From “Hairspray” to a Cosmetology License

Featured in a 2021 “Life Unfiltered” episode on bullying and body shaming, the former “Hairspray” protagonist Nikki Blonsky struggled to make it in show business. Her debut was a major musical blockbuster also featuring the likes of John Travolta and Zac Efron, but it proved to be too much for this now-forgotten New York native…

In 2010, Blonsky got a second chance when she was cast as the star of the TV series “Huge,” but the show didn’t make it past its first season. Since falling out of favor in Hollywood, she got a cosmetology license and came out as gay on TikTok.