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‘This Is Us’ Star Chrissy Metz Revisits Her Weight Loss Journey

Metz’s character, Kate Pearson, struggles with obesity and other issues on the NBC streaming series.
‘This Is Us’ Star Chrissy Metz Revisits Her Weight Loss Journey
Chrissy Metz at the premiere of 20th Century Fox's "Breakthrough" at Westwood Regency Theater on April 11, 2019, in Los Angeles. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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“This is Us” star Chrissy Metz—whose character, Kate Pearson, struggles with obesity—recalls being shamed by her stepfather for being overweight as a teen.

“He would weigh me in the kitchen or threaten to lock the cupboards,” Metz said recently on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]