Stephanie Pratt: “The Hills Made Me Bulimic”
June 22nd, 2009 by Rian | Filed under Polls, Stephanie Pratt, Tabloids & Magazines, What Celebrities Eat.
The Hills actress Stephanie Pratt shares her shocking bulimia secret in the June 29th 2009 issue of US Weekly. According to the article, Stephanie started on the show in early 2008 at 5′7 and 108 pounds, but was so intimidated by her “thinner” costars that she began making herself throw up every day from June-August 2008. In between purging, she went on wild binges and generally suffered from self-hate.
Here are some highlights from the article!
Q: What made you worry about your weight?
A: There was a scene where I was sitting in class with Lauren [Conrad] and I was wearing a blue and white striped cashmere shirt. Seeing that episode, I was horrified. I remember saying, “I cannot believe how huge I look walking over to Lauren,” even though I was a size 0 or 2.Q: What happened?
A: I was so consumed with my weight and my depression about being She-Pratt on the show. [...] I started eating my emotions. I would go to California Pizza Kitchen and get macaroni and cheese off the kids’ menu. I’d also eat pizza, grilled cheese, fries with ranch dressing. Really good junk food.Q: What was a typical day?
A: I would wake up in a good mood and I would try to “eat thin.” I would drink a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, thinking it would make me not hungry, and then I would drink water with cayenne pepper. And then I would read some blog and it would say, “Why is She-Pratt on the show?” I felt so bad about how people responded to me that the lettuce and vinegar thing was out and I was ordering pizza. ‘The Hills’ crew would be coming over, and I’d make another run to the corner to Cafe Vida and get grilled cheese and french fries. The crew would be sitting down by my front door and I’d be sitting in my room, stuffing it down, not even tasting it. And then I’d go and throw up and I’d let them in while I was brushing my teeth. It was the only thing that felt good.Q: Why did you do it?
A: [...] Growing up, I was always super-skinny, a size 24 or 25 waist. I would get stopped in the streets. They would say, “You’re so skinny. Are you a model?” To keep that attention I made sure I never gained weight.Q: That affected how you saw yourself on TV?
A: I was called the fat girl on The Hills. A lot of the blogs would say, “She needs to do squats.” “Quit The Hills, get to a gym.” [...] I felt insecure next to Audrina and Heidi, the girls I’m with the most. The producers never put pressure on us to lose weight, but i put it on myself because we were always having pool parties. When we filmed in Hawaii, I remember taking off my shirt and asking Audrina, “What looks better? Shirt on or off?” and she said “On.”Q: How are you focusing on being healthy now?
A: I did a food-delivery service, Freshology, for two months that had 1110 to 1200 calories a day. It definitely got me healthy. Now I’m eating eggs, sushi, edamame, reduced-fat string cheese. [...] Now I do spinning once a week at Equinox. I do the elliptical for 30 minutes when I’m home, once or twice a week. I walk my dog every day and also ride horseback.
Wow… that is quite a confession!
It sounds like she is now on a very low fat/low carb/low calorie diet, which some would argue isn’t very healthy either.
So what do you all think?! Do you think she’s being truthful or is this simply yet another publicity stunt for the show? I hope that if she is truly suffering from an ED that she gets the real help she needs and not just another diet plan!
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I think she’s truthful and I hope she has support so that she never goes back to that kind of damaging behaviour. I do feel for her. It’s so difficult for celebrities and anyone in the public eye because everyone is always on them 24/7 and if they put on a pound they get picked on, like Jessica Simpson. She is a beautiful girl and I hope she’s okay now.
i think that is so sad that she felt so insecure around her co stars even though i generaly dont like the hills, its good that shes healthy now
Pratt schmatt. I gotta buy that magazine to untangle Rob’s romances!
It is sad..and she had a distorted view of herself if she was a size 0/2 because lauren has never been super stcik thin as far as i remember-but a healthy size 4 probably…In the article is said at her heaviest Stephanie weighed 134 lbs at 5′7..that is still pretty thin and trim!! Many women that tall would love to be that thin considering the average woman is 5′4 about 144-150 lbs
Very very sad… although I do think it’s a little exaggerratedd. Why would someone go to US weekly to tell their story ?
I feel somewhat bad for her. But most people with eating disorders don’t recover from them in a few months!! I read the article and it explained she was only bulimic from June-Aug. That is ridiculous!! You cannot get over something like that so fast!! It is also a mental disorder that impacts someone severly!
I think this was mostly for publicity. Why did they put her on the cover? She is very unattractive!! It must be hard for her to be on that show when everyone else is thin and pretty, and she is repulsive looking.
Sounds like an attention grab. Why do celebs ake their problems public? And why is she on a diet!!?
Her diet is REALLY low (1110 – 1200 calories? That’s a weight loss diet – she’s 5′7″!! If she were 5′0 or less, MAYBE it wouldn’t be as bad, but she’s a tall person and that is almost nothing (on top of exercise like spinning which would burn more calories.
I think she needs to quit being in the spotlight. Looks like can’t handle it. I can’t wait for the other “confessions” when the show tanks from Heidi, Audrina…
What are THEIR sizes if a size 0 is fat?
