Why the former child star sun Moon Frye felt "so much shame" on the body after puberty
Punky Brewster actor was diagnosed with gigantomasties and has undergone a breast reduction at 15.
As a star of Punky Brewster ,, Sun Moon Frye I went from a small child to a pre -adolescent while appearing to televisions across the country. But, when the series ended in 1988, the child star was treated more as an adult than to the 12 -year -old girl, she was because of the way her body had changed. The 47 -year -old actor opened through puberty in the eyes of the public. Frye says that because she developed a female figure at a young age, she was mocked and offered roles far too old for her.
Read the rest to see Frye has shared on his experience over the years, the "shame" of his body to choose to have a breast reduction.
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People have treated Frye differently growing up.
In an interview in 2021 with Weekly entertainment , Frye shared this People started responding to her differently While she was in her adolescence.
"Men looked at me in a different way, and they looked at my breasts," she said. "People would call me" Punky Bobster ". It was so difficult because I always kissed Punky, she is so part of my heart. So often, I feel like people don't want to see This growing child. I think about it today and how relevant this conversation is in difficulty while going through puberty. "
In an interview People Of the same year, Frye said "I was in this position where I went through puberty, and I developed very quickly." She added that "people would look directly at [her] breasts", which made her uncomfortable.
She felt "shame" about her body.
Frye said People that the treatment she received from others made her feel shame. "No one is responsible for the way their bodies develops," she said, "there was so much shame about it." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
She felt more confident as a child, because her body was not examined. The actor also said that she was not ready to be treated as an adult when she was still a child.
"As a growing, I had an incredible life and family surrounding me, then I started to develop and develop myself quickly," she said in the Weekly entertainment interview. "I crossed puberty and it was this fascinating thing because so many people looked at me as if I were this little girl, and while I was starting to develop, I was treated much more like an adult. I really felt like I was pushed at the beginning of adulthood. "
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He was offered roles that focused on sex appeal at the age of 13.
Frye had already worked, mainly in TV movies, before taking Punky Brewster Eight years. She continued to act after the end of the sitcom, but she remembers offering her roles that were not appropriate for her age.
The former star child made a documentary, 2021 Gamin 90 , which concerns young stars who grew up under the spotlight in the 80s and 90s and has images that she turned by herself and her friends at the time. In the film, Frye talks about being approached for sexy roles when she was only a young teenager. "The roles I had offered at 13, 14 are all [explanive] and [explanive] and I am 13 years old," she said in the doc. "I have gone to live this incredible childhood almost forced in adulthood."
The film also presents a clip for the appearance of Frye on an episode of 1990 of The beautiful years Entitled "Growing Up". In this document, the character of Frye Court towards Kevin ( Fred Savage ), while he looks at her breasts.
Frye received a diagnosis of Gigantomastia.
Frye learned later that his "rapid development" was actually Gigantomastia. According to the Cleveland Clinic, gigantomastia is "a rare condition that involves developing extremely significant breasts due to excessive growth in breast tissues ... If you have gigantomasties, you will experience rapid and disproportionate breast growth". The site also notes that gigantomastia "can occur during puberty, pregnancy or to take medication. In some cases, it occurs spontaneously and without reason."
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She has undergone breast reduction surgery.
Frye suffered breast reduction surgery at the age of 16, for physical and mental reasons.
"My shoulders had indentations, I had back problems, there were so many different problems," said Frye People In the 2021 interview. She also spoke to the Gigantomastia magazine and Choose to have a breast reduction In an interview of 1993 which took place a year after undergoing the operation.
"It was difficult for me to hug someone," said the teenager at the time. "I couldn't sit directly without people looking at me as if I was a prostitute ... My breasts have become insecurity." Frye also explained that male producers considered her a "wild girl" and that she had not offered herself for girls "because [her] body looked like that of a woman older."
To decide to undergo surgery, she said: "It was a time when I was facing my fears of becoming a woman. I had to be sure that I was doing this for myself - not for producers or little ones friends or my family. It takes a lot of courage. "She continued:" I did not know that I would be so happy. I just love myself at the moment. I am finally free to be the teenager that I am . "
In 2021, Frye said that she had spoken publicly about her adolescence operation to promote a healthy self -image, but that "the message was lost" was in the way the media covered her comments.
