Posts tagged eating-disorder
Demi Lovato Admits: I Have Bipolar Disorder
2 years ago
Demi Lovato is continuing to open up about her recent stint in rehab and the basis for her stay there.
First, the singer/actress admitted she’s battled an eating disorder for years, later adding that she’s cut herself since the age of 11 and is leaving Sonny with a Chance to battle these demons.
Now, the 18-year is opening up again to the public, making an admission to People: “I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar,” she tells the magazine. “There were times when I was so manic, I was writing seven songs in one night and I’d be up until 5:30 in the
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Demi Lovato to Leave Sonny With a Chance
2 years ago
Demi Lovato is leaving Sonny With a Chance, the show that’s made her a star on the Disney Channel. She’ll instead focus on her pop career – and recovery.
Given the actress sought treatment recently for “physical and emotional issues,” and confessed to cutting herself since age 11, a change might do her good.
“It made sense for me to go ahead and leave the show to focus on my music,” Lovato tells People. “It’s sad for me that a chapter of my life has ended.”
“However, there couldn’t be a better time for me to move on.”
The “nervous breakdown” she suffered last October while touring with
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Demi Lovato: Cutting Herself Since Age 11!
2 years ago
We’ve known Demi Lovato is a “cutter,” but the recent revelation that she began to slit her wrists and mutilate herself at age 11 is startling.
Now 18, Demi opened up to 20/20 about her recent stint in a treatment center, where she was treated for cutting, bulimia and emotional issues.
Cutting is “a way of expressing my own shame, of myself, on my own body,” according to Demi, who adds she’s been overeating since age eight.
Demi Lovato has also experienced – and been shaped by – bullying.
“I’ve spoken openly about being bullied throughout the past few years,” she says.
“But one thing that
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Demi Lovato: I Have a Life-Long Disease…
2 years ago
For the first time since she entered and exited rehab, Demi Lovato has opened up about one of the main reasons for ending up there: she has struggled for years with bulimia.
“I don’t think there’s going to be a day when I don’t think about food or my body,” the 18-year old says in the latest issue of Seventeen. “But I’m living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.”
Lovato admits there’s no easy way to move on from this disorder. She says: “There have been times when I definitely have been tempted to get rid of my dinner. I will deal with
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Life is Good for Bethenny Frankel
2 years ago
Bethenny Frankel is taking over the entertainment world.
Bravo has already renewed her reality show for a third season; earlier this week, we learned that the company behind Ellen and Lopez Tonight is developing a talk show for the former Real Housewife and now comes this:
For the second week in a row, Frankel has earned the number-five slot on The New York Times’ Best-Seller list for a “A Place of Yes: 10 Rules for Getting Everything You Want Out of Life.” The self-help memoir is billed as “empowering journey” on Amazon.
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Rebecca Black: Driven to Tears Over Cyberbullying
2 years ago
Granted, we dubbed “Friday,” the single released by Rebecca Black last week that garnered millions of YouTube hits in mere days as the worst song in recorded history.
But this aspiring artist says that’s nothing compared to the personal attacks she’s received since the video made her into a celebrity.
“At times, it feels like I’m being cyberbullied,” Black tells The Daily Beast, saying she was sent messages that read: “‘I hope you cut yourself, and I hope you’ll get an eating disorder so you’ll look pretty.’”
The 13-year old adds “I don’t think I’m the worst singer, but I don’t think I’m
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Lily Allen Opens Up About Eating Disorder, Miscarriage
2 years ago
In a new British documentary that chronicles her life from March through October of 2010, Lily Allen opens up about two personal, troubling issues: an eating disorder and a miscarriage.
The latter event, the second for the young singer, took place in the fall of last year and Allen says of dealing with the repercussions: “It was a really long battle. I think that kind of thing changes a person.”
The 25-year old also goes into detail about her past struggle with an eating disorder, admitting: “I used to vomit after meals. It’s not something I’m proud of. But, I tell you what, a lot of
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Does Ali Fedotowsky Have an Eating Disorder?
2 years ago
Ali Fedotowsky wants to “crash diet” after gaining a staggering 15 pounds during and after filming The Bachelorette, according to the new issue of Us Weekly.
Either it’s a really slow week at Us Weekly, or Ali has an eating disorder and/or severely low self-esteem, because … well, have you seen her? She’s so cute!
Still, “They’d retape scenes, so all she did was eat and drink,” a show insider explains. After the show wrapped, “she binged while unwinding with her family.”
We’re not sure what’s more shocking, that Ali Fedotowsky thinks she needs to lose weight, or that they re-tape scenes on
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