Shh, don’t tell scribegrrrl, but Tina Fey isn't the only woman on 30 Rock. And this season, that woman — Jane Krakowski — will be hard to miss.

Krakowski, in an interview with TV Guide, reports that her 30 Rock character, Jenna Maroney, returns to “The Girlie Show” 40 pounds heavier as a result of spending the summer doing “Mystic Pizza: The Musical.” Seems she had to eat four slices of pizza on stage during each performance, so she packed on the pounds. But, in the kind of twist we’ve come to expect from 30 Rock, that, um, development does not subject Jenna to the usual fat jokes we’d hear in lesser shows. In fact, Krakowski says, the weight gain is, well, a plus.

“It’s hard to explain but she becomes quite famous for being one of those ‘bigger girls’ on TV and being proud of her curves, and because of that she becomes happier, her self-confidence goes up and she ends up losing a lot of the weight naturally — which is detrimental to her career!”

Judging by this screen cap from last season, I think Jenna could use a few pounds. Where’s her stomach?

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