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.

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Tracey Gold is opening up about the difficult times she had growing up in the spotlight on the family sitcom Growing Pains. While guest hosting the late Shannen Doherty‘s Let’s Be Clear ...

"I took a cab home, against anybody's advice ... as an actress." "I loved ‘Growing Pains’ and I have the best memories of ‘Growing Pains’ but that was, you know, a hard time for me.