Kristin, I'm so happy to see you here! I just wanna tell you, you know, I think you look great,’ and I'm like: ‘Oh, thank you. What are you talking about?’”

Kristin Davis said she was overexercising and eating less while being pressured to stay thin on Melrose Place.

Kristin Davis has told how she once fainted after being instructed by producers not to gain any weight. The Sex and the City actress has opened up about her role as Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place in 1995.

Kristin Davis was under so much pressure to stay slim on 'Melrose Place' that she fainted from her intense diet and exercise regime. The 59-year-old actress got her big break in 1995 when she was cast on the show as Brooke Armstrong and she recalled there was a "difficult" vibe on the set because of the unrealistic standards of beauty that female cast members were expected to uphold.

Davis played Brooke Armstrong from 1995 to 1996. When Kristin Davis was on Melrose Place in the ’90s, she was told directly that she shouldn't gain weight, Davis told PEOPLE in a story published Wednesday.

It was not all [Mel]roses for Kristin Davis when she starred on Melrose Place. The actress opened up to People about her time on the ’90s drama, acknowledging an overall “difficult” vibe on set “about the thinness situation.

If you had hips, it was a situation," Davis tells PEOPLE Kristin Davis is looking back on her Melrose Place days. In the latest PEOPLE cover story, the Sex and the City alum, 59, reflects on her storied career in television and gets candid about the entertainment industry's unrealistic beauty standards when she was a young actress.