Chrissy Metz may be a household name today thanks to her starring role on one of television’s most-talked-about shows, but the 36-year-old hasn’t lost sight of where she came from.
She’ll never forget what it was like to scrape by growing up or the struggles that came along with pursuing her dreams thereafter.
“There were nights my mom wouldn’t eat dinner,” Chrissy recalled. “She’d be like, ‘Oh, I’m not hungry.’ I knew she was giving up food to make sure we could eat, but when you’re 9 or 10 years old, you can’t help. It was devastating.”
In an interview with Glamour Magazine, the “This Is Us” actress revealed she had less than a dollar in her bank account the day she was booked for the breakout drama.