Olivia Newton-John on daughter Chloe’s eating disorder
Olivia Newton-John and her daughter Chloe, 21, recently opened up during an interview with Entertainment Tonight about Chloe’s battle with an eating disorder. Chloe told Entertainment Tonight,
I felt like I hit rock bottom. For two years of my life I went through it, and I’ve come out of it now.
Chloe also weighed in on tabloid rumors, saying,
I know, no matter what I say, people are always going to have their opinion. If I say I’m over it, they’ll be like, ‘Oh, she’s skinny, so she can’t be.’ It has nothing to do with food. It’s like any coping mechanism. I mean, some people choose alcohol, some people choose drugs, some people choose food, some people choose to overeat.
Chloe explained that music is what helped her get through that rough time in her life.
My album, my writing, that’s what I turn to; that’s what got me through. I mean, I used every ounce of pain and every life lesson. I think why I took so long to make a record is because I wanted to actually have something to say that people could connect with. So everything I’ve gone through has been worth it, because I have a piece of work now that I’m like, ‘Wow. This really came from somewhere authentic in me.
Chloe’s current album is called No Pain, and the single from that album, called ‘Delicious,’ can be heard on her Myspace page.
Source: ET Online
Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth.
- Posted on May 10, 07 at 8:45AM
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May 10th, 2007 at 9:19 am
I wish her all the best, what a scary disease. But I read the first quote that said she has come out of it and then I looked at the pic and thought to myself “being that skinny is coming out of it?”. To then read the next part of the quote where she gets a bit defensive about people’s skepticism that she is better when they see how skinny she is. Sounds like part of the disease to me, not recognizing how thin you actually are. But if she is better, more power to her, congratulations and I hope she stays healthy.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I really wish both mother and daughter the best. Anorexia is such a horrible disorder and many do not realize how much the family members and loved ones also have to go through. Hopefully Chloe will accept that she needs to get well and recover.
May 10th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Oh dear, Chloe still looks very anorexic, to me. And it looks like she got some kind of lip injection and cheek implants. Good Luck to her in getting healthy.
ON-J has definitely had some pretty big challenges in her life. Best to her as well.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
your comments are disgusting. here you are talking about how devastating anorexia is but then criticising her appearance in the next sentence? so much for public understanding of eating disorders. do you expect a recovering overeater to lose all the weight just like that? it goes both ways.