Madison De La Garza Discusses Eating Disorder

Madison De La Garza discussed developing an eating disorder at the age of 7 #madisondelagarza #desperatehousewives #evalongoria

[@harleylinnX]

bullying a child is disgraceful.

[@burntbeansoup]

Man that's so sad. People shouldn't bring this up when it comes to kids. Some kids are a little fat, and that's fine. Unless they have health issues and are obese, I think they'll survive. That shit isn't in their control until they get older

[@lunastarwater9856]

Yeha a lot of times they just grow out of it

[@Jewel-ck2xk]

@@lunastarwater9856 or they dont? Bodies are bodies

[@lunastarwater9856]

@@Jewel-ck2xk yeah sometimes they don’t I’m just saying that to worry for “health” would be dumb considering that it can just be baby fat

[@Yazzie1]

I completely agree! When I was a kid I was quite chubby, it really got to me and I ended up with body dysmorphia which became severely worse over time (still have it) and it lead me to gain so much weight to the point where I’m actually fat now (when I say fat I use that as a descriptive word and not out of self hate), if I never thought it was “too big” to begin with I probably would never have actually gotten to the size I am now!

[@améliehester6996]

I would never Iet my daughter wind up on this path.

[@genevarh]

That is so heartbreaking. I hope she's doing well now.

[@sattheer1493]

I always feel so bad for actors who play the “fat” character in kids’ TV shows. Those shows made me as an audience member feel ashamed about my weight; I can’t imagine being the actual actor!

[@jstratus4]

I love Eva Longoria. She always seemed like such a really nice person and this is just the cherry on top kids remember things and I'm so glad that Eva tried to always build her up.

[@zhen_catlady]

My grandma fatshamed me. Now, she stopped cause I got thinner, but I constantly hear her comments towards my younger cousin (6) about her weight. Every single time I hear the worst possible words coming out of my grandma's mouth I know that I can't do anything, and something dies in me.

[@Skinnylegandfizzaralli]

U are still fat

[@prettybabyminari]

@@Skinnylegandfizzarallino she isn’t??? Where do you see the fat bro

[@bellagrace183]

same!!! now IM the one with the ED, and all of my cousins are older lol but i get pissed off that she thinks i am a safe space to her fatshame our entire family lol. especially because she always criticizes my food choices too, just cant win.

[@sam-md2so]

Christ loves you beyond comprehension, turn to him

[@honeysunvante4655]

I love my grandma so so much but she made a lot of fatshaming comments on me and my sister and eventhough I’m close with her I don’t hesitate to speak my mind and speak back because we shouldn’t have to be shamed by family . It’s hard because they never seems to learn but I think I can see a little bit of progress ..it’s so hard to have a family who compare you to their weigh when they were your age…

[@linarabbah5891]

this is so sad. children should be outside living the life, not reading hate comments from nasty people. she should know that she’s gorgeous just the way she is and she doesn’t need to change a thing ❤

[@meg2726]

Why would her parents ever willingly put her into this situation? Literally they had her on a tv show where the whole point of her character was that she was the opposite of a beautiful supermodel. That’s just vile.

[@aria2aria2]

It may have something to do with her mother. Demi Lovato was a child star at a young age as well and relapsed with an eating disorder while starved by her management under Disney.

[@skittlegxng]

@@aria2aria2 demi having an ed doesnt mean kids at 7 should

[@aria2aria2]

@@skittlegxng i’m not at all saying madison should have. it’s a very tragic situation, but i dont think her mother knew how genetic predisposition + exposure to the media make someone more likely to develop an eating disorder. it clearly runs in demi and madison’s family, so she would’ve gotten one from multiple different environments. for demi, it was her management.

[@S.S_kmkfan]

she is so pretty! people are just cruel!

[@sharicee9507]

I never realised it was ment to be a joke. I just thought she was chosen as an actor.

[@shannonhyzy9512]

I worried about her because in the show it was all about her being overweight with a supermodel mom and I’m thinking of the damage it could do and apparently has done. Hope she’s ok now

[@ginandromeda1618]

Didn't her mother (Demi's mother) had an eating disorder as well? Do these things run in families like addiction and alcoholism do? /gen

[@icanhearthebells1317]

There's actually a researcher prof. Gabor matè who was discussing this in a podcast and he said that these things aren't genetic but are passed onto children if the suffering parents create the same environment for the child to pick up these traumatic habits to cope with the stress and trauma

[@BettyB00p762]

Yes my mum did exactly that to me, from an eating disorder herself to putting her 10 yo daughter on a diet when she wasn’t even fat lol

[@calicoathena]

There's studies (I would link but youtube is so iffy about links. Google predisposition eating disorders to find the info) that suggests it is very similar to the way alcoholism can run in families. You have a higher potential of developing it if people in your family have had it too.

[@simpl3xity]

Yes and she still pushed madison into an acting gig in which her appearance was a running gag on a tv show. Madison may have been more predisposed to developing an ED but she was fated to develop one after being cast as Juanita

[@pixi3d3ath47]

a lot of these run in families, but it can also be the fact that ppl who have kids while having eating disorders can inadvertently or purposely have children mimic their behaviors and develop EDs themselves. mental illness and other mental issues were also a huge component in demi’s family, so it’s a shame it was only more than one child so severely affected by the industry.

