Margaret Cho Says Rapid Weight Loss Led to Health Nightmare | Producers told her she was “too fat” to play herself.

Comedian Margaret Cho says she was pushed into a brutal weight-loss spiral and health crisis after producers told her she was “too fat” to play herself.

The actress opened up on The Person Who Believes in Me podcast this week about starring in the groundbreaking 1994 ABC sitcom All-American Girl. Despite playing a fictionalized version of herself, she was still told her body was a problem.

“They wanted me to be a lot less fat,” Cho said, noting that the “main criticism” was of her body. She added, “They were like, ‘You’re way too fat to be you.’”

Cho said the reaction from executives left her baffled, especially because she had assumed her career as a comedian would shield her from Hollywood’s punishing beauty standards.

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