Anna Gunn said she was ill while filming Breaking Bad, and that cortisone treatment made her puff up and gain weight. She later said she lost weight after stopping the medication and felt better. She did not publicly name the illness in the cited accounts.
What Anna Gunn said about her weight gain
In comments reported by Life & Style on November 24, 2013, Gunn said: “I was actually ill while I was filming the show, and it affected my weight.” She explained that cortisone treatments made her puff up. After she stopped taking the medication, she said, she lost weight and was feeling better: “Now I’m better, thank God.” Life & Style’s report is an account of her remarks, not a medical record.
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Did Anna Gunn disclose what illness she had?
Not in the cited statements. The 2013 reports do not name the condition or provide a specific amount of weight gained or lost. There is therefore no substantiated basis here for assigning Gunn a diagnosis, giving an exact weight, or adding a cause beyond the cortisone effect she described.
Was Anna Gunn diagnosed with lupus?
A December 2013 HollywoodLife article repeated the explanation about illness and cortisone, but its separate lupus claim came from an unnamed “insider.” The article also acknowledged that Gunn had not disclosed what she was suffering from. That anonymous claim does not confirm a diagnosis and should be treated as unverified speculation, not fact. HollywoodLife’s report
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How this differs from discussion of Skyler White
Gunn also spoke publicly in 2013 about hostile audience reactions to Skyler White and what she saw as a double standard in how viewers judged men and women. In a CBS interview published September 23, she told Gayle King that “there is still a double standard” in how people see male and female characters. The CBS interview concerns the character’s reception; it is not evidence about Gunn’s health. The Los Angeles Times also covered Gunn’s essay about audience reactions to Skyler. Los Angeles Times coverage
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