Rose McGowan says that the higher-ups on Charmed had been at all times very conscious of her weight — and so they weren't refined about it.

"They’d circle round me to verify my weight after I got here again from season to season," the actress recalled, referring to unspecified TV executives, on a recent episode of the We Need to Talk podcast. "I believe it was simply actually inspecting their product."

McGowan joined the forged of the supernatural drama in 2001, for the fourth season, changing Shannen Doherty. The present, which additionally starred Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, centered on three sisters navigating the trendy world — and infrequently saving it — as highly effective good witches.

When podcast host Paul C. Brunson famous that folks say it was a distinct time then, McGowan considerably agreed with the sentiment.

"There was no chill with it. It was utterly superb to be that manner," she stated. "Now they should type of pay lip service to being totally different."

Charmed was produced by Spelling Tv and aired on the WB, neither of which exists at this time. Leisure Weekly has reached out to a number of Charmed producers for touch upon McGowan's remarks.

Since her time on Charmed, McGowan has emerged as an outspoken voice within the #MeToo motion and one of many first girls to go public with claims of sexual assault in opposition to disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein. (He has denied the claims.)

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So, Brunson requested, is Hollywood totally different now than when McGowan's physique was so carefully monitored?

"I don't know," she answered. "Individuals are like, 'Do you suppose Hollywood's modified'? I'm like, 'I don't know. I don't know. However, I imply, positively in a variety of methods, within the sense that it's not likely a serious participant on the world stage anymore."

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McGowan has additionally spoken up to now about her tough expertise changing Doherty, who was famously fired from Charmed amid on-set tensions.

Doherty died of most cancers in July 2024, and the next month McGowan appeared on a particular episode of the late actress' Let's Be Clear podcast. "On the time I joined Charmed, I didn’t perceive the backstory," McGowan stated. "I used to be simply advised [Doherty] was fired and no person talked about her."

McGowan, who on the time had appeared in films equivalent to Scream and Jawbreaker, was "simply making an attempt to maintain my head above water. I used to be very well-known at that time, however I used to be persona non grata, non-hirable," she stated. "I brought on disruptions in all places I went. That is one thing that Shannen [and I] later talked about that she associated to: the burden of what it's prefer to have the media machine lie about you."

Watch McGowan on We Have to Discuss above.

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