The world has come a long way in terms of body acceptance.
For actressYvette Nicole Brown, it’s a personal issue.
She’s gained and lost weight over the years all in front of a camera and millions of fans.
Why was it important for you to be a part of this tour?
What do you think people can do to change this?
Once you see it, then you go, “Oh, that’s right.
It is a disease.
If she had heart disease, I wouldn’t be hard on her.
Why am I hard on her?
Because she’s battling obesity?”
It’s the same thing.
What’s the ultimate takeaway you hope people remember after the tour?
The ultimate takeaway is that, one, you are beautiful in whatever form you are in.
That’s the first thing, and I think that goes without saying.
This is nothing to be hard on yourself about; this is not about blaming yourself.
This is about you realizing that it’s a disease and talking to your doctor to get some help.
That’s what I hope people take away.
What was your favorite episode that you were a part of when you played Helen?
Everybody loves the eye surgery, but my favorite one was the storm.
Remember the episode where everybody was in the house?
There were all these different vignettes, everybody being silly together, so that’s my favorite episode.
You’ve also previously talked about a possible “Community” movie.
Is this going to happen anytime soon?
How you going to get that Donald Glover?
He’s all over the world.
He’s Childish Gambino.
But as soon as we find the time, I absolutely think that this movie’s going to happen.
Is there something specific that you’d want to have happen in a film version?
People need to see that study room scene.
It’s been a long time coming.
I can tease that it’s going to be a lot of great music.
I can tease that everybody that was in the original film just about is back.
I can tease that we shot it in Ireland.
This interview was edited for clarity.
