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THE Walking Dead's boss was forced to apologise to actress Ann Mahoney over Negan's 'fat lady' insult in season seven.
Ann played Olivia, Alexandria's inventory manager in charge of food rations in the hit AMC series.
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In a season seven episode, Negan - played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan - and the Saviors arrive, with Negan declaring: "I can't be the only one to notice that you got a fat lady in charge of keeping track of rations, can I?"
Speaking to the Talk Dead to Me podcast, Ann revealed then show boss Scott Gimple called her to apologise about the jibe.
She recalled: "Gimple called me and was like, 'I just want you to know that I'm sorry about that line, but Negan's an a**hole and so he says a**hole things'.
"'But none of us think of you like that. But it just kind of shows everybody what a misogynist he is, basically.'"
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It wasn't the only fat insult Negan issued to Olivia, as in another season seven episode, Olivia told Negan Alexandria was "practically starving".
He replied while gesturing at her frame: "You? By 'practically, you mean 'not really.'"
While Negan was awful to Olivia, Ann loved working with Jeffrey, 54.
She said: "I think just the rest of the time, Jeffrey just was so lovely and we joked around.
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"It just felt like a big brother, little sister kind of relationship a little bit. That's my job as an actor, right? To be offended.
"And that stuff does hurt when people say it, but that's who Olivia is. And she's standing up, she is positioning herself as a mama bear."
Olivia was eventually killed off in the mid-season finale for series seven after being shot by Savior Arat at Negan's request.
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