Sharon Gless: Gaining 40 pounds for role was 'one of dumbest things I've ever done' - Page Six

“When I got it [the role], they said, ‘We’ll make you a fat suit,'” she told Page Six in a recent interview.

I said, ‘You don’t have to do that, I’ll take care of that!’ One of the dumbest things I’ve ever done in my life.”.

Gless explained that she gained about 40 pounds and when her husband, producer Barney Rosenzweig, flew in from Los Angeles for the opening night he was shocked?

The “Queer as Folk” star added that she had no problem putting on the pounds because of menopause, calling the experience, “the toughest thing I’ve ever been through and I’m sure it’s the toughest thing my husband’s been through.

The California native’s memoir is a rollicking read that delves into serious subjects like her struggle with alcoholism and more lighthearted fare like her disastrous blind date with an up-and-coming director named Steven Spielberg

He was looking for a date for Steven and he picked my photo.”

Gless added that the “West Side Story” director was “very nice” but there was zero chemistry between them