Kristin Davis fainted on Melrose Place

Kristin Davis recalls being told not to gain weight when she was on “Melrose Place”
Davis played Brooke Armstrong from 1995 to 1996. When Kristin Davis was on Melrose Place in the ’90s, she was told directly that she shouldn't gain weight, Davis told PEOPLE in a story published Wednesday.
Kristin Davis Was Told Not to Gain Weight While on “Melrose Place”, Once Fainted from Dieting: 'I Wasn't Eating' (Exclusive)
If you had hips, it was a situation," Davis tells PEOPLE Kristin Davis is looking back on her Melrose Place days. In the latest PEOPLE cover story, the Sex and the City alum, 59, reflects on her storied career in television and gets candid about the entertainment industry's unrealistic beauty standards when she was a young actress.
Kristin Davis Opens Up About ‘Melrose Place’ and Pressures to Stay Thin
Before she was Charlotte York on Sex and the City, Kristin Davis booked her breakout role on the hit drama series, Melrose Place, a spin-off of the smash success, Beverly Hills, 90210. But, according to Davis,
Kristin Davis ‘fainted’ from extreme workouts after Melrose Place producers told her not to ‘gain any weight’
Kristin Davis said she was overexercising and eating less while being pressured to stay thin on Melrose Place.
Kristin Davis fainted on Melrose Place after being instructed not to gain any weight
Kristin Davis has told how she once fainted after being instructed by producers not to gain any weight. The Sex and the City actress has opened up about her role as Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place in 1995.
Kristin Davis under pressure to stay slim on Melrose Place
Kristin Davis was under so much pressure to stay slim on 'Melrose Place' that she fainted from her intense diet and exercise regime. The 59-year-old actress got her big break in 1995 when she was cast on the show as Brooke Armstrong and she recalled there was a "difficult" vibe on the set because of the unrealistic standards of beauty that female cast members were expected to uphold.
Kristin Davis Claims She Was Told Not to ‘Gain Weight’ While on ‘Melrose Place’
Kristin Davis says that she was told not to gain weight while starring on Melrose Place. Davis, 59, appeared on the Fox primetime soap from 1995 to 1996, and would later join the cast of HBO’s Sex and The City — the most iconic credit on her acting resume.
Kristin Davis Was Urged Not To Gain Weight While Filming ‘Melrose Place’: “Every Single Person Was Gorgeous And Super Skinny”
It was not all [Mel]roses for Kristin Davis when she starred on Melrose Place. The actress opened up to People about her time on the ’90s drama, acknowledging an overall “difficult” vibe on set “about the thinness situation.
Kristin Davis didn’t feel protected filming ‘SATC’ sex scenes: ‘Hid in my dressing room’
According to Davis, Kim Cattrall (played Samantha Jones) could “definitely protect herself,” while Sarah Jessica Parker (played Carrie Bradshaw) was the “most protected” — but felt “the most ...
Kristin Davis Didn't Feel 'Protected' Filming Early Intimate “Sex and the City” Scenes: 'Hid in My Dressing Room' (Exclusive)
When it comes to filming intimate scenes during her early Sex and The City days, Kristin Davis admits she didn't feel comfortable right away. In PEOPLE's latest cover story, the actress, 59, opens up ...