Lindsey Shaw Says She Was Fired From 'Pretty Little Liars' Due to Body Image Struggles, Drug Use

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Lindsey Shaw is looking back at a tough time in her career.On the latest episode of her podcast,  -- which she co-hosts with her former  co-stars, Devon Werkheiser and Daniel Curtis Lee — Shaw reflected on her time on .

Shaw, who starred as Paige McCullers, Emily (Shay Mitchell)'s girlfriend on the long-running Freeform series, claims she was fired from the show.«It was so bad.

I got called into ' creator’s [I. Marlene King] office. And she was just like, 'So we're gonna let you go,'» Shaw recalled. «She was like, 'It's not because of your acting, but do you have anybody to talk to?' And I was like, 'No,' you know?»«She's like, 'Well, find somebody,' and 'We have to let you go now,'» she added, through tears.Shaw revealed that during her time on  she struggled with drug use and body image issues, something she called a «dumb cycle» that ended up affecting her work.The 34-year-old actress revealed she even went through a «whole season» of using drugs.«When I had my problem and I was in between working on stuff, I would never have to address my relationship with food because it was like, I could always just go get more Adderall,» she shared. «It was really an embarrassing thing.

I didn't look good too skinny and then when I started to put the weight back on, I couldn’t handle being too heavy.»Shaw's character, Paige, was written out in season 5, episode 14, after moving to California early for college to get away from «A» and all the trouble in Rosewood.