Actress Jamil Reveals She Almost ‘Destroyed’ Her Body w/ Laxatives While Dealing w/ Eating Disorder: ‘I’m Amazed I Even Still Have An A**H*le’

Jameela Jamil

Actress Jameela Jamil Reveals She Almost ‘Destroyed’ Her Body w/ Laxatives While Dealing w/ Eating Disorder: ‘I’m Amazed I Even Still Have An A**H*le’

Jameela Jamil is unashamed.

The Good Place actress, 38, got extremely honest about the harsh realities of her health and body positivity journey. While on Wednesday’s (May 29) episode of  Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa, Jameela Jamil opened up about her past experience with anorexia and eating disorders.

She bluntly confessed,

“I took so many laxatives, I’m amazed I even still have an a**h*le, to be perfectly honest.”

She continued,

“It’s a real trooper. It’s a survivor.”

Jameela Jamil

Reflecting on how far she went to shed pounds, and how that’s impacting her body now, Jameela Jamil said,

“I took any pill or drink or diet that Oprah recommended. I did it. I took it. You know, any very low calorie supermodel diet. I f*cked up my kidney, my liver, my digestive system, my heart, and most recently, I found out that I have destroyed my bone density.” 

She said she’s tempted to “blame society” for the pressures it puts on image and weight loss, however, ultimately she blames herself.

“I’m so sorry to my body that I have jeopardized my future so severely for a beauty standard and to try to fit in with other people.”

Jameela Jamil

Raising awareness about the reality of eating disorders, she said,

“That’s why I’m so annoying publicly about eating disorders and diets because there’s so much talk about the dangers of being in a bigger body and there’s no talk almost about the dangers of not eating enough, only eating too much.”

Adding:

And I think that’s really dangerous because we really have no idea the way that people’s fertility is f*cked, the way their long-term health is f*cked. We just don’t talk about it and it’s an inconvenient truth that the diet industry kind of squashes. So I want to be someone who reminds people: don’t eat for your waistline now, eat for your longevity later.”

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