Hills Star Admits to Bulimia, Triggered by "Skinny" Costars

Us Magazine - June 17, 2009 7:10 AM PDT
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Hills star Stephanie Pratt opens up for the first time in the new issue of Us Weekly about hating her body and her terrifying secret struggle with bulimia -- sparked, she says, by the pressure of appearing alongside her super-thin friends on the hit MTV reality show.

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The 5-foot-7 23-year-old reveals she began bingeing and purging after watching a scene she shot with Lauren Conrad in 2007 after first joining the cast: "I was horrified. I remember saying, 'I can't believe how huge I look walking over to Lauren.'"

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Another time, when filming in Hawaii in bikinis, the size 0-2 Pratt - in a bikini and cover-up -- asked costar Audrina Patridge, "What looks better, 'shirt on or off?'" Patridge said 'On.'" Says Pratt, "The producers never put pressure on us to lose weight," but adds, "It's embarrassing working with skinny girls."

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  • Freddy Fox
    Good, I hope she goes all Karen Carpenter on us....
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 10:08 AM PDT
  • Vanilla Bear
    Great reporting. Who gives a %@!*#?
    report abuseposted June 18, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
  • jamie
    since when is a size 2 fat???
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 9:06 PM PDT
  • jamie
    since when is a size 2 fat???
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 9:06 PM PDT
  • DiamondGirl
    Give me a break. When will all the hype about "The Hills" cast go away? No one knew who these people were before that lame fake show came around....now they are everywhere...as if they are extremely famous stars...which they are far from being...now or ever.
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 3:36 PM PDT
  • go for broke
    Oh please, Spencer and Stephanie obviously have issues not brought on by the show. Just listen to them talk and you can tell they are crazy!
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 2:19 PM PDT
  • practicaldemon
    There was way too much chlorine in the Pratt gene pool. It's always someone else's fault for the woes of these flash in the pan, look-at-me drags on society. It did get her on the cover of a crap magazine; that was what she wanted.
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 12:49 PM PDT
  • Loyalbabygirl1984
    yikes they seem cruel
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 12:38 PM PDT
  • Jen
    Doesnt help that her bro is Spencer. These kids are fing IDIOTS.
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT
  • jaybindar
    sarah, you know very well how easy it is to hide an eating disorder. nobody would know that i had almost all of my teeth replaced or that my intestines are permanently damaged from looking at me. i'm sorry you have struggled, but dont encourage someone else by asking to see scars, etc.
    report abuseposted June 17, 2009 9:27 AM PDT
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