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"It's good, old-fashioned diet and exercise," she said, adding that she needed to look good before returning to work.
She also contrasted her regimen with younger co-stars, saying, "I'm working with 20-year-olds. Are you kidding me?
It's so hard! They're eating gummy bears and pretzels with peanut butter fillings...
I want to have that metabolism again!"
Carpenter previously posed for Playboy in a shoot by Russell James, which she recalled as a time of peak body confidence.
"When I posed for Playboy, that's the best I ever felt in my life," she said.
She credited her trainer for helping her stay fit during The Lying Game, saying, "They helped me rock it out.
I'm lucky."
Carpenter gained fame as Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1997 to 2003, alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar.
She later reprised the role in the 2023 Audible series Slayers.
In 2021, she publicly accused show creator Joss Whedon of workplace misconduct, alleging derogatory comments about her pregnancy.
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Whedon responded, saying "most of my experiences with Charisma were delightful and charming," while acknowledging her comedic talent: "She struggled sometimes with her lines, but nobody could hit a punch line harder than her."
