Chrissy Metz
Appearances
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
Yeah, well, first of all, a lot of people have approached me about this particular topic.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
Because it's not really talked about and not the way that we did it.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
And I think it was very real. And I think a lot of women have this sense of responsibility like, oh, I'm the one carrying the child. Like something is wrong with me if something goes wrong. And I think that's a lot of what Kate felt like. Her weight and her weight has been her issue all her life. And so like... could this have been prevented?
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
And if she was thinner sooner, could this have been a better pregnancy? And then disappointing her husband, and who knows what's going to happen? How will the baby, you know, how is the baby's health? Like all of those things that circle around anybody's head, whether they're overweight or considered geriatric or not. I think geriatric is 35 or over.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
It needs a real rebrand. That and the BMI, but anyway.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
So if we could do that, guys. It's one of those things that I think every woman goes through, and I've obviously never been pregnant. But what I sort of leaned into was...
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
a real thought of like, what if I do want to have a child and like how scary that would be if I'm too old now or I put my body in a position to not have the most healthy baby and like really internalizing that and making it my own fault. You know, I think that is a really real thing. And maybe for so long I was like, oh, I wouldn't want children. But not having the option is another story.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
And that's after like all the IVF and everything else that Kate went through and all those, you know, I have so many friends who have gone through that and have not had luck and have spent thousands of dollars. And it's emotional. It's expensive. It's taxing on your body. It's a lot. So all of those things definitely came into play. And then obviously playing the miscarriage is like...
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
I, one of my sisters had a miscarriage and she's never talked about it, but after the episode, she was able to, you know, talk to me about it. Yeah, and I was like, wow, like, This is amazing. We're talking about my own family, you know? So yeah, it really made, I think, an impact on so many people.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
And whether you wanted children or had one or didn't or, you know, it was really hard to play though.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
I have to say before, if anything, like what we discovered in the process of preparing for the episode, I think there's one in 10 pregnancies are a miscarriage. One in four. One in four? It's even more.
That Was Us
Hard Truths | "Number Two" (S2E9)
Like, oh, well, you know what Kate went through? Yeah, it definitely gives you like a little blueprint of sort. Yeah.