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The Bachelorette Angie Kent On Her Life-long Battle With Bulimia

“It’s made me the person that I am.” - by Lucy Bode
  • 10 Oct 2019
The Bachelorette Angie Kent On Her Life-long Battle With Bulimia

The Bachelorette star Angie Kent has spoken out about battling a “dreadful eating disorder” as a teenager, that’s still taking its toll on her health more than a decade later.

“I have coeliac disease and endometriosis which I think is from having really bad bulimia and starving myself for years,” she explained in an interview with Now To Love.

“At the time it was awful, but I’ve worked through that and it’s made me the person that I am and I think everyone should be able to talk about what they’ve been through.”

She added that her struggles originally stemmed from undiagnosed anxiety.

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Me and my habit of eatin them roses. I can not contain how excited and blessed I feel about all the responses and feedback. Thank-you. It is a show about love. So join in and embrace all them feels and remember what I'm there for ❤️ Feeling truly grateful for all your loving words and support! Wednesday is creepin up on us @bacheloretteau @uonsunday thank you for the beautiful article and photo shoot. X

“For so long I hid the fact that I struggled with what I didn't know was anxiety - I just, I didn't know what it was,” she said. “I had all these different feelings.”

The 29-year-old previously opened up about her past on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, comparing the hold bulimia had over her to a drug or alcohol addiction. 

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Holy Marcella! I'm speechless. Kidding, that never happens to me. My heart is so full. I got to meet the magical human that is @osher_gunsberg and meet all these amazing lads and then my brother @bradkent7 to come in, put himself so out there for his big sister is just so amazing. I'm so blessed and grateful! What a night! 🌹❤️ and it's only the beginning .... Gown: @kloviacouture Jewellery: @errai_jewellery Heels: @stevemaddenau Styled by: @kim_styledbycapitalk H&M: @helendowsley

“People think you're doing it for attention or, they think you can snap out of it,” she said at the time. “Most of it doesn't even come from wanting to be skinny. It can be like, you have really bad skin, or you become obsessed with something because it's going to be good for your body, and then you get so obsessed you don't eat anything else.”
 
“It's like being an alcoholic or a drug addict, you're addicted to that part of your life because that's the only part of your life you can control…”

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Oh. My. Days! I'm back on social media-ish.! I'm scared to go back to the norm. I miss smelling of fire and mainly only showering in a waterfall. This is my first post since being booted from the most surreal, intense, emotional, next level experience of my life! It's been almost 2 days since I've slept and left the jungle so it's safe to say I'm quite the zombie. I just wanted to thank everyone who voted for me! My beautiful best friends and manager who ran my social pages @robertverschuer @stageaddiction @sarmcguire ...my amazing friends and family who I'm more than sure supported and voted for me! And everyone who I don't know who voted too! All your votes did not go to waste my dear babooz, because every time you texted to save my fat, sweaty, awkward head, money went to my charity of choice @mission_aust ! Amazing -a -ling! Now listen, @imacelebrityau has been an absolute solid gold kick in the dick, but my god, I loved every moment, and I truly didn't want to leave. The South African jungle was my home. @drchrisbrown and @ladyjuliamorris were everything I dreamed of and more. Massive thanks to them and the whole production team. What a bunch of heart throbs. I've had the best time and I refuse to let the outside world aka social media, get in the way of how magical that experience was, and how hard I worked to face my fears, stripped from all vices and comforts and get through every, sometimes ground hog and sometimes anxiety ridden day. No one knows how next level the journey is unless they've done it, or worked on it ! And I'm so stoked with it all! Im slightly scared to come back to reality! I've loved my intense but simple jungle life! Now to see if my gal @yvie_jones will take home the crown 👑 or the legend that is @shanebcrawford OR my jungle soul mate, big daddy @the_richardreid ...tough competition and they all deserve to win! But there can only be one! This Sunday y'all will see! Be there, or be square or somethin 👊🏼✊🏼 #imacelebrityau #southafrica #missionaustralia #junglefever #junglehurrdontcurr

Her advice for anyone else dealing with demons?
 
"Never change yourself for anyone," she told the publication. "Don't hide if you're struggling because I guarantee that the person next to you is struggling just as hardcore, but they're frightened to talk."

If you are worried about yourself or someone in your care, the best thing you can do is talk to someone. Please contact the Butterfly Foundation 1800 33 4673 or chat online.

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