"They said I was ugly": this actress of "Desperate Housewives" tells her ordeal during the series
Steph Deschamps / April 19, 2023
Madison De La Garza, who played the daughter of Eva Langoria in the series "Desperate Housewives" recently returned to a delicate period she went through. During the filming of the series, the actress, a child at the time, was a victim of harassment and insults on her physique. A period that she will not forget and she decided to tell in the podcast "Heart of the Matter ».
"The reactions were shocking. People said I was ugly, a fat cow. I once read, 'I hope you get cancer and die because you're so fat. (...) Reading comments like that definitely affected my mental health, and it ended up playing a role in the development of an eating disorder at a very young age," she says.
Fortunately, during the filming of the series, she could count on the presence and help of Eva Langoria, whose daughter she played. "She did everything she could to make me feel special. »
Today, the young woman seems fulfilled and this dark period is far behind her.