Rick in Oz
2005-11-23 13:05:22 UTC
http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-11-23/
Huffman Reveals Eating Disorder Hell
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman has revealed she suffered from
eating disorders throughout her late teens in a desperate bid to look
perfect. The actress admits she eventually called on the help of a family
therapist when her weight plunged to just 98 pounds in her early 20s, and
she never imagined she'd become one of the sexiest women on TV. She says, "I
was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I
was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough."
Huffman credits having two kids and turning 40 for helping her to come to
terms with her body at last. She adds, "I think I've always had a
40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty
good.'" But the actress insists her past eating disorders and
dissatisfactions have had their use - in helping her prepare for acting
roles, like in sex-change movie Transamerica. She explains, "The
self-loathing that goes along with bulimia or anorexia helped me understand
(character) Bree's internal journey."
Huffman Reveals Eating Disorder Hell
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman has revealed she suffered from
eating disorders throughout her late teens in a desperate bid to look
perfect. The actress admits she eventually called on the help of a family
therapist when her weight plunged to just 98 pounds in her early 20s, and
she never imagined she'd become one of the sexiest women on TV. She says, "I
was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I
was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough."
Huffman credits having two kids and turning 40 for helping her to come to
terms with her body at last. She adds, "I think I've always had a
40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty
good.'" But the actress insists her past eating disorders and
dissatisfactions have had their use - in helping her prepare for acting
roles, like in sex-change movie Transamerica. She explains, "The
self-loathing that goes along with bulimia or anorexia helped me understand
(character) Bree's internal journey."