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 ...

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

Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by fat jokes made on the show, and how her TV mom advocated for her health.

Gold, who was a teenager when she was cast as Carol Seaver on the ABC sitcom in 1985, opened up in a new episode of Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty about her time on Growing Pains and the ...

While playing Carol Seaver on the Emmy-winning comedy series, Gold, 55, said “fat jokes” made about her character ultimately had a lasting impact on her real-life physical and mental health.

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 ...

Related: Demi Lovato's biggest revelations and reflections from Child Star documentary Gold played Carol Seaver, the teenage daughter of the late Alan Thicke's Dr. Jason Seaver and his wife, Maggie ...