Tracey Gold is opening up about a painful time in her life.

GROWING PAINS star Tracey Gold credits her on-screen mom and future husband for helping her overcome a dangerous eating ...

Actress Tracey Gold, who starred as Carol Seaver on "Growing Pains," talks about her extreme eating disorder accelerated by fat jokes made on the show, and how her TV mom advocated for her health.

You're talking about me, Tracey Gold. And now I have to be in front ... me because he knew I was sick," she said of her husband Roby Marshall, whom she was introduced to by Kerns.

Tracey Gold was cast as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains as a teenager When her character ... She stayed on the diet, which had her “basically starving” all the time. Her then-boyfriend, now-husband Roby ...

Tracey Gold is opening up about the difficult times she had growing up in the spotlight on the family sitcom Growing Pains. While guest hosting the late Shannen Doherty‘s Let’s Be Clear ...

Tracey Gold’s experience filming Growing Pains wasn’t always filled with laughs. While playing Carol Seaver on the Emmy-winning comedy series, Gold, 55, said “fat jokes” made about her ...

Related: Alan Thicke dead: Tracey Gold remembers Growing Pains dad But Carol, as she saw it, was her. And she'd have to stand in front of a live studio audience and have those things said to her.