Christina Applegate Reveals Shocking Details Of Past Battle With Anorexia
14.05.2024 - 18:05
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Christina Applegate is opening up about a crippling eating disorder she struggled with early in her career.
On Tuesday’s episode of her MeSsy podcast, the Anchorman star reflected on becoming aware of her weight and food intake at a very young age when a neighbor boy called her fat. By the time she turned 15, she’d landed her role as Kelly Bundy on Married with Children, and her mom put her on Weight Watchers:
Shockingly, she admitted that some days she would just eat “five almonds.” “And if I had six, I would cry and I wouldn’t want to leave the house. And that stuck with me for years and years and years.”
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She described depriving herself of food as “f**king torture.” But while suffering from anorexia, falsely believed she looked “enormous.” She explained:
She even noted that she was SO tiny at one point that the costumer department had to take in a size zero:
So, so sad.
Her co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler also detailed her own struggle with body image and eating disorders while she starred on The Sopranos. Later, Christina admitted that she got liposuction on her legs at 26 years old. But she finally got a handle on her body image and eating disorder in her 30s, thankfully.
Sadly, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 and subsequently gaining 45 pounds from the medication to battle that, an unhealthy voice in her head has returned:
She specifically cited presenting at the Emmys in January, where she joked to the audience, “body not by Ozempic.” She reflected on the night:
Ultimately, though, Christina wants to provide a good example for her 12-year-old daughter Sadie:
We hope Christina stays