Keira Knightley addresses rumors surrounding her eating disorder

At almost 40 years old, actress Keira Knightley took a step back from her career and remembered a real “trauma” in an interview with Times this Saturday, November 23. Taking time away from film sets to take care of her two children, Edie (9 years old) and Delilah (5 years old), the actress Pirates of the Caribbean opened up about the speculation she was subject to at the height of her career in the 2010s, surrounding her body and weight.

“I knew I didn’t have an eating disorder. I knew I was eating,” she said, adding that she had mentally repressed much of this period, which she barely remembers today.

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Like a “classic trauma”, the actress unconsciously got rid of this memory. “There was a complete suppression, and then certain things will come up and I will suddenly have a very physical memory of it because, at the end of the day, it’s public humiliation, right?” she added.

“I still can’t stand it”

While she was singled out for her weight at the time, the 39-year-old actress recalled one incident in particular, when actress Marie-Kate Olsen was hospitalized for anorexia in 2004. “I remember being asked that question on a press tour, like it was a joke. “She was supposed to be ashamed for seeking help for her anorexia,” she told the magazine.

“I remember sitting there thinking it was crazy,” she said, adding that she “still can’t stand it” today, even though the media coverage doesn’t let her know. did not concern. A real trauma for the actress which subsequently pushed her to undergo therapy.

In October 2018, the actress revealed that she had suffered a “nervous breakdown” at the age of 22, shortly after the start of her fame. “I took a year off there and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder because of all that,” she said at the time.