
Sop star Genie Francis became rather zaftig a few years ago. She is very short, perhaps only 5′2, so any extra weight on her shows. In the 80s, she maintained her weight by using cocaine.
After she had her last child, her weight ballooned and General Hospital management was not happy about it and were not silent about that fact, either. A producer actually approached Genie on set and looked under Genie’s jacket and said,”I don’t see any pounds lost there.”
Genie felt humiliated and it is part of the reason she left her last stint on the show so abruptly. She is currently back on General Hospital and is much thinner than last time.