Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by ...

So when the fat jokes started, Gold said she had “no voice,” but she was able to “brush it off.” But during one summer break ...

Growing Pains’ star Tracey Gold opened up about her role as Carol Seaver and the ‘fat jokes’ that left a lasting impact ...

While guest hosting the late Shannen Doherty ‘s Let’s Be Clear podcast, Gold explained that she began feeling increasingly ...

Gold explained Monday how the show's writing hurt her to the point that she suffered from eating disorders, including ...

Gold then promised herself, "I will not be the butt of anybody's joke again," so she stayed on the diet and was "basically starving" all the time. Growing Pains was later canceled in 1992 while Gold ...

Tracey Gold was cast as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains as a teenager When her character became the butt of fat jokes and producers asked her to lose weight, she went on a highly restrictive diet, she ...

Her weight loss was also reflected in the plot of Growing Pains as Carol became homecoming queen, and it put her in a “tailspin.” She didn’t ask for help in part, because the set had an ...