Alyssa Milano Responds to Fat-Shaming Backlash Over Netflix's 'Insatiable'

Netflix’s newest dark comedy,Insatiable, is being accused offat-shaming— but starAlyssa Milanoinsists the show is actually tackling the topic head-on.

After the new trailer was released on Thursday, the show faced significant backlash, with critics accusing the show of fat-shaming and calling it “disgusting,” “lazy” and “toxic.”

Milano, who plays the wife of Patty’s lawyer, tweeted that the show hopes to confront the issue of bullying, not create more of it.

“We are not shaming Patty,” she writes. “We are addressing (through comedy) the damage that occurs from fat shaming. I hope that clears it up.”

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She then refers to an article inTeen Vogueabout the show.

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“I really felt like it was important to look at [bullying] head on and talk about it,” GussistellsTeen Vogue. “I’m hoping that if I’m gonna lay out all of my pain for humor, that I’m gonna make at least one person feel less alone. Hopefully a lot of people through the laughter will be like, ‘Oh my God, I’m laughing because I relate. I’m not laughing at, I’m laughing with.'”

Insatiablepremieres on Netflix on Aug. 10.

source: people.com