Carnie Wilson of the Wilson Phillips singing trio will be trading places with Growing Pains actress Tracey Gold tonight on a sneak peek episode of the ABC reality series Celebrity Wife Swap that will officially premiere on Tuesday Jan. 3.
Two actresses, self-described control freak Tracey Gold and free spirit Carnie Wilson, trade lives for a week, ending with a frank assessment of each other.
Carnie, 43, and her husband were concerned about subjecting their two children to the stresses of reality television. She admits, “We were willing to take the risk because something cathartic always happens, there’s always good lessons learned and you know it keeps me on T.V. and pays the bills.”
She went on to say, “I could not believe how well behaved Tracey’s four boys are especially when they’re asked to do something.”
As for her own kids, “We have loose rules. For me it’s like, ‘God, why do I have to ask you to do something four times?’ I know they’re not deaf, that they hear me. When Roby, Tracey Gold’s husband, asked his kids to do something they were like f**king trained seals.”
The two women are polar opposites when it comes to food. Gold battled anorexia for years and got down to 80 pounds while appearing on the hit sitcom Growing Pains in the early 90’s. Wilson, on the other hand, lost 150 pounds in 1999 after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. She slowly put the weight back on and continues to battle with her food demons according to recent interviews.
Check out a video clip from tonight’s episode:
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