Eating Disorders Gossip

Without a doubt, celebrity diets and weight loss work for some.

Other stars, though, have found that the best diet is none at all!

Having weathered the highs and lows of several eating disorders, actress Brittany Snow has sworn off dieting and personal trainers!

"I'm done. I canceled my trainer," Snow, 22, said over the weekend at Stride Gum's Longest Day of the Year party in West Hollywood.

"I refuse to do the whole diet or fitness thing anymore. I just go and have fun. I know what I like, what makes me feel good, and that's what I do."

Brittany Snow has had anorexia, exercise bulimia, depression, and body dysmorphic disorder as a teen - once falling to a Kate Bosworth-esque 85 pounds.

But the cute actress credits fellow star and friend Sophia Bush for helping to coach her on her body image issues and now is doing better!

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The Hollywood Gossip: Yeah right.

Despite the actress' remarkably brittle, slender figure, the mother of Keira Knightley insists it's thanks to her genes, not her diet.

"She's always been thin," Keira's mom, Sharman Macdonald, told Britain's Sunday Times. "She's her daddy's daughter, with his long body."

Like her father, the actress, 23, must "eat like a horse," to maintain her weight, Macdonald said. Mmm hmm. We've heard it all before.

Last year, Keira Knightley successfully sued Britain's Daily Mail, saying the tabloid implied she lied about having an eating disorder.

In 2006, Knightley vociferously denied that she suffered from anorexia. She soon began dating Rupert Friend, who's some sort of actor.

That's not at all relevant, but we thought you might be interested.

In the Times interview, Knightley's mom says the rumors are all upsetting, especially because she felt there was little she could do about them.

"It's a playground situation that we're looking at with the press â€" it's a form of bullying â€" but what can we do?"

Keira Knightley says she was "sick" and "devastated" when images of her appeared on celebrity gossip sites and in articles covering the ongoing "skinny celebrity" debate.

"When all that blew up, I felt terrible," the actress, 22, tells the British edition of Elle in its June issue.

"It appeared that I were promoting something when I absolutely was not. I am thin because that's what I am, and I was thinner at that point because of the work I do. Nothing else."

In January, when the photos were taken, Keira Knightley had just finished filming the final installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, At World's End.

"I had lost weight," she says.

THG NOTE: Noooooooooo kidding.

"We were filming in searing temperatures and shooting fight scenes in which you were wearing a wetsuit underneath a load of corsets, fighting with heavy weights in the water. Can you imagine a more advanced cardio workout than that done hour after hour?"

In January, the Love Actually star sued Britain's Daily Mail tabloid for implying she lied about having anorexia.

"I was completely devastated by all that," she tells Elle about the anorexia rumors, adding that she even visited her doctor for advice on how to put on weight. "Whatever people say about my weight they are all wrong."

"He told me that for someone of my body type to get to a [European] size 12, I would have to eat a lot of sh!t food, stop exercising and drink loads," she says.

THG NOTE: In other words, become Britney Spears, circa 2004-2006.

"But I don't want to have to go 'round eating crap and being really unhealthy in order for people to stop having a go at me."

She's also learning to get past her own insecurities about her body. "I wish I had longer legs, but I haven't," says the porn comic babe. "What I have does its job. Ironically, I'm learning to become more happy with myself as a result of this."

Knightley, who dates actor Rupert Friend, her costar in 2005's Pride and Prejudice, and who looks like her Pirates costar Orlando Bloom, also says she may eventually quit acting:

"I can see myself in five years or whatever just giving the whole thing up. I made a decision recently that I want a life instead."

Fashion icons battling eating disorders? Stop the presses!

Allegra Versace (below, left) is the latest to be completely consumed by anorexia, says her mother, Donatella Versace (below, right). Collectively, we just have to say, after looking at this pic: yuck! Lindsay Lohan calls herself a skinny bitch, but she's got nothing on these corpses.

On Wednesday, Donatella Versace described her 20-year-old daughter's situation, saying Allegra "is very ill... anorexia is consuming her and we are very worried. However, the doctors are doing all they can to snatch her away from this cruel disease and we have faith in them."

Hey, doctors did a pretty good job snatching Britney Spears from insanity, bulimia, depression and alcoholism earlier this year, so there's hope yet!

Of course, the Nicole Richie death watch is picking up steam.

Allegra Versace, who inherited half of her uncle, Gianni Versace's $600 million fashion empire at the age of 18, had been studying fashion in New York and was planning to follow in her father's footsteps.

That is, until she appeared to look like Kate Bosworth rail thin in recent photographs. She is currently being treated in a specialist clinic.

Pleading for respect from the press, Donatella Versace claims her daughter has suffered from the eating disorder for years.

"For some time the situation has become worse and that is why we decided to place her in a designated specialized clinic where she is receiving the best possible treatment," says Donatella Versace, who never fake tans and hasn't had any plastic surgery at all.

