Pregnancy
Brandy Addresses Her Teen Eating Disorder, Affirms The Misery Of Being A Child Star
The now 33-year-old singer and mother addresses her disordered eating on her new “Behind The Music,” affirming that being thin was paramount to feeling loved. Diet pills and vomiting soon ensued:
“I started not taking care of myself — not eating properly, not eating at all, diet pills, regurgitating, and all of these things that girls do.”
Brandy also sought to puncture that cultural envy for teens and children in the entertainment world, often praised for their talent, successes, and of course profit:
“People don’t understand that being the hottest star or making the most money does not mean anything,” she explains. “I’m here to tell you I was making so much money — I was omnipresent — and I was the unhappiest teenager probably in the world.”
“Unhappiest teenager in the world” is probably not what many thought as Brandy went on to accrue film and television roles, but there it is. Another adolescence damaged by a successful career.
(photo: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN.com)