'Modern Family' Star Ariel Winter to Take Over Lead Role for Demi Lovato in New NBC Series 'Hungry'
Ariel Winter will take Demi Lovato's spot in the upcoming NBC series Hungry.
Until very recently, singer and actor Demi Lovato was set to star in the upcoming NBC series Hungry. The show follows a group of friends in a food-based-issues support group. They love, learn, and navigate the world with each other. While Lovato was attatched to the role for almost a year, they recently had to move away from the front of the camera due to scheduling conflicts. Lovato will still be a part of the show's creative process as an executive producer.
Their role has now officially been taken, according to an exclusive with Deadline, by Ariel Winter. Ariel Winter grew up in front of the camera in the hit sit-com Modern Family. No longer a Dunphy, we are excited to see her step into a new and exciting character.
Winter has, in her personal life, spoken out against the body shaming she received and the affect it had on her mental health: an issue pertinent to the heart of the upcoming series. In an interview with Teen Vogue she said:
"People on the internet really suck. It bothered me for so many years - I mean, it still does. It never goes away. When someone calls you a 'fat slut,' you're not feeling happy about it. It doesn't matter what you look like now, it doesn't matter what you looked like then...You're still going to read that and be like, 'Oh, that sucks..."I feel like that [pain] never goes away. People are like, 'How do you get that to go away? It doesn't bother you at all anymore.' Again, that's missing the point. What I've said is, I've learned to deal with it more...It's a journey of being confident enough to look at that and evaluate my opinion of myself, which I'm not fully at yet. I'm still working there."
We are so glad that Winter is on this honest journey of self-confidence and self-discovery! (Honestly, role model goals!) We can't wait to see her as the star in Hungry.
