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Netflix’s newest dark comedy, Insatiable, is being accused of fat-shaming — but star Alyssa Milano insists the show is actually tackling the topic head-on.

The series follows former Disney darling Debby Ryan as a high school student named Patty who was bullied relentlessly about her weight. After an incident leads to her jaw being wired shut over the summer, Patty shows up for the first day of her senior year looking rather different — and thirsty for revenge against anyone who was mean to her.

After the new trailer was released on Thursday, the show faced significant backlash, with critics accusing the show of fat-shaming and calling it “disgusting,” “lazy” and “toxic.”

Milano, who plays the wife of Patty’s lawyer, tweeted that the show hopes to confront the issue of bullying, not create more of it.

“We are not shaming Patty,” she writes. “We are addressing (through comedy) the da

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Alyssa Milano on Friday defended the upcoming Netflix series "Insatiable" after social media users accused the show of fat-shaming.

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Nearly , petitioners objected to the show’s premise, which centers on an overweight and bullied teen girl named Patty (former Disney star Debby Ryan, sometimes wearing a fat suit) who.

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The new dark comedy stars Debby Ryan as Patty, an overweight girl who takes "revenge" after losing weight due to her jaw being wired shut.

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Insatiable tells the story of Patty, an overweight high schooler who loses weight after having her jaw wired shut for an entire summer.