But 108 pounds for 5 ft and 7 inches is VERY skinny… she doesn’t look so thin, not even in the picture which says “100 pounds”! I’m at the same height and I would look like a skeleton if I weighed only 108 pounds… I think I’d die before reaching 100… and I have small bones… 0.o
ok so some speculation over whether this is a publicity stunt or not – but when talking abt EDs cant we just give her the benefit of the doubt and belive her, cos if this is true and ppl start saying she’s lying its only gna mess her up more.
however i hav not read the article so dnt know the details of what she’s saying, some of it sounds a bit suspect and her choice of magazine leaves alot to be desired, so i guess ppl will form there own opinions.
lets hope she’s getting the help she needs and that she gets through this, cos no matter your opinion of her no one deserves the horror of an ED.
Stupid attention w.hore! There’s NO WAY she could have had an ED for a couple of months and recovered! What a smack in the face to people really suffering from an ED. It can take years of therapy to go into recovery, and some never do! Silly little girl, needs to grow up!
Definatley a publicity stunt, and a sick one at that! She’s gain no fans from this article – blah face – who cares about the body!
I’m sorry, but a person who really had bulimia wouldn’t be so quick to pose in a bikini on a magazine cover, trust. Also, Stephanie Pratt loves attention/publicity way too much for me to take even this seriously.
Maybe she’s lying about her height, everyone does -_-;
I think this was done because she got ‘bigger’ – so it is an excuse to tell the public (wether its true or not – she did some overeating)!
and I have never seen her ‘looking’ 108 5′7″ bmi 16.9, guess the movie camera really adds quite a bit of weight!
eating disorders are secretive and develope of years…. so i dont know hwy u would poor your haert out to a magazine if it was for real, for bulimics its something to be ashamed of, …i dont believe it ,,, and if she was 5.7 at 108 pounds to begin with, that is sooooooo thin anyway!!!
Her bulimic phase sounds like her idea of a quick losing some weight diet!
People would stop her in the street and say “You’re so skinny, are you a model?”
She sounds like a slightly deluded, self-obsessed, moron. She shouldn’t be in the public eye if she can’t handle the public response. The girl needs a reality check. All actress have bad things said about them on blogs, whatever.
A word of advise to her would be, Stop reading about yourself and get on with your life.
This is the sister of that bear faced idiot Spencer?? Forgive me I’m not from the US and this show I’ve never seen! I have seen Spencer Pratt on IACGMOOF! He is a right dick!
Girls hurling = not sexy!
I don’t like this gal at all.
Okay. In the history of the world, has anybody ever truely stopped someone on the street and said “You’re so skinny, are you a model?’
It has never happened. She’s an idiot and I can’t put my anger about a stupid article like this into words.
are SO ridiculous. They mean nothing. Not only are they lies (I’ve seen these celebs in person they are NOT what magazines say they are) but being fit/toned is deceptive.
For example I am 5′4″, SUPERlean (you can hardly pinch anything), solid muscle @ 140lbs. I also have a wide bone structure…I’ve seen women at the gym who get on the scale @ 140lbs and look like a jiggly DUMP because they’re all fat, which weighs wayyyy less than muscle.
That Heidi-like simpering expression on her face makes ME want to throw up.
O please. She was bulimic for three months. THREE MONTHS! And now she’s on a 1100-1200 calorie diet? I have suffered from bulimia for almost half of my lifetime and am now in therapy a big part of which is eating ENOUGH, i.e. around 2000 calories a day. I will never diet again, never ever. If I do, my bulimia will come back for sure.
shes bullshitting.
i really dont care about her “bulimia”
I agree with her exaggerating on her stats. I am 5′7″, and she looks like she’s 125 in that cover picture. My sister is 5′7″, and she looked like her in the “100 pound” picture when she weighed 115. Those stats are unrealistic numbers, even if she did have an ED for “a little while.”
so i read the story and felt for her, but i think she was also lying about weighing 108 lbs when she first started the show. no way.
I’ve never seen the show, but this woman is one million times more attractive than her brother! And she looks hot in that pink bikini.
there’s no way she was 108 at 5′7 or even that she’s 108 now. And she’s surely not 100 in that picture. She can’t even be 108 in that picture; not at 5′7. And a 1100-1200 calorie diet is semi-starvation. so that’s not exactly healthy either. i think she probably is sick but she’s probably making the situation more dramatic than it is. just my opinion. idk i can’t stand any of those mtv “reality” tv shows. i.e. the hills.
I’m 5′7″ and 117 and I’m a size 0/2. I don’t think there’s any way she started the show at 108 lbs. Honestly though it’s hard to tell what her body looks like now (because of all the print they put on the cover) or what her body looked like at 100 lbs (because she’s wearing a sarong). But I would guess that there’s very little chance she actually weighed 100 lbs because she’d be pretty incapacitated at such a low weight — not attending beach parties in a bikini and acting like a ditz for the cameras.
At the same time, she seems like such an emotionally unstable person, I wouldn’t really doubt if she DID suffer from an ED. But posing for an US Weekly cover is never anything other than a publicity stunt.
