Holly Marie Combs Was Asked To Wear A ‘Padded Push-Up Bra’ On ‘Charmed’ But She Refused

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Holly Marie Combs revealed she often didn’t wear a bra while working on “Charmed”, but for good reason. During the popular mystery show’s first-ever 90s Con panel on Saturday, the 48-year-old actress looked back on the time she stood up for herself on set of the 1998 to 2006 series. READ MORE: Alyssa Milano & Holly Marie Combs Respond To ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Showrunner’s Revelation She Quit ‘Charmed’ Over Network’s ‘Objectifying Notes’ “They tried to be gentle about it, but … the messages would come down through the ranks.

And then there would be, you know, that unfortunate person who had to deliver the message to you,” Combs recalled. “Usually, it was down to wardrobe.

They were, like, setting these different bras in my dressing room and I was like, ‘Those belong to somebody else.'” “They wanted me to wear a big, padded push-up bra and I was like, ‘no,’ hence why there are so many scenes of me not wearing a bra whatsoever,” she continued. “Which I apologize for but at the moment, at the time, it was very important.” When asked by panel host, Christy Carlson Romano, on whether or not an “alternative option” was provided, Combs replied, “No, nothing.” READ MORE: OG ‘Charmed’ Star Shannen Doherty Sides With Reboot’s Sarah Jeffery In Feud With Rose McGowan & Holly Marie Combs While comparing herself to her former co-stars Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan, Combs noted how “their boobs was [sic] enough” and “not everybody needed to have” a push-up bra.

The actress went on to express her frustrations with her character Piper. “She became really exhausting around like season five, and so she mellowed out more by design and my needs … But she was growing,” she shared. “She needed to mellow.