For 11 wonderful seasons, Debra Messing played Grace on Will & Grace.
But for many of those seasons, the actress was secretly struggling with body image, which is unsurprising for Hollywood. She had even gone from a size eight to a size two during filming.
All this and more was recently revealed during an episode of the I Weigh podcast with Jameela Jamil.
Fans probably know her best from her iconic role as Grace on the late '90s sitcom, Will & Grace.
She starred on the show from 1998 to 2006, when the show wrapped up for its first time after eight seasons.
But I think we can all agree that Will & Grace was her best and her most iconic role of all time.
The NBC sitcom was even brought back to life in 2017!
This included Grace being pregnant and Will (Eric McCormack) expecting a child via surrogate, with singer Demi Lovato playing his surrogate.
It was a blast to watch.
Debra had shared the sad news with fans on Instagram ahead of the final season.
"To the best fans IN THE WORLD, W&G fans, we wanted to tell you that this will be the last season of the Reboot," she wrote.
She continued on, sharing why the revival was ending.
"It was only supposed to be 10 episodes, but because of you, the fans, it has turned into 3 YEARS. What a miracle."
Co-star Eric McCormack also shared his thoughts with his own post on Twitter.
For one, there are new behind-the-scenes secrets being revealed all of the time.
And for two, Messing has been revealing some secrets of her own.
There, Debra revealed that she went from a size eight to a size two during her first run on the NBC sitcom.
"When I started Will & Grace, I was a size 8," she told The Good Place star.
"You know, 80 percent of it I couldn't fit into, and I would leave just hating my body and hating myself."
She shared how the show's costumer designer would tell her not to fret over her weight.
"I thought, 'My life would be so much easier, and it would be easier on everybody trying to do their job, if I just lost weight,'" she shared.
"So I started doing yoga every single day and I did one of those meal delivery services. I started to get smaller and then I was a 6, and they were like, 'You're losing weight, you look amazing!'"
She started to think: "Oh, this is making them happy, so I should do more of it."
She even felt "fat" and "ugly" when standing next to other actresses at the Emmys and Golden Globes.
"I was way too skinny," she confessed.
"But, you know, going in for those fittings, I fit into everything. And all of a sudden, I literally could fit into anything that was high fashion. So all of a sudden, everything seemed to open up for me, because I was a 2."
She told host Jamil that her body could not hold out.
"My adrenals crashed, I was exhausted and it just became clear to me that I couldn’t be healthy and a size 2 at the same time."
"I look back at those pictures and I was beautiful," she shared.
"I mourn the fact that that was my interpretation of reality and that was the torture that I put myself through."
You can listen to the full interview yourself here.
