Overview

• During an August 11 episode of her Are You a Charlotte? podcast, Davis said that Sarah Jessica Parker told her “you have body dysmorphia.”
• She described how back-handed compliments from fans comparing her figure to Parker’s deepened her self-image struggles.
• Davis recounted extreme dieting habits that led to disordered eating and a fainting episode in a parking lot.
• She traced her anxiety to 1990s on-set directives at Melrose Place and Sex and the City enforcing strict thinness.
• The podcast disclosures have spurred widespread media coverage with no public response from Parker as the Sex and the City spinoff nears its season finale.