Metz, a native of Homestead, Florida, spent her formative years in Japan (her dad was in the Navy) before moving back to Gainesville, Florida. ↑ http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a25696/chrissy-metz-weight-loss-anxiety/ ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/this-is-us-star-chrissy-metzs-estranged-father-fires-back-at-child-abandonment-claims/ar-BBGrjQT ↑ Boardman, Madeline (September 14, 2016).