'This Is Us' Star Chrissy Metz

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🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chrissy Metz currently plays Kate on the hit NBC show 'This Is Us.' But for years, she was an agent doing auditions on the side, just trying to catch a break. And in her new memoir, 'This Is Me: Loving the Person You are Today,' Chrissy relays the lessons she learned along the way, with some humor and grace sprinkled in. Email the show at [email protected] and tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:08.7	It's Tuesday, which means I have a conversation for you.
0:11.6	This week, Chrissy mess.
0:13.1	She is one of the stars of one of the biggest shows on TV right now.
0:17.7	This is us, that in DC Family Drama, Chrissy plays Kate on the show.
0:22.4	Her character deals with weight issues and the trials of trying to start a family and
0:27.5	the pain of losing a parent.
0:29.6	Here's a little clip of the show, just a little sneak peek of how emotional this show can be.
0:33.7	If you remember the carnival, I would come to town every summer with those old rollercoasters.
0:38.6	I loved writing those with you.
0:43.7	Feeling so scared but so safe all at the same time.
0:48.3	I've been holding on to that feeling for a really long time now.
0:52.2	A feeling of you next to me.
0:57.7	But Dad, I'm getting married today.
1:03.7	And I've got to make room.
1:07.7	I've got to make room for Toby.
1:09.7	So I've got to let go a little now.
1:13.7	Her character's plat line, like just about all of the other plat lines on that show,
1:18.7	it frequently leaves millions of Americans including myself and tears pretty much every week.
1:24.7	Chrissy Metz is now trying to make us all smile though.
1:27.7	She has a new book out.
1:28.7	It is half memoir, half very uplifting kind of self-help book.
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