“I don’t know if you know this, but everyone can get laid.
And there was debate [in the writers' room] about, ‘Is that a conversation?’
And I was like, ‘Is it a conversation?!
Lauren Ash as Diana on season 2 of ‘Superstore’.Evans Vestal Ward/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
I think that she’s super hot because I think I’m super hot.
So do we need to have a conversation about her being hot for a specific body?
I don’t think so.’
Lauren Ash on ‘Not Dead Yet’.ABC/Lara Solanki
And luckily enough, that was the direction we took.
‘Oh, how brave.’
‘She’s a size 14 and she’s put on pleather, how brave.’
Lauren Ash in August 2022.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
And I was like, ‘That’s not brave.
Being in those khaki pants the rest of time on that show, that was being brave.'”
But she’s grateful that was just the beginning of her character Dina’s positive body image portrayal.
Nicole Byer at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.Rich Fury/Getty Images
“It was never with a caveat.
It was just that is who she is because that’s what real life is, by the way.
I don’t know if you know this, but everyone can get laid.
There’s a butt for every chair.”
And people were like, ‘Facebook has content?’
And I was like, ‘No.
You’ll never see it,'" theNailed It!andWipeouthost joked.
“But on that show, I did two blow job scenes.
I was in a bra a lot.
I got to f— a lot of people.
But yeah, I’d never seen that, so it felt so empowering.
It’s never, ‘Look at that fatty.
Can you believe someone f—ed her?’
But it’s like, ‘Yeah, someone f—ed her.’
Yeah, like he said, ‘Yeah, there’s people out there.
Most fat people with children f— to have that child.'”
“That was a thrill.
I was just like, ‘I have died and I have gone to a place….
But then it also informs the red carpet game.
Now I’m like, ‘We got to surpass.’
That’s also been a real joy.
It’s been real fun.”
“Stylists, costumers on shows, boy, oh boy, do they have trouble dressing a fatty.
Then I walk in and they’re like, ‘Oh, no!
We pulled everything 10 sizes too small.’
It’s an uphill battle.
Constantly I’m like, ‘Is my body the problem?’
Then I’m like, ‘No, I’m not the problem.
This bitch is the problem who can’t shop.’
I work with a stylist who works with drag queens and people of different sizes.
His name isMarko Monroe.
He’s really great.
I think it was two years ago we did thisChristian Siriano purple dress for the Emmys.
I sobbed for a good long time because this doesn’t happen to people my size.
Now it’s on tour.
The dress is literally on tour in Siriano exhibits.”
“Right here?!”
“Isn’t that a bitch?
I want that dress back so bad.”
