« 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.
