Robert Patrick says he is not wearing a fat suit on the show. Instead, a recent ACL injury has prevented him from working out as often as he usually would.

But Sir Ian said he had had a “lucky escape” because the fat suit he had to wear to play his character had protected his body. He is expected to make a full recovery. He told Saga magazine.“ ...

The student government at University of California–Davis apologized for bringing a sumo wrestling fat suit on campus after ... from members of the student body, who accused ASUCD of fat shaming ...

"I assume you don't watch the show or you would have known that wasn't a fat suit," Whoopi Goldberg said on Monday's episode of The View Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.