Eating disorders don’t discriminate. Here are six male celebrities who have struggled with eating disorders. Remember, you are NOT alone in your struggle. 10 million men in the U.S struggle with some form of eating disorder. Fitness guru Richard Simmons struggled with compulsive eating, binging, and purging. “I did not like me or the way I looked,” he says. “But back then, you could not tell anyone. I took laxatives, learned to throw up and starved and ended up in the hospital.“
Artist Elton John struggled with bulimia. “Despite all the success, I think I just wanted to be loved. I wanted someone to love me.”
Actor Russell Brand struggled with bulimia, depression, and OCD. ‘It was clearly about getting out of myself and isolation. Feeling inadequate and unpleasant.’
Actor Billy Bob Thornton struggled with anorexia after he worked on the movie, U-Turn. “Frankly, for a while there, I think I had a little mental problem, I got anorexic; of course, I denied it to my girlfriend [Laura Dern] and everyone else who said I had an eating disorder.”
Actor Dennis Quiad suffered from anorexia. “For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I’d have to do.”
Kings of Leon Caleb Followill struggled with anorexia as a teenager. “I always thought I wasn’t good enough.”
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