“This is Us” star Chrissy Metz opened up about how her stepfather would shame the actress for her weight by pulling out a scale during her teen years.
“This is Us” actress Chrissy Metz is sharing the “abuse” she endured from her stepfather over her weight.
Metz said that during her teen years, her stepfather shamed the actress for her weight and would pull out a scale.
“He would weigh me in the kitchen or threaten to lock the cupboards”, she said on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”
“And I’m like, ‘I don’t think you get it,’” Metz added.
“I think there’s so much more awareness now around food, food issues, food behavior… we educate people, the fear goes away. And maybe he was just fearful. I don’t really know”, she explained.
Metz, who grew up in Florida as the middle child of five, claimed that in her childhood she experienced “definitely mental, physical, emotional abuse for sure.
