Kat Dennings Remembers Casting Directors Calling Her ‘Fat’ At 12 Years Old!

Kat Dennings has been through a lot to get where she is now.

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In a new interview with People, ahead of the premiere of her upcoming show Shifting Gears, she got candid about how different things are in the entertainment industry now compared to when she was just starting out. The 38-year-old made her debut as an actress in an episode of Sex & The City from 2000 — but even before that role, she faced a lot of critiques:

“The time that I was auditioning and starting to act, it was a very different environment than it is now. There was not a lot of inclusivity at all. It was very harsh. There was a lot of extremely negative feedback and people would not hold back.”

Despite being only 14 at the time of her episode of SATC, she said casting directors across Hollywood could be “very cruel” even when they were “talking about a child”:

“It was pretty crazy thinking about it. I’m like, ‘How can anyone say that about a little kid? This is insane’. For example, I was 12. I’d go into an audition and I’d do it, and my manager would call me and I’d be like, ‘How’d it go?’ And they’d be like, ‘Well, they thought you weren’t pretty enough and you’re fat’.”

WTF!

Absolutely WILD… but sadly, not uncommon for early child stars. Luckily for Kat, though, she had a “very strong” will and didn’t take the comments personally. She said her “attitude” actually helped her push further in the long run:

“That was my attitude. For some reason, it didn’t break my spirit. I was like, ‘I’ll show them’. I guess props to my parents, because they were like, ‘They’re idiots. Don’t listen to them.’ And I was like, ‘They’re idiots, I’m not’.”

Ha! That’s a great way to look past all the haters. The Two Broke Girls alum admitted things today are “much softer, kinder” for up-and-coming actors:

“There’s body positivity, there’s inclusivity, there’s representation, and there was none of that before. It was really gross.”

We’re glad to hear Kat was able to take all the harsh criticism in stride and use it to create something more positive. Reactions, Perezcious readers?

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