[@Web_On_Pawzz]

I feel so bad, I figured out I have AFRID (Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder) and I hate it, I won’t eat and I know it’s because of my depression and anxiety, I feel so bad since she got it at 7 (btw mine is self diagnosed and I can tell it’s true) she didn’t deserve the hate, bless her heart.

[@Jessy-r7u]

I’m sorry

[@hourglass7010]

I hope she is doing good now. 😢❤

[@10monkeycheese]

They are so pathetic, making fun of a poor defenceless 7 yr ol because of her body.

[@K-lo2829]

It was the 2000s sadly

[@10monkeycheese]

@@K-lo2829 yeah.. 💔

[@dino_and_zeplynn]

people need to stop body shaming little kids. it is okay for kids that young to be chubby or fat (not in a mean way) but as long as it’s not leading to health issues it’s okay

[@user-ir6np8zp7w]

Wtf. She was 7

[@skittlegxng]

shes so cute and innocent society failed kids

[@thecreativebusiness1316]

she clearly still has an eating disorder, the poor kid should have been left alone, she was far too young to work.

[@mystery._.m34t]

I felt like I was going crazy when I saw discussions full of people attacking the body of a real child. This is so fucked up. She deserved better.

[@shesholdingcorn]

She went from one extreme to another extreme. She needs to have a better relationship with food where she doesn't strve or overeat.

[@baddieMario77]

I was actually expecting you to say that the show alone caused her to feel that way, because when i watched desperate housewives i was in SHOCK that they made a kid play that role because they were constantly making it seem like she ate too much and as you said, the entire point of her character was that she was supposed to be the opposite of her beautiful thin mom. Kids are smarter than people give them credit for and im SURE she was able to pick up what they were implying and that in itself is terrible enough, i cant even imagine how much worse it would be to be seeing the comments about her weight from people on the internet. Poor kid, her parents shouldnt have allowed her to take a role that is all about making fun of her appearance but the internet comments arent even their fault, thats simply just people being fatphobic as per usual 😐

[@andreamccully9035]

I mean, the kid did actually need to lose weight. But that's not the way that the people online should have approached it.

[@aravindrenmahenthiran6827]

Don't make her comments on her weight ever it's not your business disgusting human

[@starchildofthe90s7]

They should get A.i to replace child actors for certain roles

[@babiegirl526]

i feel so bad she was reading all that at just seven years old how can you talk like that about a little girl

[@fawnchaer]

Jesus bless you

[@positivelyrachel5102]

Exactly why I cannot understand why a parent would allow their child to be in that kind of a situation to begin with. Why do we have children in roles that can be detrimental to their well being? For laughs? Not good enough.

[@Francine5522]

A seven year old should not have to worry about the hateful comments of nasty people!!!!! .

[@ARI-io8wt]

Okay but did she get skinny?

[@ElowenFaye]

you don't have to be skinny to have an eating disorder

[@ARI-io8wt]

@@ElowenFaye No you dont have to be skinny. But isnt that the goal anyways? Why not accomplish it...

[@ElowenFaye]

@@ARI-io8wt The goal CAN be a skinny appearance but it can also be emotion regulation, distraction, etc. The disease is vicious and has 1000 faces, I won't even start to explain the hell of an eating disorder

[@realdealtequila]

@@ElowenFayeikr! and talking about the “goal” is just disgusting because she wanted to change herself because people were making fun of her at such a young age and little kids shouldn’t be having to go through that so young.

[@ElowenFaye]

@@realdealtequila 100% agree!

[@whateverwhatever4026]

ED goes in both directions. Its not only starving yourself, its also eating too much or in an unhealthy way. She just went from one extreme to the opposite. Neither is good.

[@sam-md2so]

Christ loves you beyond comprehension, turn to him

[@aravindrenmahenthiran6827]

You can't tell her behaviours by looking at her

[@aravindrenmahenthiran6827]

@@Namanzw not necessarily

[@aravindrenmahenthiran6827]

Either way don't comment one someone's weight it's not your business

[@user-rz5nu9mg7c]

But has she ever revealed this to anyone but you? How do we know all of this?

[@kidsunderground4496]

Shes a child no one should be talking abt her weight

[@mongomaddy]

“disguised as concerns for her health” no dude, she was an unhealthy child. no 8 year old should look like that.

[@andreamccully9035]

Exactly, and for people to say that some children naturally look like this is nuts. It's probably not the child's fault, though it's more likely the parents.

[@jnelghsoghn]

I thought you were Berleezy

[@PrincessZeeBee]

People are assholes

[@miyawilliamson2489]

That is so sad, no one especially a kid should go through that, I am suffering a binge eating disorder and it is hard to control. ❤🩷❤️

[@jaguarlover6160]

Same with me, I am really trying but some days it’s impossible. I now am trying to make it that I binge fruit rather than sweets but it still it challenging especially with the judging looks at school.

[@miyawilliamson2489]

@@jaguarlover6160 True and it’s a very good thing you’re trying as hard as you can, but just know that, even fruit has its own sugar and it can harm you just as much as sweets and other things. So just be careful! ❤️

[@aravindrenmahenthiran6827]

She does not have binge eating disorder