It makes me sick to read stuff like that, they show made me bulimic from june to august???
I ve been suffering from this ED since i was 18 and I think everyone knows thats every eating disorder is based on psycological problems. Yes, maybe it has a little to do with weight but its more of an control issue(for me) being in control over something when the rest is falling apart!
bizarre. Why exactly is she confessing this to a magazine? Don’t believe she was 108 lbs before.
i don’t think anyone can really judge whether she’s lying or not about her eating disorder, because calling her an attention whore is a SERIOUSLY big accusation to make.
it could go either. she could be telling the truth (or some of it), or she could be lying through her teeth, but i think it’s highly likely she had a bit of bulimia. it’s more common that most people think, and i don’t think she was ever as popular as any of the other girls.
BUT doesn’t mean to say i believe what she said about being at 108lbs (seriously???). she’s blown a lot of the stuff in there out of proportion (the “are you a model?” stuff is only for her ego).
and she wouldn’t be posing on a mag cover in a bikini if it was that serious…
se can’t be bulimic…you don’t “get” an ED in 2 months and you can’t get healed after 2 months of eating 1200cals.it doesnt start by eating large amounts of food.there is a psychological side and in order to be healed you need to find the reason you wanted to lose weight and try to accept yourself.
i find it really funny that she said she was a size 2 or 0 because i really dont think that is the fact at all~
Stop bashing her. She had a problem and she fixed it. good for her!
For a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa, episodes of binging and purging must occur at least twice a week for three consecutive months.
And yes, you can stop. Just because it can be difficult to overcome for most, doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Most people with bulimia nervosa are aware they have unhealthy eating habits, and may even be aware they have an unhealthy obsession with weight loss. Bulimics are less likely to resist diagnosis and treatment than anorexics.
Ugh. I’m glad you FINALLY posted this article (I’ve been waiting for it since last week).
I’ll post a response I put on another place as I feel it fits in with these responses.
Fist, let me say, I am so sick and tired of people looking at these pictures and calling out “liar” because they can’t believe the stats that are given. EVERYONE’S BODY IS DIFFERNT. I read a blog today where the woman (who works out) is 5′7″, 160 lbs and a size 10. I’m an inch shorter and when I was a size 10, I weighed 140 lbs. So maybe Stephanie actually WAS 100 lbs in that photo- how will any of us ever know anyway?
Anyway..here’s my opinion regarding those of you who think she’s full of sh**t for saying she was bulimic for only a few months:
Who are you to downsize another persons eating disorder? We are all different, inside and out, and bulimia is not a one-size-fits-all disorder.
Stephanie’s story doesn’t take away from yours or anyone else’s.
My point is this- we all know the girl has had other addiction issues with drugs and alcohol. My guess is, she’s had disordered eating for years as well. If so, it is not unusual at all for a person to go from one end to the other- to starve sometimes, binge others and even purge as well (look up EDNOS). Maybe she used to binge but for those 3 months she became actively “bulimic” because she didn’t keep the food down.
Let me ask you this: If someone gets hooked on opiates for 3 months, to the point where they are using every single day, would you not agree that they had a drug problem? Even if they recovered and never used again? Or do you have to use for a specific time in order to get that label…
How pathetic. She reeks of desperation. Famous for being the sister of a z-list douche.
UK Elle, you had me rolling. But LA is a different world…maybe it happened there but I’ve never ever heard of that ever happening anywhere else on this planet!
Asides the point…maybe she had some binging problems but I have doubts as to whether she was a full blown bulimic. She probably nipped the problem at the bud…but it seems like she has body dysmorphic issues if she is only consuming around 1200 calories a day.
Finally…no way she is 5′7″ and 100 lbs in that photo! I’m 5′6″ and I do realize she is built differently than I am I just would think she would look like Carol Carpenter if that were the case.
If in fact this is true, it is so pathetically sad. IF she is 5′7″ and was 108 to begin with, she would already be horribly skinny. I am 5′7″ and was sick for a bit when I was younger and got down to about 108-ish…..trust me, you could see bones and tendons, etc. I LOOKED like I was under 110 lbs. This cover picture of her is in no way of a 5′7″ 108 lbs. woman. I call bullsh*t.
she started the show at 108 lbs.??? i highly doubt that….maybe she was 135, which is really normal, but 108??? c’mon…
and did people really stop her on the street to ask her if she was a model??? with that face? there are tons of girls in l.a. that look a hundred times better than her, even if they were “big”. she’s deluded.
This is bullshit and infuriates me. I have been battling an eating disorder for 5 years. I have starved myself and I have been on the end of bingeing and purging. I went to the hospital for three months to even begin making a small step toward recovery. This is the same amount of time she suffered from it and got over it. This doesn’t just go away. Also, it says that she feels self conscious in her bikini photo. ummmmm, so why are you allowing it to be taken for a magazine. I don’t even go to the beach because I feel like a whale, I can’t even imagine allowing someone to put my photo in a magazine like that! She needs attention so bad, and that saddens me. But, she is the reason why I live in shame of my problems and never open up to anyone. With people like her it makes me feel like an attention whore when in reality it is a much bigger problem. Oh, and she did NOT weigh 100 pounds in that photo. Why do these celebrities and gossip magazines insist that we are dumb. It is insulting.
