Actress Kate Beckinsale has been branded “irresponsible” by parents of anorexic sufferers, after she claimed the eating disorder was the result of an unhealthy home life.
The “Underworld” star — a former anorexic herself — sparked controversy Tuesday when she likened sufferers of “anorexia, alcoholism and drug abuse in teens” to “crack whores.”
While Beckinsale, who was brought up by her mother following the death of her father when she was 5, was partly referring to her own childhood experiences, the 33-year-old’s comments have enraged relatives of anorexia sufferers.
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The Cranberries star Dolores O’Riordan suffered a nervous breakdown and anorexia because the band was so successful. The singer says she couldn’t eat or sleep when the Irish rockers reached the height of fame more than a decade ago.
She says, “I honestly think that it was beyond anorexia - it was bigger than that. I was having a nervous breakdown. Losing lots of weight.
“I wasn’t sleeping, I couldn’t eat. I was suffering an awful lot from out-of-control anxiety attacks. I just couldn’t control my motor skills - I was panicking too much to move my limbs.
“So I went to see the psychiatrist and he just said it was too much stress.”
O’Riordan left the band after suffering a breakdown in 2003.
via StarPulse