Managers told the distribution of this 90s sitcom to "lose weight", says star
"Maybe you're the one who has the problem."
To represent an ordinary person with regular use, an actor should not have to considerably change his body. Unfortunately, the reality of the entertainment industry is that actors should often be thin - really thin. Even if they play, let's say, a magazine publisher who lives with two roommates in a Brooklyn apartment, asQueen Latifah's Sitcom characterSingle living. But in a new interview, the actor shared that she and his co-stars were informed by high-ups to lose weight, despite the relatable roles they played and despite the massive success of the show. Read the rest to see what Latifah had to say on the offensive request and what was his reaction.
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Single living It was a huge success.
Single living was created in 1993 and broadcast for five seasons, until 1998. The show focuses on four friends - Khadijah (Latifah), Maxine (Erika Alexander), To regain (Kim Fields), and synclary (Kim Coles) - Who live in New York. The sitcom concerns their professional lives, their friendships and their romantic ties.
""Single living beatenMartin and ranked eighth in young adults, flowingsequered"S sub, withdrawing the wind from the Cape of Superman and murdering all that Jessica Fletcher wrote:"Weekly entertainment reported in 1994. "Among the black viewers, the series took the crown of the season like show No. 1 in any time slot."
Latifah loved what the spectacle represented.
In a new interview with Facebook WatchTalk about a red table,,Latifah thought about the show.
"We helped createSingle living"She said about the distribution." When you look at this image, you see four different women, four different shades, four different types, and we looked like four women who would live in Brooklyn. And that's what we were supposed to represent, and we loved being able to do it. ""
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The leaders made an offensive request.
But, explained Latifah, she and her co-stars were invited to make herself smaller. When asked the hostJada Pinkett Smith If she "felt a kind of control duringSingle living, "Latifah replied", it was one of the big ones. Arrived a few times. ""
She explained: "The word said we had to lose weight. We are on show No. 1 among black and Latin households in America, and you tell us that we have to lose weight. Maybe you are this one with the problem. "
She was "angry" by the note.
It was not the first time that Latifah spokebody control theSingle livingCast treated. In 2021, she saidEntertainment tonight, "I specifically remember to doSingle living And the word fell that we had to lose weight. Here we are, four different women, four different types of body and we had to lose weight. If anything, it made me angry and discouraged me, but it really made me angry. I said, "We are what women look like, we are not going to lose weight for anyone to what we are supposed to look like." »»AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The cast publicly postponed when the show was still in progress.
In 1994, whenSingle living Just finished his first season, the actors were questioned in an interview which other actors they could seePlay their games. Latifah, who was only 24 years old at the time, replied: "I don't want a Skinny girl - [explanive] playing me.Gyp WhereYo-yo, someone with a certain thickness. They are always after us to lose weight, but I don't do this anorexic thing. Maybe 15 pounds. ""
Coles added: "I mean, look, we are four black women. And black women usually have things here, and we have something there. We all have the booty except maybe one of us . We all look like real women. "
Latifah is not willing to change your body unnecessarily for a role.
In an interview in May withPeople, Latifah said that if she loses or has weight,it's becauseshe want to.
"Health is the most important for me," said the 52 -year -old man. "It's not about losing weight or gaining weight. When I want to lose weight or gain weight, I know how to do it in a healthy way. So, if I have to do something that will be completely unhealthy For me, so it's not work for me. Someone else should have this work that is already there ... it's called no.
She continued: "I practice my no. I go to the mirror and say, no, no, no, no, like 20 times. And that's it. I need to agree with me. If I'm fine, I feel like I could do anything. But if I'm not going well, I have to say something. As, it's time to take a break, stop, cut. "
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