The tabloids are buzzing that Britney Spears has confessed to doctors that she has been suffering from an eating disorder, bulimia, since age 16.
We love to joke about eating disorders. Especially as they pertain to Kate Bosworth. But such an admission from a star of Spears' magnitude is nothing short of stunning.
According to reports, the troubled 25-year-old singer tearfully told rehab staff - already treating her for drug and alcohol abuse - that she "pigs out" on junk food such as burgers, sweets, biscuits and ice cream then makes herself vomit to avoid putting on weight.
Britney Spears' nine-year nightmare has reportedly been confirmed by a senior source at the elite Promises rehab center in Malibu, California.
She entered the joint last month after shaving her head at a salon.
"Doctors are alarmed at the physical state she is in," said the inside source. "They confronted her about her desperately unhealthy lifestyle and the truth came pouring out."
Britney said she managed to stop the awful habit during her two pregnancies.
However, as soon as Sean Preston and Jayden James were born, she began the unhealthy cycle again in an effort to lose her added baby weight.
On top of her alcohol and alleged cocaine use, the bulimia turned her into a "human train wreck," according to the source, who added:
"When she came here she was shaking and baking. Her whole body was wracked by spasms and she was hot one minute, freezing cold the next. Her first week in detox was hell. She was a total mess but slowly she's pulling through."
Dietary specialists at Promises are currently working with the doctors to help the estranged wife of Kevin Federline with the eating disorder, which was discovered when specialists realized why her medications were not working.
The source adds:
"For the first few days, she'd take tablets, then go off and eat breakfast or lunch. She was throwing the whole lot up, so, naturally, her medications weren't working. Now the medical experts know why, her progress should pick up a little speed."
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March 12th, 2007 8:33 PM
sure
March 13th, 2007 12:20 PM
y did u cut your hair u were my role model
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 6:45 PM
#1, if she told doctors at a rehab center, there are doctor-patient confidentiality laws that prohibit them from telling people that she's had an eating disorder her whole life or whatever else she may want to admit to her doctors.
and #2, does anyone seriously belive that she could keep up a singing career if she's making herself throw up after every time she eats? imagine how much damage that does to your vocal chords.
August 20th, 2007 4:32 PM
Uuh I totally agree with your #1 but I think her voice is so digitally altered and perfected and she lip syncs on stage so i dunno if it would matter..
March 20th, 2008 4:42 PM
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE, YOU PEOPLE WONDER WHY SHE SHAVED HER HEAD AND DOES THESE CRAYZ THINGS BECAUSE SHES HAD A CAMERA IN HER FACE SENSE SHE WAS 16! PEOPLE JUST NEED TO LEAVE HER ALONE SO SHE CAN GET BETTER, SHES DEPRESSED PEOPLE WOULD YOU WANT YOUR PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ON THE NEWS NOOO! IT WOULD MAKE YOU WORSE. SO CUT IT OUT!
May 23rd, 2008 8:40 AM
who cares?!