8 Celebrities Who Have Struggled with Eating Disorders

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Over the years, many celebrities have opened up about their eating disorders. Here is a list of stars who have gotten candid about their struggle with the disorder.

Jane Fonda has never shied away from speaking her mind, and she was one of the first to talk about her eating disorder. The veteran actress struggled with the disorder during her teens.

Jane Fonda

Lady Gaga has gone through many ups and downs, and one of her struggles includes her fight with an eating disorder. In an interview, Gaga said, 'I used to throw up all the time in high school. So I’m not that confident."

Lady Gaga

Princess Diana's struggle with her eating disorder is not hidden from the world. Diana talked about her eating disorder for the first time in Andrew Morton's book called Diana: Her True Story.

Diana, Princess of Wales

Elton John's life has not been easy at all. The rock star has suffered from different addictions and disorders, and among many one of them was his eating disorder. "I was cocaine-addicted. I was an alcoholic. I had a sexual addiction. I was bulimic for six years," John told The Mirror in 2019.

Elton John

Hilary Duff rose to fame as a child star. Things might seem bright from afar, but deep down, it was tough. When Duff was 17 years old, she struggled with a "horrifying" eating disorder.

Hilary Duff

Demi Lovato's battle with bulimia was not an easy one. The singer entered a treatment facility at the age of 18 to address her eating disorder and other problems. ''I'd be lying if I said there weren't days where I just want to stay in bed all day because I'm ashamed of my body," she told PEOPLE.

Demi Lovato

Taylor struggled with an eating disorder for several years. In an interview with Variety, Swift said, "I didn’t know if I was going to feel comfortable with talking about body image and talking about the stuff I’ve gone through in terms of how unhealthy that’s been for me – my relationship with food and all that over the years.''

Taylor Swift

In his autobiography, Zayn Malik opened up about his eating habits that developed during his last days in One Direction. He wrote, "Something I’ve never talked about in public before, but which I have come to terms with since leaving the band, is that I was suffering from an eating disorder.''

Zayn Malik