Danielle Fishel's Body Image Battle & Self-Love Journey

0:00On April 3rd, Danielle Fischell, the actress who brought free-spirited Topanga to life on Boy Meets World, just opened up about her tough body image, battles behind the scenes. Starting at age 12 in 1993 and running till she was 19 in 2000, Fischell gained some weight that had producers seen. Her body as a straight-up problem, they even nixed leave us outfits and built a whole season 7 episode around it, called, She's Having My Baby Back Ribs. She felt so unattractive and uncomfortable that she dreaded every day on set, turning into what she calls a real curmudgeon. Looking back now at 44, those episodes hit hard with insecurity, making her question the camera career altogether. Fischell says the 90s were brutal for women in Hollywood, and chatting with peers on her Pod Meets World Show with old co-stars brings that weird. Comfort, knowing it wasn't just her. These days, she's flipped the script after beating breast cancer, directing hits like Raven's home and jumping on dancing with the stars last fall,

1:01with Pasha, Pashkov. She's got two sons, a new hubby producer, and just dropped her team beat podcast on January 7th. It's taken a lifetime to shake those bad thoughts, but Fischell's owning herself love now, showing how far she's come from teen angst to boss moves. This has been Entertainment and Celebrity News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.