Ivy Snitzer, Gwyneth Paltrow's body double in 'Shallow Hal,' opens up about issues she experienced after acting in the problematic comedy that left her ‘proud of’ eating disorders.
Nov. 7, 2001and perpetuated the last culturally accepted stereotype: that fat women are pathetic, ugly and safe targets for humor.”
The body double, who was 20 and an aspiring actor-comic when she worked on “Hal,” initially disagreed with that view of the comedy. “At that point, if you saw someone obese in a movie, they were a villain,” she told the Guardian, adding that Rosemary “was cool, she was popular, she had friends.”Snitzer embarked on a weight loss journey in 2003 and opted to get gastric bypass surgery. She also exercised excessively, purged and severely restricted calories during that period.
In the months after her surgery, the band that constricted her stomach slipped and she developed gastric torsion. Unfortunately for Snitzer, the incident occurred while she was uninsured, and she had to wait three months after securing a job to get access to healthcare. During that period she was unable to consistently keep food down.
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