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Allison Tolman calls out TV writers and showrunners for putting weight jokes in their scripts

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With pilot season just getting started in Los Angeles, actress Allison Tolman is calling out writers and showrunners for putting weight jokes in their scripts.The 40-year-old Why Women Kill star took to Twitter on Monday afternoon, revealing in a thread why writers should stop making fun of an actor's weight in a story.The thread got over 2.2K retweets and nearly 20K retweets as it started to go viral into Monday evening.

Thread:With pilot season just getting started in Los Angeles, actress Allison Tolman is calling out writers and showrunners for putting weight jokes in their scripts'Writers and showrunners- take the jokes about weight out of your scripts.

I promise they aren’t funny,' Tolman began.'And even if they were, they won’t hold up well. And even if they did, they’re unkind-either to your characters and actors or someone in your audience or crew.

It’s not worth it,' she added. She went on to add that these, 'jokes about weight don’t have to just be jokes about a characters body.' No joke:'Writers and showrunners- take the jokes about weight out of your scripts.

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