Poor girl. I have no idea who she is but for some reason I find that all believable. It sounds like she also suffered from body dismorphia…truly thinking she was fat when she was not. Goes to show you that our random and cruel comments on here and other sites sometimes get read and to do terrible damage to the women that read them.
Couldn’t care less.
What would posses her to think that wearing a bikini while claiming she has suffered from bulimia is appropriate? That is so offensive in at least 50 different ways.
Well I don’t think its necessarily fair for her to save the show did–she is a recovering drug addict so I’m sure that she has the tendency to lean towards addiction in general. However, it’s good if she’s now getting healthy and recovering. Hopefully she’s getting counseling too.
Sorry, but anyone who’s watching even 1 episode of The Hills can attest to the fact that there’s NO WAY Stephanie Pratt is 5′7″ and 108lbs. NO WAY. EVER. As someone who is about 5′7″, I know what 108lbs looks like and it’s rake thin. She’s dreaming. 5′7″ and 134lbs is small. 108lbs, that makes me laugh.
And wtf, she was bulimic for 2 months? SORRY, nice try, real EDs don’t involve puking a few times and then getting over it by ordering a meal delivery service. Pratt is such a LOSER!! ATTENTION WHORE!!
everyone on earth can get an ed, of any type. it’s the new cancer all around the world. so thats not surprise at all
WTF As someone in recovery for bulimia, I’m super pissed about what she said. I’ve had my ED off and on for 5 years. There’s no way you can have full blown bulimia for 2 months then “magically” recover. Plus, for someone that has trouble bingeing, you can’t all the sudden stop bingeing and go to a 1100-1200 calorie diet- it leads to more binges b/c you get hungry and crave the “off limits” foods. I should know. Gahhh It seems to downplay how destructive eating disorders really are.
Plus that is a really low amount of calories especially if she’s working out a lot. Some people only need 1200 cals a day but it usually people who are shorter (google BMR calculator). For example I’m 5′5 130 pounds and need about 1400. I’m assuming hers would be around 1500. I hate how she says she had this ED then glorifies an unhealthy calorie amount since she’s “recovered.”
so sad if its true. but i don’t think she was 108 pounds. i’m the same height and weigh 102 pounds, and i really doubt that she started off on the hills 6 pounds heavier than i am. but maybe the camera does add ten pounds???
Leave the poor girl alone.
ive got the magazine article… what bites me in the butt is the fact that she says she was 130 at her highest… um…… have you seen her?! that girl was at least 150… but regardless of weight debate… she constantly is answering questions in a very “om my gosh, you will not believe what i did?!” was it just me who got this??? Did anybody else think she was BRAGGING?! she literally, at one point say ” AUDRINA AND LAUREN WILL BE SHOCKED TO READ THIS”… um what?! who the F cares what those 2 girls think????? wow.. i just think this girl is weird!!!
i believe it. you could even tell on the show because on some episodes she was bloated, and other times looked gaunt and skinny.
Dr. Truth, well said.
I’m so sick of people saying there is NO WAY so and So weighs this much weight- because I’M this tall and this much… Body compositions differ you morons! When are you going to learn that????? No two bodies are composed the same way. She very well could be small framed, have low bone density and high body fat percentage.
And while you’re at it, STFU about BMI’s….it’s straight out laughable when I read “There is no way she has a BMI of 21.6, she looks much more like a BMI of 23.4!” OMG. And most of you grab onto these “tools” such as BMI without fully understanding what they mean and how they are used. Do you think it makes you sound smarter? Here is a hint, just don’t. Leave it to “she looks like a fat*ss.”
Sheesh.
clearly a desperate attempt to break out as a star in her own right – the magazine was only on sale a few minutes and she was already back tracking what she said so i dont really know if any one should believe a word she says! she never looked to be a size 0-2 on the show! lauren is one of the only normal looking ones on the show!
im sorry for stephanie and anyone who has an eating disorder – i hope you all get better and realise life is too short already…
i dont remember her being thin…
Several things:
I don’t think she is lying about the bulimia, because that type of behavior and compulsiveness is exactly what happens and not something you “make up” – it’s shameful and it doesn’t seem to be something you’d say unless you felt pride in overcoming the behavior.
Unless this girl has no muscle whatsoever, I really, really doubt she was 100 in the photo, and is 108 now. I think she may be lying about her height, or the tabloids are exaggerating her weight loss. I’m 5′7″ and 100 and I don’t look like that – then again I have muscle, which weighs more but takes up less space.
The bit about people stopping her and asking “are you a model” is ridiculous – strangers don’t just stop you and ask that unless you are crazy tall and thin and absolutely gorgeous – she doesn’t meet the criteria for any of those.
Regardless of the legitimacy of her eating disorder, she should have never stepped into the spotlight in light of her self-esteem and addiction problems. Why was she reading blogs about herself, one would have to be a moron not know what they are like.
I can’t quite put my finger on why, but the one thing I do know is that this post absolutely infuriates me.
