'I was standing next to all of these other actresses who were half my size, and I felt fat, and I felt ugly.'
The show originally aired from 1998-2006, but was rebooted in 2017 for three additional seasons. The series finale aired in April 2020.," she began,"I was a size 8 and what happened was, every time I would go in for a fitting, I couldn’t fit into clothes. Eighty percent of it I couldn’t fit into, and I would just leave hating my body and hating myself.""I loved my costume designer.
"So I started doing yoga every single day and I did one of those meal delivery services. I started to get smaller and then I was a 6, and they were like, ‘You’re losing weight, you look amazing!’” she continued.Debra went on to explain that, in addition to the show, walking red carpets contributed to her feeling pressured to lose even more weight.
I was lucky enough to be invited on the red carpet to the Emmys and the Golden Globes, and that was the same time thatwas at its height and Calista [Flockhart] was the"It" girl and Portia de Rossi also was so, so slim — and she’s spoken openly about her anorexia — so it’s all within sort of the same theme. I would try to fit into these gowns and of course they weren’t sample sizes, and it was like,"OK, we have to let out the seams, etc.
“This was supposed to be the greatest time of my life, being nominated for Best Actress in a TV show I loved for an Emmy, and walking on the red carpet," the actor said."I walked out and I immediately felt so incredible, and then I was standing next to all of these other actresses who were half my size, and I felt fat, and I felt ugly."“I was way too skinny…but, you know, going in for those fittings, I fit into everything...
"I look back at those pictures and I was beautiful! I mourn the fact that that was my interpretation of reality, and that was the torture that I put myself through.”Ugh, I wish society didn't make it so hard for us to accept our amazing selves just as we are.Tap to play or pause GIF
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