Tracey Gold is opening up about a painful time in her life.

Maybe a joke like, 'Here comes wide load,' and you're not talking just about Carol anymore." Related: Alan Thicke dead: Tracey Gold remembers Growing Pains dad But Carol, as she saw it ...

Tracey Gold was cast as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains as a teenager When her character became the butt of fat jokes and producers asked her to lose weight, she went on a highly restrictive diet, she ...