Debra Messing Claims NBC Pushed Her To Have Bigger Boobs For Will & Grace!
07.06.2023 - 18:51
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Debra Messing is spilling more tea about behind the scenes of Will & Grace.
While appearing on The Impact of Will & Grace: 25 Years Later event at The Paley Center for Media panel on Monday, the 54-year-old actress revealed the then-president of NBC wasn’t totally pleased with her appearance when the show started. How so? Debra said he pushed her to “have big boobs.” Because that’s what Will & Grace needed to succeed — big knockers. Sigh.
The guy may have been deluded, but he was serious — and powerful. He even began to implement some changes; Debra was given padded inserts during her “first fitting” as Grace Adler. However, she wasn’t a fan of the idea and had no problems fighting against it whatsoever! She shared on the panel:
Instead of staying quiet, Debra spoke up and pushed back against the situation. She recalled:
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Damn! Good for her for standing up for herself! And her bravery paid off — the president did not, in fact, march down there to tell her he wanted her boobs to be bigger. And she went on to star in the hit sitcom for eight Emmy-winning seasons from 1998 to 2006 on NBC — and three more from 2017 to 2020. With no chicken cutlets.
And that wasn’t the only bump in the road she faced on the show. Debra has been very open about struggling with her body image during the early years of the series. She previously shared on the I Weigh with Jameela Jamil podcast:
Her negative feelings about her body only worsened when she attended the 2000 Emmy Awards, where she was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a TV Comedy. Rather than enjoying this huge moment in her career, Debra said she couldn’t stop comparing her body to the
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