I think that this story must have some truth to it…since it very accurately describes what happens to a lot of people, down to the very details of gorging/binging/covering it up in front of others. It’s scary and sad but very true. Hello?…just becuase it’s a publicity stunt does not mean it is made up.
It kind of baffles me, however, that she would come out like this on a magazine and divulge all of it. In doing this she knows she is putting herself at high risk of all the criticism that supposedly set everything off in the first place.
Ok this is going to sound mean, but I’m calling fucking bullshit on this. I’ve been bulimic for nine years and I’m SO offended the Hills is now using ED as a way to get more viewers.
If she actually did suffer then that sucks and I feel bad for her, BUT it’s something that consumes you and she either lied and never went though that or is lying and is still purging.
Stupid whore or poor girl. Either way, get off tv.
It may be both true and a publicity stunt at the same time. I mean, EDs are really really personal (having one, I should know) coming out like this and publishing it in a magazine makes it into a publicity stunt, why else would she do it in the first place ?
Other than that, I don’t understant these people, I’m sorry but I don’t think she was ever a size 0 or a 2, because Lauren is not stick thin. Its just like Kim Kardashian saying she wears size 27 jeans or is a size 2 *yeah righ..*
5″7 & 108 is tiny- i think there is something wrong there with that statisic????????
this infuriates me…and i can’t understand exactly why.
But, i’m pretty sure it has to do with her telling her story in a tabloid mag wearing a bikini and saying she only eats 1200 or so calories…telling everyone who reads it to drink vinegar and pepper water. How many young girls have been doing this since the read this article? I’ve had anorexia for years,more than half my life and I have met many girls/women who have had bulimia. No one i know has ever just stopped it and then eats as little as she says. as someone else stated, either it never happened, or she’s still bulimic.
this was a stupid thing to do, stunt or not. and clearly from what she said in the article, she still has problems with body image. unless a person with any kind of ed can come to terms with body image, the ed will most likely linger in one way or another.
I don’t know what most of you are reading but she never said she RECOVERED after 3 months. She said she was purging for three and now she’s trying to be healthy, most likely to lose the weight she gained by binging. She probably still has the messed up eating patterns i.e. running to food when she’s depressed. Who knows if she still is purging, she didn’t say. I’m bullimic and I have my good days and bad days. Right now I can say i’m eating “healthy”, but that doesn’t mean i’ve recovered. That just mean i’m making a solid attempt at being healthy. And yes she posed on the cover of a magazine. Come on now, she’s stephanie pratt. She wants attention. She prob lost weight on her eating program and felt a little better about herself. Maybe this is her way to combat her self hate AND get people to stop talking shit about her. I watch the show and I know she’s emotional. I believe her. And she was sticklike when we 1st saw her on the show! She def gained weight in a short period which I would assume was because of her binging. She also didn’t say she’s back to her skinny weight so stop making things up about her. Leave her alone. I’m glad I’m not a celeb or pseudo celeb, some of you commenters would lead me to cutting my damn self.
107 lbs for a 5′7″ girl is really low and unhealthy…and that was her starting weight!
Oh and to be diagnosed bulimic, you have to have been doing it for 6 months.
Booya, publicity stunt!
another dumbass blonde looking for attention!!!
wow, wel audrinas a bitch-
I think she is just saying all this for attention.
I agree it seems a bit exaggerratedd. And seriously who really stops a random stranger and ask them if they are a model?C’mon,Puh-lease
oh PLEASE. a bulimic who then does a 1100-1200 calorie diet for two months?
not possible, surely. bulimia is a downward spiral.. and alot of the time it is born out of the inability to control ones eating… you can’t just snap out of bulimia and go on a diet. that just doesn’t figure, does it stephanie?
not to mention the fact that she supposedly did this diet to get ‘healthy’… oh i see, so a person of a healthy weight goes on a restrictive diet to be underweight… maybe that’s hollywood healthy, but that’s not healthy in the real world.
too much money, too much time, too much vanity. they are her only problems.
if she really had an ‘eating disorder’ she wouldn’t be spilling it to US Weekly magazine….
i dont get this she said in an interview i think with entertainment tonight that she realized what she was doing was bad so she quit…you can’t quit a fucking eating disorder, its not that easy, trust me i wish it was.
UK Elle- “Okay. In the history of the world, has anybody ever truely stopped someone on the street and said “You’re so skinny, are you a model?”
Ha ha– I’m moving to the UK! Desperate creeps use that as a pick-up line here in the States all the time! (Cossey?)
No respect for this attention w****.
Keep in mind that she used to have a drug addiction…google will help prove that. So that pic where she is sooo skinny, I think, is from those days, IMHO. I think this is a disgrace though…who poses on a magazine cover in a BIKINI after struggling with bulimia or any ED for that matter? Total publicity and a stab against those who truly struggle.
Enigma- very well stated. I still can’t believe the reactions this story is getting…
Mmmmm.. Not sure about it. xxx
I don’t think she is faking this whatsoever. I have been dealing with an eating disorder since I was 14. I’ve gone through periods of bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive overeating. Everything she explained are things that I go through, and I can understand why she would feel this pressure. This girl is an emotional mess as we have all seen from the show. I know I’d feel intimidated with Audrina prancing around in her tiny little bikinis, and small self. I think you guys should back off. You don’t know what she’s going through and you don’t know if she’s being honest or enough. Lay off. If she is being truthful, then you’re not helping at all by saying “oh i hate her, she just wants attention” blah blah blah.
