Kristin, I'm so happy to see you here! I just wanna tell you, you know, I think you look great,’ and I'm like: ‘Oh, thank you. What are you talking about?’”

Kristin Davis said she was overexercising and eating less while being pressured to stay thin on Melrose Place.

Davis played Brooke Armstrong from 1995 to 1996. When Kristin Davis was on Melrose Place in the ’90s, she was told directly that she shouldn't gain weight, Davis told PEOPLE in a story published Wednesday.

Before she was Charlotte York on Sex and the City, Kristin Davis booked her breakout role on the hit drama series, Melrose Place, a spin-off of the smash success, Beverly Hills, 90210. But, according to Davis,

It was not all [Mel]roses for Kristin Davis when she starred on Melrose Place. The actress opened up to People about her time on the ’90s drama, acknowledging an overall “difficult” vibe on set “about the thinness situation.

Actresses active in Hollywood in the ’90s, a time when the entire world seemed to be gripped by the most intense fatphobia, still remember what a terrible era that was for women. It was a bizarre time to grow up in.