This Is Us star Chrissy Metz reveals she is contractually obligated to lose weight over the course of the series... but she's up for it 

By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:39 EST, 18 November 2016 | Updated: 14:47 EST, 18 November 2016

Chrissy Metz is contractually obligated to lose weight for her NBC hit show This Is Us.

As the show progresses, viewers will be seeing the actress go from overweight to much more slimmed down, which must put an enormous amount of pressure on the 37-year-old Florida native.

But instead of being stressed out about what lays head, the beauty told TV Line she is excited.

Pressure: Chrissy Metz is contractually obligated to lose weight for her NBC hit show This Is Us, she told TVLine. Here she is seen on Monday in LA

She is up for it: 'It's a different kind of motivation, so I was excited about it,' she said. Here she is seen with Chris Sullivan

'It's a different kind of motivation, so I was excited about it,' she said.

And she adds it's no surprise to her because it was all discussed before cameras rolled. 

'In our contract, it did state that that would be a part of it, to lose the weight in the trajectory of the character as she comes to find herself,' she clarified.

'That was a win-win for me. Because it’s one thing to try to do it on your own. But as human beings, it’s an ego thing: We’re more likely to do something for someone else.'

The cast: (L-R) Sullivan, Susan Kelechi Watson, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, and Metz attend NBC's Live screening a of This Is Us in September in West Hollywood

And she insists the people working on the series are sensitive and she is very much going along with it.

'I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be. That’s the intention for our writers and the development of the character,' she explained.

That doesn't mean she is about to hate on her rounder figure. The star says she will never regret being plus sized.

A friend: The beauty with Simon Helberg on November 10

Happy to diet: 'I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be. That’s the intention for our writers and the development of the character,' she explained

'I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it’s purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren’t attractive — because I think they’re awesome and sexy,' she said.

'So I’ll just have to make sure that’s known, because I’m not selling out the big girls. I don’t do that. That’s not me.'

When the drama began Kate was 36 and unhappy with her weight. She went to an Overeaters Anonymous-like group and meet a 'fat friend' named Toby.

In September Metz addressed the anger viewers felt over the portrayal of her character and said it was a stereotype.

Cute: The star shared this flashback photo from when she was a child

'You know, it’s really hard for me because I have friends who are like, Why do we have to talk about the weight? Why can’t you just be an actor who happens to be overweight in the show and you’re moving on with your life? and I completely understand that,' she said.

'Eventually I know that that will be the case — there will just be plus-size actors and it’s not going to be talked about. However, this role is written about a woman who — it was loosely based on Dan Fogelman’s sister — who struggled with her weight and her self-worth.

'And a lot of people do, and I have myself, as a human being. So this is a story that needs to be told because there are people who find their self-worth in the number on the scale.'

The right reasons: 'Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it’s purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren’t attractive — because I think they’re awesome and sexy,' she said

 

 

 

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