"Please think of us and respect our pain. Many mothers will know well what I am going through and what my daughter is risking."

We suggest they call Keith Richards for a consult ASAP.

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."

Former American Idol champion Carrie Underwood, made her triumphant return to the show program night, looking like some weight had been taken off her shoulders ... and arms ... and face ... if you know what we're saying.

We're saying she might be anorexic. Now, before we go any further, let us point out that in a way, she's battled an eating disorder all her life. It's called "vegetarianism." So it's no surprise she's shedding pounds faster than she dispatched of Bo Bice and every other Season 4 foe.

We're not about to claim that the adorable Carrie has officially joined the Nicole Richie School of Dieting, but something's amiss here. Anyway, here's a quick photo comparison of the country star, both last night and two years ago when she was named the next American Idol.

Here's hoping this year's favorite, Melinda Doolittle, doesn't follow the same destructive path. We doubt she will. That girl looks like she can eat! And that's cool. It really is.

Nicole Richie claims she doesn't have an eating problem, and did not check herself into rehab for one.

Interestingly, though, she was photographed outside the W. Hollywood Recovery Center, which is evidently an informal meeting place that focuses on 12-step meetings.

A search of the rehab venue's programs reveals Crystal Meth Anonymous meetings that are held there on Wednesday nights.

We've got a picture of Nicole outside the place from September 27. Here she is, seen leaving the center the same day Crystal Meth Anonymous meetings are held.

Therefore, our favorite girl must totally be hooked on the stuff, right?

Oh, who the hell knows, but it makes for some interesting gossip (not unlike Suri Cruise being born of alien life forms).

And we thought it was just an eating disorder, Nic! Crazy!

There's more to the meth myth than meets the eye. It's long been rumored that Richie's stylist, Rachel Zoe, keeps her clients thin by doubling as their drug dealer.

Nicole may indeed be telling the truth that she doesn't have an eating disorder -- she has been chowing down on some pretty big slabs of meat of late -- and maybe her thin frame could be evidence of another addiction entirely.

If she is getting help, good for her. She clearly needs it -- look at how narrow this pic is! Look at ANY Nicole Richie pics from the past year!

Get some counseling, girlfriend. There's no need to ride the rails all night long when you can ride Brody Jenner instead.

Our dear friends at the Hollywood Grind and the journalists at CNN are both reporting an interesting piece of news about Nicole Richie.

The Simple Life star and daughter of singer Lionel Richie has been getting a lot of grief over her food aversion in recent months. Some might say she looks a bit thin. Skeletal, even. The way one envisions a malnourished, third-world refugee.

Or a scary creature from another planet.

In any case, here's what the CNN News ticker has to say as of this morning:

"Singer Lionel Richie says he is not happy about his daughter's pencil-thin figure, and neither is Nicole Richie herself. She has checked into rehab for an eating disorder."

Well, we hope this is the beginning of a new phase in Nicole's life. One in which she embraces food in addition to boyfriend Brody Jenner.

Not sure where this picture was taken exactly, but it looks to be of Nicole entering the rehab clinic. That guy's shirt probably says "Hunger."

Or maybe "Burger."

Ahoy! Who goes there? Is this a screen shot of an emaciated Kate Bosworth from her breakout role in the surfing flick Blue Crush?

Actually no, it's Bosworth's malnourished namesake, Kate Hudson! The much-maligned and apparently starving actress was up in arms (literally) in Maui this week, where she's been vacationing with son Ryder and some pals. Man, you just never know when these eating disorders are gonna take their toll (unless you follow Nicole Richie news at all).

No Chris Robinson. But earlier in the trip, her reported beau Owen Wilson stayed in a nearby rented house and joined the group for dinner at Longhi's restaurant. We're sure he denied being there, and that his lawyers were on hand to threaten lawsuits against anyone insinuating he and Hudson are together. Assclown. He's overrated as an actor, too.

Kate, eat some food, for the love of God! You'll be hospitalized with exhaustion before you know it at this rate.

No, it's not what you think. Everybody, please calm the f*ck down and return to your homes. Nicole Richie is doing fine.

Well, kind of. Much as we would like to report that Nicole's eating disorder has become public knowledge in the worst sort of way, it appears as if the attractive and talented young actress singer socialite alien goblin was merely celebrating a friend's birthday in West Hollywood, Calif., last week when she got sh!it-faced and puked on the floor of a bar.

"Nicole puked right on the floor, like right in the middle of the club, everyone saw," a source dished to PerezHilton.com.

Apparently, though, Nicole swears by the boot-and-rally philosophy.

"But I guess she didn't care. She kept partying," the source continued. "She loves tequila. But you know, she's so small - and she probably didn't eat anything that day. So you know, she probably had a couple shots and it just happened. She was just having a good time."

So she's no Kate Bosworth. Still, do the math, people:

Getting wasted + dropping a few pounds = TIGHT!!!!