Diane Keaton tragically has died aged 79, with tributes pouring in all over the world. The late Hollywood icon courageously shared her struggle with bulimia in 2014, calling it “the lowest point in [her] life”.
As the performer aged gracefully, admirers frequently wondered how she maintained such excellent health and handled aging with such resilience.
However, away from the spotlight, the celebrity tragically wrestled with body image issues and mental health challenges since her twenties.
During an appearance on The Dr Oz Show, Keaton admitted that she would consume 20,000 calories daily at the peak of her bulimia struggle.
Walking through a typical evening meal, the actress revealed it would include “a bucket of fried chicken, several orders of fries with blue cheese and ketchup, a couple of TV dinners, a quarter of soda, pounds of candy, a whole cake, and three banana cream pies”.
After shedding a significant amount of weight and maintaining it for over a year, the celebrity confessed to becoming adept at concealing her secret struggle with the disorder.
“I had a problem – it was sick and creepy. Bulimia takes a lot of time out of your day,” she shared with People magazine.
Despite overcoming her bulimia, in a 2020 interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the star admitted that even as she ages, she doesn’t feel “secure” in herself.
Discussing the topic of aging, she expressed rather sadly: “I don’t think it gets easier as you get older. I think it gets more pressing, just because it’s really about death. It’s really like approaching it, and how do you approach that part of your life? Nobody wants that.”
Speaking with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres about her therapy journey, Keaton revealed: “Because I talked. I spoke it out. I said my thoughts and feelings. And I feel like, once you do that, you own it as opposed to, if you don’t talk about it, it becomes very abstract. To keep secrets doesn’t help you at all.
“I think I’m a sister to all the rest of the women – and I’m sure men as well – who have had some kind of eating disorder, and I’m a part of the team.”
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