Ok I wasn't aware of the controversy. So it looks like other people had the same remarks as me but I disagree with them directing it at the actress, not the character and I disagree with them on making it as though it's the actress fault. It's totally the producers and the show runners fault, they should have put her character on hiatus until she's good and ready to be back. Like they did with that black Alexandrian character with glasses when the actor needed to pursue other projects.
What's she supposed to do? Lose weight while being pregnant, which is detrimental to her baby, just for your enjoyment of a make-believe television show?
1. She's not supposed to do anything, it's the show runners responsibility.
2. I don't give a flying fuck about her pregnancy and I don't know why we're talking about it. It's like going to the circus and juggler is only juggling two apples and the audience member next to you in going "It's okay, I heard he has shoulder pain", how the fuck does that pertain to the experience I paid to see?
3. Again her personal issues and my enjoyment of a make-believe TV show should have nothing to do with each other, they shouldn't conflict or relate. Should children in Africa starve just so you can type your forum posts in bigger font? That makes about as much sense as her pregnancy relating to my enjoyment of the show.
Also, Alanna Masterson herself said the following last year:
https://www.eonline.com/news/812719/the-walking-dead-s-alanna-masterson-fires-back-at-body-shaming-trolls-your-mother-should-be-ashamed
"Dear Instagram trolls, body shamers, and the men and woman who think it's ok to comment on my weight: I hope that you don't have children," Masterson wrote on Instagram Tuesday, alongside a photo of her little girl.
"And if you do, I hope you teach them about kindness and acceptance," she added. "I hope they learn that it isn't ok to make fun of people or call people names. I hope one day YOU learn what it takes to be a parent. A kind, selfless parent. A working parent. A parent that puts themselves in someone else's shoes."
Masterson was in the second and third trimesters of her pregnancy while filming the previous sixth season in 2015. She had also called out body shamers on Twitter when she was eight months pregnant.
Her character was not pregnant and the actress dressed in loose-fitting shirts and heavy sweatshirts to hide her baby bump. Masterson has said in interviews she often brought and fed her daughter on set.
"Maybe you can't get it through your thick f--king skull, but nursing a baby for a year (and pumping in a van between takes, in the dead of summer in Georgia) is a lot of work, determination, and scheduling," she said on Instagram. "So before you decide to make a comment about my chest being 'too large' or how 'fat' I've become, just know that this little girl got the best start to life."
"I wouldn't have changed it for a second. I would've gladly continued to eat enough calories to produce milk for her little bones to grow," she added. "Also, grow the f--k up. Your mother should be ashamed for raising such a judgmental bully. I'm sure she knows how 'courageous' you must be for trolling and hiding behind your Iphone and computers."
Masterson's recent episode of The Walking Dead contained her character's most action-packed scenes.
"P.s. I would LOVE to see any man or woman give birth to a baby, nurse the baby, and then work 17 hour days and NAIL their own stunts," she wrote on Instagram. "P.s.s. Be kind to each other. We need it now more than ever."
Here's what I see, not only did these dimwitted fans make the problem about the actress, when it should be about the character and the show runners, but they also allowed her to make this a body shamming issue and bullying issue, which in a million fucking years I wouldn't have thought it would be.