According to his TV mother Kim Rhodes, Dylan Sprouse was body shamed as a teenager by a Disney executive “with significant power.”
The 54-year-old actress – who said the same TV son refused to say a fat joke aimed at her – played the role of Dylan’s now 31-year-old mother on the Disney Channel show in all three seasons from 2005 to 2005 The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody. 2008.
Rhodes appeared on the Romano podcast “Vulnerable With Christy Carlson” in which she emotionally claimed that a Disney executive yelled at craft stores that there could be “no more junk food” until Dylan looked like his twin brother Cole, who also starred in the show.
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The actress, who played single mother Carey Martin, said: “Someone with great power came to the craft shop, where there is delicious food for everyone who doesn’t know, and shouted about the amount of donuts,” and said: “No junk Food more until he looks like himself again.”
Kim Rhodes revealed that TV son Dylan Sprouse was body-shamed by a Disney executive as a teenager when she played the mother of him and his identical twin Cody on The Life of Zack and Cody in all three seasons from 2005 to 2008
Rhodes became emotional while talking about her on-screen sons: “Dylan and Cole had different body types and, above all others, Dylan was shamed for his body”; They are seen in August 2007
Dylan was spotted in Paris last month
Tears welled up in Rhodes’ eyes as she talked about the identical twins who played her sons.
She explained: “Dylan and Cole had different body types and Dylan was body shamed in front of everyone.”
Rhodes went on to say that she defended Dylan at the time when she called the Disney Channel executive “damn.”
This came just days after Rhodes recalled one of her favorite memories from the popular Disney Channel series “The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody,” which involved defending her.
Rhodes’ characters and the twin actors all lived in a suite at the Tipton Hotel in Boston, where Carey worked as a lounge singer on the series.
During an appearance on the ’90s/2000s podcast Back to the Best, Rhodes revealed that she became pregnant during filming, which led to various fat jokes on the show.
She revealed on the podcast that Dylan had been “skipping” the joke all week, but when it came to the taping, he stood his ground and fired a shot at the writers.
“One of my favorite memories is that Dylan had a line that was a big joke, but he kept skipping over it.” It was in the middle of a dialogue. So he kept jumping that laugh line,” Rhodes began.
This came just days after Rhodes (pictured in November 2014) recalled one of her favorite memories from the popular Disney Channel series The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, which involved defending her
Standing firm: She revealed on the podcast that Dylan had been “skip[ing]the joke” all week, but when it came to the taping, he stood his ground and fired a shot at the writers
“We finally get in front of the studio audience and he lets it out.” The executive producer yells “cut.” “By the way, it’s the director’s job to edit the film,” she adds.
“He says, ‘Cut. Dylan, say the line.” He says, “I wouldn’t disrespect any woman like that, let alone this woman. You write something funny and I’ll say it,” Rhodes said.
“That’s my little man. “They’re both my little men,” she said, adding that both Dylan and Cole “defended me the whole time.”
Dylan and Cole – identical twins born just 15 minutes apart – began acting at just six months old, playing young Patrick in Grace Under Fire, starring Brett Butler.
When Grace Under Fire went off the air, they both moved into feature films, playing Julian in Adam Sandler’s Big Daddy and appearing alongside Charlize Theron in The Astronaut’s Wife.
Although the twins were only 12 years old when The Suite Life of Zack and Cody debuted on Disney Channel in 2005, they both already had 10 feature films and over 100 television episodes under their belts.
“The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” aired for three seasons from 2005 to 2008, with the Sprouse twins moving on to “The Suite Life on Deck,” where they studied abroad.
A further three seasons ran from 2008 to 2011, culminating in 2011 with “The Suite Life Movie”.
No disrespect: “He says, “Cut. Dylan, say the line.” He says, “I wouldn’t disrespect any woman like that, let alone this woman. You write something funny and I’ll say it,” Rhodes said
Defended: “That’s my little man. “They’re both my little men,” she said, adding that both Dylan and Cole “defended me the whole time.”
Coming soon: He also has the “Beautiful Disaster” follow-up “Beautiful Wedding,” out February 1, and the action thriller “Aftermath” in post-production
TV Arcs: After “Suite Life” was canceled, Rhodes had storylines in “Colony”, “Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street”, “Criminal Minds” and “Supernatural”.
Dylan made his The Duel festival debut this spring and his Beautiful Disaster debut in April.
He also has the sequel to “Beautiful Wedding,” “Beautiful Disaster,” out February 1, and the action thriller “Aftermath” in post-production.
After Suite Life went off the air, Rhodes had storylines in Colony, Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street, Criminal Minds and Supernatural.
She most recently appeared on The CW’s Kung Fu.