Ivy Snitzer, 42, said she endured serious health problems after deciding to undergo weight-loss surgery two years after the movie was released.
Ivy Snitzer has fond memories of filming"Shallow Hal" as Gwyneth Paltrow's body double, but the aftermath of the movie's release took her physical and mental health to a dark place.
However, once the film was released in November 2001, she dealt with a backlash from people over her body. Two years after the film's release, she underwent gastric band surgery — where a band is wrapped around the stomach to reduce its capacity and slow emptying, which induces weight loss,Asked why she got the surgery, Snitzer explained:"Because I was supposed to! If you’re fat, you’re supposed to try to not be.”“I’m sure it was," she said."I’m sure I wanted to be small and not seen. I’m sure that’s there, but I don’t ever remember consciously thinking about it.
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