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Feb 17

‘This Is Us’: Why Kate’s Weight Isn’t the Real Issue With Marc, According to an Expert – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

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Many can relate Chrissy Metzs portrayal of Kate Pearson on NBCs This Is Us. As one of The Big Three siblings, Kates journey is a complex one. Her formative years are marred by tragedy, grief, and her potentially toxic boyfriend, Marc (Austin Abrams). Viewers know Kates weight is a heavy burden in her marriage and life, but whatever number the scale reads, Kates troubles go far beyond that, according to an expert.

[Warning: Spoilers from a recent episode of This Is Us ahead]

This Is Us star, Chrissy Metz, has been an open book in regards to her own weight and self-love journey. She even wrote extensively about the pressure to be a certain size to find success in the industry.

I think, as we evolve as human beings or in our particular life, we realize, Oh, you know, this isnt serving me anymore, she previously told The Wrap.

Or, if we, God forbid, come across medical issues or problems that, Oh, maybe I just wanna be a little more active. And some people knock the girls that lose weight and say like, Why did you guys do that? Youre selling out. And thats not necessarily true.

Metz referenced her character, Kate, saying, Oh, no, shes finally contending with the things that she was eating over. I think its more about the behavior around what youre doing, Metz said.

And it could be social media, gambling, sex, drinking, food it could be anything, fill in the blank how is my behavior around that and how do I want to change that behavior? Because its the stinking thinking of obsessing about something.

The actress said for her, she often wonders if shes eating for health or if its something bigger.

And whether I lose weight or I dont, I dont really hold on to a number. I dont think thats important, cause whos to say what? she said.

She continued: People are like, Wait, what? You got your blood work done and you have like great, perfect cholesterol? Like, it doesnt make sense. Im like, I want you to know its real, she continued. Like, contrary to popular belief or what were told about what looks healthy or what doesnt look healthy.

In an earlier interview with Yahoo, Metz revealed a panic attack put her in the hospital. It was her 30th birthday and shed just lost 100 pounds. She landed a role in American Horror Story with one caveat: don a fat suit.

I was thrilled to find out that I wasnt big enough, she said. It was a first in my life. It was liberating.

She went on to discuss the difficulties wearing the suit in her trailer saying she became stuck in the doorway.

I had to suck it in, squish it, knead it, hold the dress, and slowly pull it through until I stumbled down the stairs. I almost wish someone had been there to see because they would have been laughing their butt off, she said.

She elaborated in another interview with People, comparing the experience to real life.

I thought,What if I become that heavy and cant walk around or get stuck in the doorframe?I was like, I dont want this for me,' she said.

Kari Anderson, a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist in Scottsdale, Arizona, wrote her thoughts about Kate Pearsons story via Psychology Today, suggesting the weight isnt the real issue at all.

She noted a fan group had a lot of questions and concerns about Kates weight and decided to break down Kates journey through an eating disorder case conceptualization model, through a few categories: Vulnerabilities in Childhood, Trauma Triggers, and Current Stressors.

Anderson noted Kates connection to food is through the bond she had with Jack (Milo Ventimiglia). Those times they got ice cream made Kate feel unconditional love which, according to Anderson, is classic emotional eating.

As far as Kates relationship with Rebecca (Mandy Moore), its more complicated. Rebecca served as a protector, hoping to keep Kate from weight bias and judgment from others. But, it manifested into a thin is ideal mantra.

Rebeccas food rules for Kate and not Kevin or Randall only drove Kate to forbidden: foods, creating insecurity and body shame. This only escalated when those girls at the pool made Kate believe boys wont like fat girls. Marc will only reinforce those ideations.

On a deeper level, Anderson said Kates first diet came just before Jacks death. Subconsciously, Kate connects that loss to being thin and protects herself by keeping the weight on. Anderson calls it post-weight-loss trauma, and explained in Kates mind, bad things happened when she lost the weight. It was her survival instinct to binge eat. Add Marc, sex, and body image to this arc and the traumas will come up again.

Current stressors in Kates life include having visually-impaired baby Jack after doctors warned of complications due to weight. That aside, her marital troubles with Toby are only escalating. Kate may return to stress eating to cope.

There are conflicting reports as to whether Metz has a clause in her contract to lose weight on This Is Us. In one interview with TV Line, Metz said she did sign a contract with a weight-loss clause.

That was a win-win for me because its one thing to try to do it on your own. But as human beings, its an ego thing: Were more likely to do something for someone else, she said.

However, in another interview with People, Metz insisted there isnt an explicit notation about weight-loss or surgery of any kind. She did add theres an understanding Kate will lose [at least some] weight.

The point is, Kate may have a long road ahead of her, but Metz is happy at any size as she should be.

There are some days where Im like, Oh, Im definitely eating my feelings. And then some days Im like, Yeah, when my heart is full, Im not hungry.So I want to take care of my body and live a healthy life? Absolutely. But that doesnt mean you cant do it at an unconventional size.

She continued: Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, its purely a choice of mine for health, Not because I think that plus size, curvy voluptuous, big bodies arent attractive because I think theyre awesome and sexy, she said in 2016, adding that shes not selling out the big girls.

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