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Lady Gaga: I Used To Be Bulimic

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Lady Gaga has revealed that she was bulimic in high school.

The singer talked about her teenage struggle with the eating disorder while taking questions after an interview with Maria Shriver at the “It’s Our Turn” young women’s conference in Los Angeles.

According to reports, a student addressed Gaga by saying, “I struggle with body issues, and I know you’re so confident in the way you dress. And I am wondering how you deal with such issues?”

Gaga responded: “I used to throw up all the time in high school. So I’m not that confident. And maybe it’s easier for me to talk about it now because I don’t do it anymore.”

She stopped because of the damage it was doing to her voice.

“The acid on your vocal chords – it’s very bad,” explained the “Born This Way” superstar. “But for those of you who don’t sing, you maybe don’t have that excuse until it’s too late. It’s very dangerous.”

The pop star emphasized that pop cultural images don’t reflect reality.

“Every video I’m in, every magazine cover… they stretch you, they make you perfect,” Gaga told the crowd. “It’s not real life. I’m gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it’s affecting kids your age. And it’s making girls sick.”

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  • J_lyn

    Does she realize that she is the one portraying this perfect image when she allows herself to be perfectly sculpted for her video and magazines. I’ve seen her look scary skinny in more then one picture and video. Not really a great thing for her to admit she did considering the only reason it seems she stopped was so the acid didn’t ruin her voice, not because it is an extremely unhealthy and dangerous thing to do. Many girls out there who look up to her, will now say “well it can’t be that bad gaga did it and look at her now”. There are many many more reasons why Bulimia is a very dangerous thing to do and if Gaga wants to teach people why they should not be throwing up their food she really should give more reasons then her voice. People need to learn to deal with their emotions and not use food as comfort, she should talk about the reason why she felt she had to make herself sick in the first place and then she might actually get to the root of the problem. Most bulimic people don’t throw up their food so they can be skinny. It is actually a form of self punishment they feel out of control so they binge on food and then after they realize what they have done, they feel they have to throw it all up. It really is much more complicated then the want to be skinny, in fact most bulimics are normal weight. It upsets me when I read something from someone who has so much influence on youth talk about something as complex as bulimia and then says her reason for stopping was her voice.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=658361960 Elle O’Elle

    she just said NOT to do it. What do you want from her? And of course, bulemia is about not putting on weight from the food you just binged on, anorexia is about losing it.

  • J_lyn

    If the women is going to try and educate all of her little “monsters” then maybe she should give some better advice then saying “just don’t do it you’ll ruin your voice”. Which in my opinion is a pretty superficial reason to stop. All she said was if your not a singer just don’t do it? If she is going to try and hand out the information she should at least be informed. I also find it hard to believe that she all of a sudden could just stop deciding that it would ruin her voice. She was obviously doing it for some unknown reason and unless you have had bulima you don’t understand that hold it can have on your life.

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    I love Lady Gaga she looks very hot and graceful……….

  • Me

    Well she is a singer so yeah it does fit.

  • Rashmichele

    The reason why Lady Gaga might look underweight in some of her photos is because she performs, rehearses, and travels non-stop. During the Monster Ball, she was doing a show a night for almost 2 years straight. I am not defending her remarks. She might not be the best person to talk to about one’s self-image since she has a skewed perspective on the world and people in general but she is a public figure and maybe…JUST MAYBE some young girl out there is listening and can take something positive from this.

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  • http://twitter.com/xivegotsunshine Anna

    everyone who has gone through eating disorders have their own reasons for staring and stopping. So what if she stopped because of her voice, would you rather have her lie or be honest. Yes eating disorders are extremely unhealthy and dangerous but Gaga shouldn’t lie about her personal experience to portray the “right answer”.

  • JM

    Awareness is awesome, and I’m glad Gaga is addressing another relevant issue. By making people aware, maybe there can be more help out there. Only thing- vomit doesn’t actually pass your vocal cords, so that part is false. Your vocal cords and folds are in your trachea, which you breathe out of. Your food goes down (and in this case, the acid goes up) your esophagus. Thus why smoking too much or smoke inhalation can end up hurting your voice, not repeated purging. Let’s spread awareness and prevention by keeping facts straight and encourage recovery through education and knowledge! Kudos to her nonetheless :)

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