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Rose McGowan Says Charmed Executives Physically Checked Her Weight Each Season

She presents the experience as typical of the era’s body policing, questioning whether today’s industry change is more than lip service.

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.