Oh, poor Jennie Garth!
I had no idea she’d been going through something like this.
Apparently her 5-year-old daughter, Lola, recently got very sick and no one could figure out what was wrong with her.
“I was basically locked in a closet with her for three months.”
Leaving all vanity behind, “I didn’t exercise or eat healthy,” she adds. “I had been a 27 in my jeans after Dancing With the Stars and I was so excited. But it really went back quickly. I definitely gained inches and a size.”
Finally, doctors were able to diagnose her daughter’s ailment. “It turned out to be a form of JRA [Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis]) and we treated her and it’s in remission,” says Garth. “It was tough, but she’s better now.”
Jennie’s father passed away during the same time period. I guess life still does suck unbelievably some times, no matter how rich or famous you are.
Aw, Jennie, if it’s any consolation, you were totally the best part of 90210 on Tuesday night.
I am very sorry to hear her daughter was ill, but how effed up is everyone in Hollywood. Equating what happened with weight gain and going up a size. That is just demented.
Granted these comments were probably pulled out of context, but Garth discussing her jean size sounds pretty shallow considering her daughter’s illness. I sincerely hope the lead-up to that was a question about why Garth is heavier than normal or something–even then it wouldn’t have to be dignified with a response.
People gain weight when they’re stressed out. I don’t think she meant it as a shallow statement, just as a sign of how stressful the time was.
God bless them, and I AGREE Jennie was the best part of 90210 past & present!!!