The National Enquirer’s Stars with Eating Disorders issue is full of the usual stick-thin subjects like Nicole Richie, Ellen Pompeo and Portia De Rossi, but they also add a few stars who have gained some weight or are fit and don’t really deserve to be ridiculed. Mandy Moore must have an eating disorder since she’s a whole size 10, they reason, and Kelly Clarkson is also up for scrutiny for a maybe-12. Barbra Streisand and Clay Aiken are also included since they’ve packed some on.
Poor Pierce Brosnan’s wife, Keely Shaye Smith, stars front and center as she did in the 50 Worst Beach Bodies issue. She’s an easy target as she’s a heavier woman and is willing to wear a bikini around the paps.
Athletically-thin stars like Gwen Stefani, Katie Holmes, and Jennifer Aniston are featured, with experts warning of over exercise. It seems the celebrities can’t ever win.
Here’s how they justify including just about everyone in this pictorial:
While some of TinselTown’s most recognizable beauties are withering away from crash diets and diseases such as anorexia and bulimia, others are putting their lives at risk by overeating.
“There are a lot of celebrities who have made it to the top not on their talents alone, but also by maintaining a certain image,” says Dr. Cocores….
“But when image becomes more important than health, and people starve their bodies of the proper nutrients, the results are often fatal.”
Fitness guru Jonny Bowden agrees, but is quick to point out that eating disorders can go in the opposite direction and involve overeating, which can also lead to life-threatening conditions.
“Binge eating is a disorder that can be just as fatal,” says Bowden.
[From The National Enquirer print edition, April 9, 2007]
So there you have it. If you’re famous, you better stay ar the exact right weight or someone will pick on you. And even if you do stay there, they’ll find something else to point out.
Eating disorders are a serious problem, and super-thin or obese celebrities aren’t healthy role models, but when the definition is expanded like this it kind of defeats the purpose.
These are original scans for Celebitchy from The National Enquirer.
