A famous model's own father told her, "Honey, if an agent is telling you to lose weight, then maybe you should lose weight."

Brooks told the psychologist they brought in, "Why do you think I'm on GLP-1? Because every job I do, it's like you have to fit into a certain standard and a certain measurement, and they're straight up measuring my hips for all these new fashion jobs I'm getting into in Paris and Milan. There's requirements I don't meet. And I know how vapid this industry is, and if I say no to it, they're just going to pick someone else."

She also told Bustle, "The thing that I was so shocked about with the show was that I had so many people reach out to me saying, 'I'm also addicted to GLP-1.' I'm ashamed to talk about it because there's such a stigma around it. It's a crutch for me. I'm still on it. It's a crutch for me, too. It's not healthy. I should get off it; I'll be honest about that."

She added, "When I watch TV, I'm like, 'Wow. It's so refreshing that the women can wear stuff that's not [revealing].' They're not being treated as sex symbols unless that's important to their character. That's awesome, and it's reflecting life a little bit more. I think we're going in the right direction."

She then lost 30 pounds on Nutrisystem, which she promoted on The Howard Stern Show.

But after her dance sequences were filmed, she stopped dieting.

She said, "I can't work on a diet. I'm hungry. I'm standing on my feet. I need more energy. I remember having a meltdown, freaking out that I had eaten five banana chips."

"In the corps, you're constantly switching and sharing costumes with other dancers in up to three different casts of the same ballets. There isn't time or money for the company to have costumes tailored to each individual dancer and body. That year, I was to perform in Giselle and Swan Lake. But the costumes I was given, handed down from other dancers with their boy-like frames, were too tight in the chest. The wardrobe department would have to let a seam out here, another seam there, to make them fit. I was bewildered and embarrassed — I could feel my confidence start to slip away," she said.

"... It never crossed my mind to starve myself or purge what I had eaten. And gradually, I began to find my balance. It was far from instantaneous — in fact, I think it took me roughly five years to truly understand my body. I had breasts and muscles, but, yes, I was still a ballerina. And ABT, seeing how hard I had worked and how well I was performing, eventually stopped asking me to lengthen. They came to see things my way, that my curves are part of who I am as a dancer, not something I need to lose in order to become one," she said.

"We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane. Everyone in LA says, 'Oh you look good,' and you listen for them to say you've lost weight. It's never, 'How are you?' or 'You seem happy!'" she added.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and Lucasfilm did not respond to the Independent's request for comment at the time.

"There are always some directors who are not like that, and they can imagine a comedic actress being a serious actress, but others need to see it first. The physical transformation helped with that, for me, but it's too early to tell still," she said.

She added, "When we were promoting the film, Michael was asked why he had chosen Ben [Affleck] and Josh [Hartnett], and he said, 'I have worked with Ben before, and I love him, and Josh is so manly and a wonderful actor.' Then when he was asked about me, he'd say, 'Kate wasn't so attractive that she would alienate the female audience.'"

However, in 2022, Amy went on the weight-loss drug Ozempic, which left her "bedridden" and "vomiting." On Howard Stern's SiriusXM show, she said, "I lost 30 pounds so quick. I looked great, but I couldn't lift my head off the pillow. So what's the point?"

Then, in a 2025 Instagram video, she shared that she was "having a really good experience" with a different weight-loss drug, Mounjaro.

She also said, "Never before have you seen the fashion industry embrace so many types of people. There's the curvy girl, the short girl, the freckled girl, the girls with piercings and tats. It's fantastic. It used to be that in high school, girls would feel like, 'No one looks like me, talks like me, acts like me.' Now, different is in. You can be who you are. There is still a long way to go, but there is a movement toward acceptance."

The National Eating Disorders Association helpline is 1-800-931-2237; for 24/7 crisis support, text “NEDA” to 741741.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.