Carmen Electra has revealed that she was told to lose weight during her time on the hit lifeguard series “Baywatch.”
The 52-year-old model and actress recalled her time as Lani McKenzie on the show, in which she appeared on season 8 from 1997 to 1998.
Following the release of “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” — a new documentary in which the actors open up about their time on the show — Electra recalled being told she was “too heavy” at one point.
“I never had a weigh-in but I was told sometimes that I was too heavy and I’ve looked back now and I don’t think I was,” she told Extra TV last week.
“[They would] come up to you and just say ‘You need to lose some pounds.’”
While Electra didn’t divulge any details on how that conversation went down, she did reveal that she’s still in possession of her famous red swimsuit.
“Of course,” she said when asked if she still has it. “I have it framed!”
Still, the star did have some good memories of her time on the hit show.
“I would have to say some of my fondest memories were accomplishing things in the water I never thought I could do,” she added.
The four-part ABC News Studios docuseries will debuted on Hulu last month, and features cast interviews and never-before-seen footage.
In the trailer for “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” that dropped last week, Electra, Nicole Eggert, Bill Warlock, Gregory Alan Williams, David Chokachi, Alexandra Paul and more former cast members recount the highs and lows of working on the iconic lifeguard series.
OG star David Hasselhoff did not participate in the docuseries. He played Mitch Buchannon on the show.
Electra also weighed in on becoming a “bombshell” as result of the show, saying that “it was a wild time and I was a wild chick.”
“Baywatch” originally ran from 1989 to 1999. It was retooled as “Baywatch: Hawaii” with a major cast overhaul from 1999 to 2001.
The series spawned a spin-off, “Baywatch Nights,” and a 2017 feature film starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra and Alexandra Daddario. David Hasselhoff and Anderson both appeared in the film.
