Renee Zellweger piled on the pounds twice to play the size 12 heroine - once in 2001 for Bridget Jones Diary and again in 2004 for the sequel The Edge of Reason - before her character reached her ...

Writing for Metro.co.uk, commentator Sarah Alexander said it was ”potentially triggering to plus-size people”. Zellweger, who plays Pamela Hupp in the series, was asked about the controversy ...

In response, Zellweger reflected on the praise that her character received, which she believed “nullified” the idea that women should be a “size zero”. “And did you know, I was told this ...