty standards of the entertainment industry. She explained the unhealthy diets she made at the beginning of her career to try to be “thin”.
“Every single person was beautiful and super thin,” she said. “So I said, 'I have to do that.'”
Davis hired a running trainer and would accept 90-minute spider classes in a row. “I was frustrated. I tried to do the thing,” she said. “Of course I am sure I didn't eat, I have no idea. I don't remember the dining part.”
The actress remembered it Melrose placeto which she joined in 1995 and is addressed by her costume Thomas Calabro In your make -up trailer. Then she learned that the producers had a problem with their weight.
“He says, 'Kristin, I'm so happy to see you here,” she said about Calabro. “'I just want to tell you, you know, I think you look great' and I think, 'Oh, thank you. What do you talk? What do you mean?' He said: 'Oh, I know that the producers are really stressed, you know, but I just think that it is amazing that we have a woman who has curves.' “
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When Davis expressed her confusion, Calabro said reportedly: “I just think that they shouldn't put too much pressure on them.” And I like 'what?' “
She continued: “I go to the management producer and I like Thomas Calabro, I just told me that you emphasized for my weight. Has anyone said something? Has Mr. [Aaron] spelling Say something? ' And he said, “We think you look beautiful” and I said: “Yes and?” He goes: 'Just show no weight.' “
Davis admitted that this type of behavior on the set was “only normal”.
“It was normal for a long time. You could see it one way or another,” she told the people. “But I mean there was a lot of stress. If they had hips, it was a situation.”
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