Think a little bit.
Her semi starvation diet suggests that she has not yet recovered, but just taken on some different disordered eating behaviour. Also, she must be really messed up in the mind if she was a size 0 or 2 and thought she was fatter than Lauren Conrad. I think Lauren and Audrina were both a size 2 at their smallest, and Lauren is bigger than that now, prob. I also agree with people that she looks bigger than 108 on that cover, but who knows, maybe she has no muscle?
I call BS
Some people do start having ED behavior and it only lasts a few months because maybe they got sick or something in them changes and they don’t need to feel that sense of control cause they’re dealing with problem that lead to ED behavior. You can only speak for your experience and it offends me that you demean others as if your horrible ED experience is worse than someone else’s. This isn’t a competition.
She’s an actress and she couldn’t even fake an eating disorder. I would never hire her lol.
publicity attempt.
“When we filmed in Hawaii, I remember taking off my shirt and asking Audrina, “What looks better? Shirt on or off?” and she said “On.””
– oooh burn!
wow.
this is just silly. if she’s really that sensitive she needs to not appear on television. people talk, and whether or not they should, they judge.
it seems like all these girls on The Hills want to be stars without anyone criticizing them EVER, even though they can’t act, sing, dance, design, write, and whatever other ventures opportunistic companies are bestowing upon them to capitalize on their 5 minutes of fame.
this is all a bunch of bs. she’s healthy and has a nice body but not “model thin” and she is not 108, if a person who is 5″4 was the much they would look deadly especially 100, even if they have a small bone frame. If she’s so skinny her collar bones would come out. If this story is true though, that’s sad because she really doesn’t need to lose weight.
either way, if she does have an eating disorder or if she just wants to claim one to recieve attention she must have some sort of psychological issues. we live in a sad, sad world.
this is ridiculous! I had (still kind of have) an ED and the bad part really only lasted for about 9 months, but i am still recovering and still slipping back into that ED behavior now and then. It’s absurd to think that she can be completely healed so quickly. I am luckier than most, many people suffer with EDs for many years. also, if she really does have an ED, she should be focused on healing and recovering in private, not telling her problems to US WEEKLY. i’m sure than having all this media scrutiny on her will definitely not help recovery.
Ok I am absolutely repulsed by the fact that I know who this d-bag and her d-bag brother are considering I have never scene one single ep of “the (manufactured poorly acted)hills”. Her “touch of bulimia” is even more d-baggy! I have suffered from bulimia and anorexia ofF and on for 7 yrs now and I know that it is not something that you can just say “poof be gone” and it’s over! If only it were that easy. She has slapped everyone who truly suffers from ed’s in the face thus saying “HEY order some deliver meals and you’ll be healed!” Yes she is another attention whore sent here to be the toe jam between my toes just like her monkey face brother. Why must we continually be punished with these “no list “celebs”" and their publicity fudgery?
it isn’t impossible to recover from an eating disorder.. in fact it is most effectively “cured” when caught early.. i myself only suffered for about a year and a half.. just because it was shortlived doesn’t mean it wasn’t just as hard and horrible as it was for those that suffered for 10 years or 5 years or whatever. I hope that she is really doing as well as she says and I am honestly sickened by people with a history of eating disorders that are questioning the legitimacy of her problem and i really really hope that she never reads any of your comments.
@ uk calling said Okay. In the history of the world, has anybody ever truely stopped someone on the street and said “You’re so skinny, are you a model?”
I am told that on a regular basis but I’m actually 5′10″, not horrid looking and thin, unlike this prick.
At 5′7? Yeah, right. Lol, I’m sorry, but I don’t think that she was 100 pounds in that photo. My friend is 5′3 and she’s 100 pounds, and to me, she looks skeletal sometimes! I don’t think so, this is total nonsense.
i developed bulimia midway into college because of body issues and academic pressure and had it for almost 2 years. i tried to stop plenty of times but it finally worked one day when i really really prayed to God. suddenly i stopped the habits and after that, everything started going back to normal and so did my thinking… it’s reeally weird and when i went to the doctors, they were very baffled about my extreme progress but i don’t know. anyway, i’m sayingt his because it seems like many people believe its IMPOSSIBLE for people to recover on their own and very quickly.. and although very rare, it isn’t because I am proof that you can. anyway, in terms of steph pratt.. i do kind of think she is doing it for publicity esp since she’s posing in her bikini.. but i am giving her the benefit of the doubt since you never really know what its like for someone else.
This is one of the most sickening articles I’ve ever read, or seen on the cover of a magazine. It sounds like the girl just went through a quick phase where she threw up every now and then to try to loose a few pounds. But her whole story sounds so dramatic and cliche. I absoltely hate when D list “celebrities” try to increase their populartiy by publicly announcing how they used to be bulimic/anorexic. After reading the article, I think it’s nothing more than a desperate ploy to gain some media attention. It’s obvious the girl’s perception of herself is fckd up also. There is no way in hell this girl was a size 0/2 when she first appeared on The Hills. Bulimia is a private, shameful disorder that’s not “cured” in a couple months. Ugh, and the girl is not atractive at all. She look like Spencer in a wig.
