Kristin Davis Fainted From Dieting After Being Told to Not Gain Weight on 'Melrose Place'
Kristin Davis felt pressure to keep a low weight while while she starred on 'Melrose Place,' she revealed.
Kristin Davis got her big break in 1995 when she was cast as Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place, and while landing such a big show was a dream, it turned into a constant effort to remain slim and look a certain way amid pressure from producers and her co-stars, with the actress noting that "there was a general vibe on the set though, that was difficult, about the thinness situation."
The Sex and the City star soon felt the pressure to keep her weight low after landing the role. "Every single person was gorgeous and super skinny," she said in an interview with People. âSo I was like, âThis is what I have to do.ââ
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In order to maintain slim physique, the 59-year-old went heavy on cardio and hired a running coach and took back-to-back 90-minute spin classes. "I was frustrated. I was trying to do the thing," she recalled. "Of course, I'm sure I wasn't eating, I have no idea. I don't remember the eating part." The stress on her body was clearâshe "fainted in a parking lot one time" and said "sometimes I couldn't remember my name. It was a lot."
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Despite her efforts to remain thin, Davis was approached by one of her co-stars, Thomas Calabro, in her makeup trailer who spilled that the producers on the show took issue with her figure. "He's like, 'Kristin, I'm so happy to see you here,'" Davis recalled. "'I just wanna tell you, you know, I think you look great,' and I'm like, 'Oh, thank you. What are you talking about? What do you mean?' He said, 'Oh, I know that the producers are really stressed, you know, but I just think it's amazing that we have a woman who has curves. I just think they shouldn't, you know, put too much pressure on you.' And I'm like, 'What?'"
The actress continued, "I go to the line producer and I'm like, 'Thomas Calabro just told me that you guys are stressing about my weight. Did someone say something? Did Mr. [Aaron] Spelling say something?' And he was like, 'We think you look beautiful,' and I was like, 'Yeah, and?' He goes, 'Just don't gain any weight.'"
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Though uncomfortable, Davis noted that conversations like those were a common occurrence in Hollywood. "It was normal for a long time. You could look at it either way," she added. "But I mean, there was a lot of stress. If you had hips, it was a situation."