Christine Quinn has spoken about her postpartum depression, PTSD, and panic attacks that she experienced while making season four of Selling Sunset.
In a revealing interview with ET Canada, Christine said that the current season of the blockbuster Netflix program was “really difficult” for her and was exacerbated by being ” pitted against” her co-stars.
“I was pregnant on top of dealing with postpartum depression — this season was really difficult for me,” she said.
She explained how the show’s producers constantly made remarks about her physique after giving birth throughout the season, contributing to online speculations that Christine had staged her pregnancy.
In almost every episode, her costars and friends complimented Christine on her looks. One castmate seemed shocked at how “tiny” she appeared when she made her debut on the program after giving birth.
Christine soon started experiencing backlash on social media from fans who suggested that she may have secretly used a surrogate.
Christine also brought up the yoga scene, which was allegedly shown to appear as if she was working out just weeks after giving birth, prompting the immense criticism she received on social media.
She said, “It was extremely hurtful considering the process that I went through, and editing and chronological order in the show doesn’t really necessarily help, because I had my baby and then I was doing a yoga scene, but in real life, in that yoga scene I was actually pregnant.”
Earlier during the show, Christine had stated that she’d had a traumatic experience while birthing her son, which led to her needing an emergency C-section because of the baby’s position and umbilical cord which was wrapped around him.
“They said his heart rate’s going down. All I hear is, ‘Emergency C-section, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!’ With no epidural,” she said.
“I just remember before I went under the anaesthesia, hearing that the baby’s heart rate was going down and they were afraid it was gonna stop,” According to her, that was the last thing she heard.
She also suffered from postpartum depression and PTSD after her son’s birth.
“My process was not easy by any means, and on TV, they make it look easy, but I was struggling in real life, I really was,” she said.
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