While guest hosting the late Shannen Doherty ‘s Let’s Be Clear podcast, Gold explained that she began feeling increasingly ...

Growing Pains’ star Tracey Gold opened up about her role as Carol Seaver and the ‘fat jokes’ that left a lasting impact ...

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 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 ...

Tracey Gold’s experience filming Growing Pains wasn’t always filled with laughs. While playing Carol Seaver on the Emmy-winning comedy series, Gold, 55, said “fat jokes” made about her ...

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 ...