“You can only speak for your experience and it offends me that you demean others as if your horrible ED experience is worse than someone else’s. This isn’t a competition.”
Couldn’t agree more with the very few people who actually know what they’re talking about. I work with clients with Eating disorders every day and i see varied clients, from those just diagnosed to those who have suffered for 25+ years.
I can say quite matter of factly that the quicker you realise this has become a problem, and have a desire to change it, the ‘easier’ it is to work on, you are far less stuck in any ED routine, and though the mindset is there, it is underdeveloped and therefore easier to work with.
Also can i point out she has not claimed to be miraculously recovered. It sounds like she has swapped bingeing and purging for restricting, which is often how eating disorders present.
Commenting on her weight – I am a perfectly healthy BMI19 yet constantly hear from clients and other professional colleagues of my own that i look extremely underweight, i often get on the scales to show them, and try to tell them that BMI is not accurate for the general population. I use this to try and make my clients suffering with eating disorders realise that the constant comments i hear of ‘i dont feel worthy of help cos im not ill, my bmi is xyz, if i get to abc i’ll feel more anorexic’.
Most of the comments here are DANGEROUS and im shocked most about the comments from people claiming they also suffer with an eating disorder – no two cases are the same and should ALWAYS be taken seriously, regardless of weight or time frame.
I feel bad for her and I do believe her. Her new way of eating isn’t very healthy either, but it definitely is better than the binging and throwing up. I hope she gets better soon.
That’s such a mean thing for Audrina to say, by the way!
this is just.. wow.
So had a eating disorder for three months, then decides that BAM doesn’t have bulimia…never going to purge ever again. She must possess some sort of magic powers. Also the so called “healthy eating” diet plan she is doing would never be consumed by someone recovering from an bulimia.
PLUS ISN’T THE PUBLIC EYE WHAT MADE HER HAVE AN EATING DISORDER IN THE FIRST PLACE?
I think stephanie is so full of crap. If “The Hills” really made her feel so bad, why would she stay on the show for 2-3 seasons and is still on the show? I guess being a celebrity is more important than health.
The worst part is the answer to the first question of the interview. Oh, poor girl, she looked fatter than Lauren Conrad in her size 0, how sad… NOT REALLY. Do you know how it feel to be called “fat” by all your relatives when your BMI is 20, miss pampers?
*feels
UK Elle- “Okay. In the history of the world, has anybody ever truely stopped someone on the street and said “You’re so skinny, are you a model?”
um.. I do not know where you are from (UK, really?) but i get that a lot.. pick up line perhaps?
I don’t get it. Why would someone lie about their weight? Or make it LOWER? Seriously.
I’m in early stages of ED recovery, and no way in hell did she recover in 2 months, and no way in hell did she developpe an ED in 2 months!
I don’t watch this BS show, but I really think she
’s fulll of crap! This is for publisity, and it makes me sick.
Does she really know how hard it is to have an ED, yet alone recover, it takes a long time, months if not years of therapy, and the last thing that a therapist would do for someone recovering from an ED is put them on a 1000-1200 cal/day diet!!
It’s things like this that makes people think it’s ””coool” to have an ED. SHame on her and US weekly….by the way how much did she get payed to reveil such a secret!!!???
I can empathize. Unfortunately for some of us it doesn’t just last 3 months…
If it was that easy to recover I wouldn’t still be bulimic after 5 years.
Oh cry me a river, who wouldn’t want to throw up while watching the Hills? Another thing I always get is this weird need to hurt myself with a knife..
can i just say to those of you who thinks she is an atention whore – look how many comments this has got. if she really did this for attention (and i guess everyone must form their own opinion) your just giving her wot she wants! think abt it!
I read this article, and I have a few things to say also.
For one thing, Stephanie Pratt claims that at her heaviest weight of around 135 pounds, she “felt like an obese person.” And I’ll admit that the photo they showed of her at that weight, around fall of 2008 I believe, was not THE most flattering photo ever – but to say that 135 pounds at 5′7″ felt “obese” in any way is absolutely insane. The usual medical formula for a healthy weight is based on a typical formula of 100 lbs. for the first 5 feet of height and 5 lbs. for every inch thereafter – so for a 5′7″ person, 135 pounds is a perfect weight. Depending on the person’s bone density and muscle mass, they could weigh up to 155 lbs. and still be QUITE healthy and fit. People have GOT to get realistic about this height-weight thing or our society is going to go down in history as being the most unrealistically and categorically vain people ever to exist. It’s really sad.
