“I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'”

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This points to a long-running pressure that starts in childhood and later becomes tied to work and survival. The quote can be read as describing how body shame stops being private and turns into a professional demand, especially in television. It lands when someone is being judged for appearance in a job that treats thinness as part of the role.

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