Katie Couric bulimia, Presenter Katie Couric has made the emotional confession that she suffered from bulimia during her late teens until her early 20s on a TV special about eating disorders.
The seasoned television anchor and newly-minted chat show host opens up about her battle with the condition on her new program, called Katie, today.
The 55-year-old chat show host, known for her sleek style, revealed that she spent her years in college trapped in a cycle of self-loathing and punishing herself, Page Six revealed.
Page Six reported that Couric will tell all about how she fought the crippling disorder when she speaks with new 'X Factor' judge Demi Lovato, who also sought help for eating disorders in late 2010.
Couric says on her show that she 'wrestled' with the condition throughout her years at the University of Virginia and for two years afterwards.
She says: 'And I know this rigidity, this feeling that if you eat one thing that's wrong, you’re full of self-loathing and then you punish yourself, whether it’s one cookie or a stick of gum that isn’t sugarless, that I would sometimes beat myself up for that.'
She questions how people struggle to have a healthy relationship with their food and diet and how it is a massive part of their lives, Page Six of the New York Post reported.
The successful chat show host was suffering from bulimia, which started when she was 18, when she began her TV career at the ABC News bureau in Washington, D.C.
The television personality overcame the eating disorder by the time she was 24 with the help of a therapist and looking at the medical consequences of the condition.
Couric - who is famous for her controlled public image - said before her chat show began that even though she expects her chat show guests to open up, she would not be doing so herself.'If we're talking about dating over 50, I might say what my attitude is about it. I'm not going to talk about the date I had the night before.
'I want to talk about my own experiences, but I don't want to over share.'
But it would appear she believes the discussion about eating disorders is too important for her not to contribute her own experiences.
Her revelations come as she talks with Demi Lovato, 20, who has opened up about her battles with eating disorders and her emotional problems.
The former Disney star previously said during an interview on ITV1's Lorraine: 'I feel as if television and movies are now glorifying an unhealthy body image which puts a lot of pressure on young girls - and especially girls that are growing up and trying to find themselves.
'A lot of girls who are young are insecure, and they look to the media and what they see in magazines and everything else to see what they should look like.
'And I think that the film industry and the television industry should take more responsibility.'
Demi was admitted to a US rehabilitation facility at the end of 2010 after seeking treatment for bulimia, as well as other 'emotional and physical issues'.
The anchor woman turned daytime talk show host has recently gone public with the fact she is dating financier John Molner, 49, after splitting from longtime boyfriend Brooks Perlin, who was 17 years her junior.
The star has said she would like to re-marry after her first husband Jay Monahan died of colon cancer aged just 42 in 1998.
Mr Molner is the head of mergers and acquisitions at investment bank and securities firm Brown Brothers Harriman and is believed to have been dating Couric for several months.So far Ms Couric has already welcomed famous faces such as Jennifer Lopez, Sheryl Crow and Jessica Simpson on her programme.
All have opened up about their personal difficulties, including divorce , brain tumours and childbirth.
Her talk show began with great fanfare after she secured first interviews with flesh-eating victim Aimee Copeland and Amanda Knox's former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
It was his first-ever U.S. interview since being acquitted of murder last year.
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