The “Scandal” star revealed she thought about taking her own life due to the binge eating
Star of “Scandal”,Kerry Washington she opened up about her struggle with an eating disorder in an interview with Good morning America [via E News!]. According to the 46-year-old actress, she even thought about taking it off during a time when excessive exercise and binge eating consumed her routine.
“I was good at staying in control. I could party all night, drink, smoke, have sex, go to class and still get good grades. I knew how to get by. I kept a good pace.”Washington said, revealing that he had the disorder when he was in college.
And food took me out of it. The body dysmorphia, the hatred for my own body, was out of my control and really made me feel like I needed help from someone or something bigger than me or I would face problems. Because I didn’t know how to live with it.”
“I feel like the abuse was a way of punishing me, like I didn’t want to be here. It scared me that I might not want to be here because I was in so much pain [internamente]”, the actress revealed. When asked about suicidal thoughts, Washington responded: “Yes. I demonstrated it through small gestures that were destroying me.”
It’s worth mentioning that in 2009, in an interview with Essence, Kerry stated that binge eating was an “escape” route. According to the actress, she would eat until she passed out and then “go to the gym and exercise for hours and hours.”
Today the actress guarantees that her relationship with food is “much healthier”. “I mean, I wouldn’t say I don’t go overboard from time to time,” she said. “But now it’s very different. It’s not extreme. There are no suicidal thoughts. I’m not in that state anymore.”
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