Kelly Clarkson: Bulimic?
Despite recently ridiculing rumors of having an eating disorder, Kelly Clarkson has admitted to struggling with bulimia in her past.
She is not bulimic now, but Clarkson says she was bulimic for 6 months back in high school when she did not get a part she wanted in a musical.
She kept it a secret but one of her friends figured out what was going on, and that is when Clarkson realized that she has to find a way to deal with it. “I literally went cold turkey and snapped out of it,� she says.
In addition, Kelly says she realized that hiding from an eating disorder could not be a good thing. Since that incident with bulimia, she has learned to accept her body the way it is. “I’ve got a butt, I’m Greek – I can’t help that,� says Clarkson. [source: Us Weekly]
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06-28-07 at 12:29 pm
It seems that American Idol is becoming a weight loss program. We have watched 7 finalists got through weight loss makeovers. We have just heard about Jordin Sparks being called obese and now this. I am author of "Lying in Weight: the Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women," (Harper Collins, May 2007). The book follows eating disorders through the lifespan. All the young adults who are watching the show are picking up all kinds of messages about thinness. The response is a mix of starving, bingeing and/or purging. These behaviors don't stop at adolescence. The oldest women in the book is 92.
Trisha Gura
03-14-08 at 5:37 am
wow Kelly CLarkson is my role model. she is the one that inspired me to keep singing. evev though i didn't belive in myself. if i had ever known that she was bulimic i would have fowlloed in her footsteps. Kelly thank you for stoping that wrong disorder. you are to beautiful of a singer and of a person. to kill yourself slowly with that horrid disease. thank you so so so much!
♥Megan♥