Kyle Richards Opens Up About Her Battle With an Consuming Dysfunction: “I Was Very Self-Aware”

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For the primary time, Kyle Richards is opening up about her battle with an consuming dysfunction.

In a preview of Tuesday, June 11 episode of Bravo’s The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kyle reveals she struggled with anorexia whereas working as an teenage actress. She was sparked to open up by Lisa Rinna, who has continued discussing her personal daughter’s consuming dysfunction on digital camera.

“I really feel actually bizarre even saying something as a result of I’ve by no means ever talked about this, not even to my daughters…once I was youthful, I had my very own issues,” Kyle stated.

She stated she saved quiet for years as a result of she by no means needed to plant a seed in her daughters’ heads.

“It began once I was 17. I used to be on a TV present they usually saved placing me in these large issues, my boobs had been large once I was younger, my sisters had been tiny and cute, everybody was blonde, blue-eyed and thin. I stated I do not like my wardrobe they usually stated, ‘Lose some weight and we’ll put you in cuter wardrobe,'” Kyle stated.

Throughout her teen years, Kyle labored on various Hollywood tasks together with Right down to Earth, Concrete Cowboys, CHiPs and Curfew.

“Individuals would praise me and the extra they complemented me, the much less I’d eat. I’d take V8 juice and put it in a bowl, warmth it up and that was my meals. I used to be 99 kilos. It was like that for years. I imply, I can bear in mind occasions the place I used to be like, ‘I am going to solely have six almonds right now. That is all I’ll have,'” Kyle stated. “I used to be very self-conscious.”

Kyle informed Lisa, Dorit Kemsley, Erika Girardi and Teddi Mellencamp that she was triggered by skinny fashions and being a distinct weight than her sisters.

In a confessional, Kyle stated she was sparked to open up by Lisa and Lisa’s daughter Amelia. “I am unable to simply faux I do not know what that appears like. So, guess what: I had an consuming dysfunction once I was youthful,” she stated.

The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays, 9 p.m. on Bravo.

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