«I have reached the point of weighing 39 kg, my children are worried about me»

«I’m fine now. Thanking God I almost got out of it. I have my diet, I’m careful. Little by little, with a bit of good will, many things can be overcome. And above all with the help of the family.” He began by talking about the relationship with his body and anorexia Arianna David, actress, presenter and former Miss Italy. Guest on Verissimo, the 51-year-old Roman spoke about herself in a long interview, getting emotional and retracing her life.

Arianna David talks to Verissimo about anorexia: «I wouldn’t fall in love with myself either»

Anorexia

«As a young girl I was fine, I wasn’t obsessed with my body. Then I started playing with my physicality and in my adolescence I started to gain a few kilos. They bullied me in class, but I didn’t pay attention. However, my sensitivity has captured certain information. Miss Italy? I stumbled upon it by chance, it was a game. Before the competition my mother took me to a nutritionist and I lost a few kilos. At Miss Italia the criticism weighed heavily on me. As soon as I won the comments were about my Roman accent. I ended up weighing 39 kilos. I never thought about counting food calories. By not eating it’s as if I feel free. I didn’t feel the weight of the things that had happened to me.”

«What if I eat today? Let’s say yes.” The former Miss Italy then confessed that she had never entered a specialized center for treatment, and also admitted that she had suffered multiple relapses. «I relapsed several times, even after my pregnancies. I am made of crystal and depending on my mood I break down and fall back into it. And then when you look in the mirror you never like yourself, but it’s not a real perception. And I’ve been carrying it inside me for thirty years.”

Economic difficulties

«When I met the father of my children I was happy. When it ended between us it was a drama. I took the two children and returned to Rome. I didn’t know how to handle kids and work. I had no one to help me. I sacrificed myself for them, I had financial problems and I preferred to feed them. There were three of us sleeping in a queen-size bed. For ten years I suffered from pneumonia, I was in and out of hospitals”, said Arianna David.

Social media hate

Then space for the present. «Last year I thought I couldn’t make it. Now it’s a little better. However, I carry with me the consequences of my poor diet. Today I’m working very hard”, said the former Miss Italy. «The thing that hurts me the most is when I put my photos on social media and they say mean things to me. How can they be so mean to people they don’t even know? I thought about deleting my profile, it’s not possible to be massacred in this way.”

The children

«Tommaso carries images of me at the table with him. Gregorio says I’m not Italian because I don’t eat bread, pasta and pizza. They are worried about me,” added the model.