While yes, she’s successful and iconic, her journey wasn’t without its stumbling blocks.
She got the role at age 15, and Francis wanted to be an actress from a young age.
“If you want something badly enough, you go out and get it.
I’m really a black sheep,” she said, adding: “‘Cause I’m different.
I was always different from the other kids at school.
I just got bored with being a kid.
When I was 10, I was already thinking of being an actress.”
She admitted, though, that stardom was stressful.
And I did."
These challenges would ultimately cause trouble in her life.
“It was on my mind 24 hours a day.
But being so young limited how many hours she could work.
She explained, “I hated every single minute of being 17.
I couldn’t wait to be an adult officially.
Her rush to adulthood also made her self-conscious about her weight.
She stated that was her introduction to “the dieting world.”
In 1977,The New York Timesreported that 16 deaths were allegedly connected to the use of liquid protein.
I’ve been in pain and about my body and my weight all my life.”
But Francis persevered and ultimately became an ambassador for Nutrisystem, losing 40 pounds.
It was so lonely and so painful and so desperate.”
I gotta get more of this!"
“It was really a pretty intense situation.
This would lead to the first time she left “GH.”
One awful, awful morning.”
“I had a sprained ankle, which they bandaged.
I had a burnt hand because I guess I had set my finger on fire.”
And I said, ‘No.
What’d they say?'"
She explained that the statement was hurtful.
“So I just decided, ‘Yeah?
I don’t matter?
Okay, watch this: I’m gone.'”
She admitted that her impulsive decision ended up hurting her as well.
It was unfair to me and unfair to the fans."
It was a return to daytime, and the business viewed it in some ways as a step back.
That was a wrong move in their eyes."
She admitted that despite all of her effort, she felt unappreciated at the studio.
Angered by this inequality, she decided to part ways once again.
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