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Penn Badgley: 90210 Stars Should "Eat a Double Cheeseburger"
Thursday September 18, 2008


Actor Penn Badgley has a message for shockingly slim Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grimes:

"I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something," the Gossip Girl actor told PopEater.com

He added that he's "never been a proponent of the thin L.A. girls."

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Stroup, 21, and Shenae, 18, are so skinny that show producers and costars are poised to take action, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now.

See photos of scary skinny stars.

Badgley revealed he thinks it's "healthy" that his female cast mates "aren't bone-thin."

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Meanwhile, Stroup and Shenae's male costars on 90210 are contemplating an intervention.

"They just don't eat, and the hours of that show are going to get to them if they don't get healthy," a show source told Us.

Stroup, is 5-foot-8 but weighs 100 to 105 pounds while Grimes, is 5-foot-3 and stands at a mere 90 pounds, Beverly Hills-based weight-management expert Dr. Joyce Peters estimated to Us.

Check out the latest issue of Us Weekly for the full story behind the stars' dramatic weight loss and the pressure to be thin on a hit show.

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