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Kenan Thompson Felt 'Exploited' As Child Star On Set Of Heavyweights While Struggling With Body Image

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Kenan Thompson didn’t always love his time as a child actor — especially when it meant dealing with body image issues in the spotlight.

In an excerpt of his new memoir, When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Advice from a Professional Clown, obtained by People on Tuesday, the actor recalled his negative experience working on the 1995 movie Heavyweights.

As you might know, the comedy starred Kenan as one member of a group of overweight boys who got lured into attending a camp for quick weight loss.

The Kenan & Kel star was around 16 at the time, and in his book, he revealed he felt “exploited a little” on the project, but to get through it, he convinced himself it “wasn’t happening” to him.

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