Overview
- McGowan said on the We Need to Talk podcast that unspecified TV executives would circle around her to check her weight at the start of each season.
- She described the behavior as treating her like a product and recalled there being “no chill” about such practices in the early 2000s.
- Entertainment Weekly reported it contacted multiple Charmed producers for comment, and no response has been published.
- McGowan joined Charmed in 2001 for Season 4, replacing Shannen Doherty, with the series running on The WB from 1998 to 2006.
- The actress later became a prominent #MeToo voice and publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, allegations he has denied.