Kat Dennings Recalls Casting Directors Calling Her ‘Fat’ and ‘Not Pretty’ at 12: A Savage Tale of Hollywood Absurdity

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Kat Dennings, the queen of deadpan humor and sharp wit, recently opened up about her early days in Hollywood—a time when casting directors apparently thought they were Simon Cowell and kids’ dreams were fair game for demolition.

In a chat with People, Kat, now 38 and fabulous, spilled the beans about her childhood run-ins with the industry’s “feedback experts” (read: professional meanies). “When I was auditioning, it was like entering a gladiator arena, except instead of lions, it was middle-aged people with clipboards and no filter,” she said. “Inclusivity? Yeah, no, it wasn’t a thing. Sensitivity? That didn’t make the cut either.”

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Kat revealed that these casting directors had all the charm of a DMV line on a Monday. “It’s wild looking back. I was, like, 12 years old, just trying to exist, and they’d hit me with, ‘Not pretty enough and, oh yeah, fat.’”

Who Says That to a Kid?!
Kat, being the resilient star-in-the-making she was, didn’t crumble like a cookie under the weight of this nonsense. Instead, she channeled her inner Beyoncé and said, “Oh, I’ll show them!” with a mental hair flip. “Props to my parents,” she said. “They were like, ‘Listen, sweetie, these people are clowns in bad shoes. Don’t let them get to you.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, they’re clowns, and I’m the entire circus.’”

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Hollywood: The Wild West of Critiques
The actress didn’t hold back on describing the old-school Hollywood vibes. “It was insane,” she admitted. “Back then, it was like the Hunger Games for child actors but without the archery.” Thankfully, Kat notes that times have changed. Today’s entertainment industry feels more like a therapy session with snacks: “There’s body positivity, inclusivity, representation. Back then, it was just…gross.”

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The Glow-Up Is Real
Kat’s journey from “not pretty enough” to “beloved star with flawless comic timing” is a reminder that sometimes the people who doubt you just need a front-row seat to your eventual success. Hollywood may have tried to dim her light, but Kat turned it into a full-blown spotlight. And if there’s one thing we can all learn from her story, it’s this: Never let anyone with a bad haircut tell you who you are.

Kat Dennings Recalls Casting Directors Calling Her ‘Fat’ and ‘Not Pretty’ at 12: A Savage Tale of Hollywood Absurdity

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