Catherine Tyldesley has revealed she is still ‘haunted’ by a fat-shaming comment made to her by a director during a past audition.
The former Coronation Street star, 42, recalled the horrible remark, that ‘stayed with her’ for a long time,during an appearance on the AgeLess podcast.
She said: ‘I remember going to an audition and the director saying to me, “Cath, you’re hilarious – you’re always going to be the fat funny one. You’re a character actress”.
‘I loved comedy, but I also wanted to be a leading lady. That comment stayed with me,’ she added.
The beloved English actress – who previously lost eight stone after embarking on a health and fitness regime shares son Alfie, 10, and daughter Iris, three, with her personal trainer husband Tom Pitfield.
She recently got real while discussing overcoming the pressure of beauty standards, explaining she wants ‘stamina’ and ‘to feel strong’ to stay on this planet ‘for as long as possible for my children’.
Catherine Tyldesley, 42, revealed in a new podcast interview she is ‘haunted’ by a fat-shaming comment made to her by a director during a past audition
Catherine has previously shared this throwback snap of herself as a teenager, where she was a dress size 22 – before she lost eight stone
The former Coronation Street star, 42, famously played Eva Price in the soap (pictured on Corrie in 2018)
‘I remember in my younger years, I felt a lot of pressure to look a certain way, as a lot of actresses did, and I would crash-diet,’ she told The Sun’s Fabulous magazine.
‘Whereas, now, I’m older and wiser, I know what my body needs and I respect it a lot more than I did then.
‘I am very much at that point in life where I train hard, I eat well, I treat myself occasionally, I work hard – this is where I’m supposed to be.
‘I’m not going to force my body to go in a different direction. I’m not going to live on diets, because that makes me miserable.’
Catherine also got candid discussing Corrie’s representation of weight-loss jabs, as seen with Bethany Platt’s storyline.
She stressed out the importance of the topic to be covered in soaps, admitting that when she was younger she ‘felt a lot of pressure to look a certain way’ and as a result would crash-diet.
However, she said now she was older, she’d learned to respect her body and give it what it needs, as she wanted to set a good example for her two children.
She said: ‘I’ve got to let Iris see that food helps. I really try to educate her and Alfie on food and that, in any walk of life, whatever job you do, you’re not going to be able to function properly without it.’
She recently discussed overcoming the pressure of beauty standards, explaining she wants ‘stamina’ and ‘to feel strong’ to stay on this planet ‘for as long as possible for my children’ (pictured with daughters and husband Tom Pitfield)
The soap favourite quit Coronation Street back in 2018, and this year it was announced that Eva will return later on in the year after seven years away, with scenes airing the past October.
Catherine then starred in the short-lived sitcom Scarborough and played a leading role in Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical, but it was cancelled halfway through the tour amid poor ticket sales.
The soap star reunited with X Factor winner Shayne on The Good Ship Murder, which began airing its second series in January.
News of Catherine’s comeback comes shortly after she admitted she would ‘never say never’ to a return.
She told Prima magazine: ‘Coronation Street feels like forever ago, but I always look back with such great fondness
‘But if they approached me with an amazing storyline and the time was right, of course, I’d go back. So it’s always a case of never say never.’
