Gabourey Sidibe is opening up battling an eating disorder and depression. The 37-year old American Horror Story star shared her experience in a sneak peek for an upcoming episode of Taraji P.
Henson‘s Facebook Watch series, Peace of Mind with Taraji. Gabourey told her Empire co-star, “It wasn’t even about other people.
It was about me surviving the day. I was so embarrassed and I hated crying so much. I hated it.” She added that compliments about her weight loss at the time further fueled her eating disorder.
The actress said she now realizes that bulimia was a “self defense mechanism.” “That’s what bulimia was for me. It wasn’t about losing weight.
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