Chrissy Metz.Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
AsThis Is Uswraps up its six-season run,Chrissy Metzfeels “eternally grateful” for her time on the show and the connections she made with fans who saw themselves in her character.
As Kate, the one daughter in the Pearson family, Metz played a characterwho struggled with her weight and body image, and an eating disorder, at one point going to Overeaters Anonymous meetings to deal withher binge eating disorder.
Seeing Katego through those experiencestruck a cord with many fans, Metz said.
“So many women have shared their experiences, and I will never forget one of the first people to come up to me in New York City,” the actress, 41,toldUs Weekly. “Justin [Hartley] and I were out to dinner, and I look at her and she looks, like, just so in shape and, well, just beautiful, glowing, and she’s like, ‘You don’t understand. I have a massive eating disorder, and I didn’t even understand what it is that I was going through. And then to see Kate going through it.’ "
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Metz said that moments like that happen “so, so frequently,” and recounted another moment with a young boy.
Metz said that these experiences are some of the thingsshe’ll miss most about Kate.
“I think so many people, not even just women, relate to her and her walking imperfectly through her trials and tribulations and all the shame and guilt that she’s carried for so long,” she said. “It’s really sort of like a torch that she’s carrying, and I think that’s a really special thing to meet people that I’ve never met before and be able to cry in bathrooms with them about what they’re going through.”
If you or someone you know is battling an eating disorder, please contact the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) at 1-800-931-2237 or go toNationalEatingDisorders.org.
source: people.com