At 5′7″ and 100 lbs., I would say Steph had a serious problem. Did she look like a model? Absolutely…but I’m not so sure that’s the healthy example that the little girls of today need to be following. I’m 5′8″ and I weigh around 160 lbs. and wear a size 8-10, and that’s a healthy size for me. I work out 5 days a week and have loads of muscle mass to show for it. Weight is often just a number, people need to remember that. For Stephanie Pratt or US Magazine to insinuate in anyway that a healthy weight for her height was “obese” is just repulsive and stupid.
i don’t think she’s a size 0/2.
that’s very very very small, and i’ve never seen her that small on the hills. she looks average, she definitely doesn’t look like a “model”.
i think this has to be a publicity stunt…sorry, but you gained weight, not because you binged and purged for 3 months. you just ate and did nothing about it..so get over it.
@ Megan- WRONG honey. Here is the duration criteria for Bulimia, per The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV)
“Frequency and Duration: For a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa, episodes of binging and purging must occur at least twice a week for three consecutive months.”
Do your research before reporting the wrong facts.
“Booya” right back at ‘cha…
@siZe–0
people don’t really do things like that in the UK, it’s rare that someone would stop you on the street for any reason at all. i think americans tend to be a lot more “forward”
she is a stupid publicity seeking whore just like her disgusting pig-ass hole brother…they creep me out and they look like gerbolls…or trolls or something very creepy that should be locked…lol the Hills Have Eyes lmfao
I can honestly undersatnd how awful that must be, however, I think she’s exaggerating. I’m 5′7″ and 105 pounds, and I am waaaaaay thinner then her, probably most like Audrina, you know minus the implants… Even at “100 pounds” to me she looks more 110. She’s not fat, but you do see on the show being much bigger then the other girls. I mean isn’t Hiedi like 5′4″ and 110 and something? She’s way skinnier then this girl!
wtf I’m 5′3″ 110 pds and I look thinner than her at 5′7″ and 100?? I understand people carry weight differently but that’s a bit too much. I do think she has an eating disorder though, and she definitely needs help… but this is totally for publicity.
To RMO: Just because I think she’s full of shit doesn’t mean I don’t know anything about eating disorders. I’ve had one for five years and it has been hell on earth. I have been in the hospital with many other girls with eating disorders and have seen many different kinds of eating related problems. So, who are you to have the superior say?
OH MY GOD.
She felt big next to LAUREN “BLIMP THIGHS” CONRAD?!!!
Lauren is fat. She is fatter than fat. She’s a PEAR. She is freaking HUGE. Stephanie is at least proportioned! How can she feel fat next to Lauren Cowrad? Even I feel skinny next to her and I feel fat all the time. I hate my body. but Lauren Conrad makes me feel better about it. I even made a visual about it: next to a post you, Rian, made about her, I write “IT COULD BE WORSE. You could look like this in jeans.” and every time i feel like poop, i look at it, and feel better.
Poor Stephanie. I hope that she has recovered from her bulimia.
Fatso.
Everyone has a really good point about the weight-height discrepancy Stephanie Pratt is inadvertently giving away here. In all likelihood, she was more like 150-160 in the heaviest picture and is now more like 120-130 and was maybe – MAYBE – 110 or 115 in the “bulimic/skinny” picture. My thinking is that if you’re going to do a “tell-all” interview with a celeb gossip rag, you should, I dunno, TELL ALL? As in, the truth?
Sienna, if you think Lauren Conrad is a cow, you need counseling far more than Stephanie Pratt. K thx.
He who says the least here wins.
This is taking me forever to get through! I’ll come back and finish later… Oh, PLEASE remind me
if this really is true (which i doubt because why would she admit anything that personal to a weekly magazine??) then audrina is so harsh!!
“When we filmed in Hawaii, I remember taking off my shirt and asking Audrina, “What looks better? Shirt on or off?” and she said “On.””
Even is shes bigger than audrina (as most humans are) what a bitchy thing for audrina to say!!
omg she is not 5′7 and 108 or 100lbs! she looks like at least 140…im a lot thinner than her and i weight 130 and im 5′10 …which is only 3 pounds more than heidi clum and shes 5′10
she is not a size 0 /2…wtf shes like at least a 6
oh come on it’s not like we’re talking about the city…lauren has a normal weight and the only one who looks really skinny is audrina so the hills CANNOT make you bulimic and wtf for 3 months?? this was all publicity….
on the other hand could someone pleease explain me about this revenge jennifer aniston is up to?? and the story about rob?? cause i can’t buy the magazine and i’m dyinggg to know all the detailsss
a. load. of. crap.
I find this so sad. I’m ashamed to admit it but I do watch the show… I feel bad for Stephanie – her brother is an ASSHOLE and makes her feel like crap all the time. I really feel for her.
I think she’s really beautiful and she deserves to feel good about herself.
It may not be the best article in the world – and the front cover seems to advertise the glamour of eating disorders rather than portray a real version of them, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to talk about her as though she’s doing the whole thing for attention. I believe it and I think it’s really heartbreaking.
I hope she finds better company soon, and I really hope she gets better. I know how hard these things can be. And 3 months is enough of that hell to go through. This is also, apparently her first time of suffering with an ed… so, lets hope it’s the only time it happens, because these things often come back full circle, and stronger the next time round.
Lets hope that doesn’t happen to her.
Not to be rude but she doesn’t look 108 lbs at all if shes 5″7, at all.