Battle with bulimia stole Nicole Scherzinger s confidence

Los Angeles Aug 29 (IANS) Singer Nicole Scherzinger says her battle with bulimia stole all her happiness confidence and memories.

The 39-year-old spoke about her eating disorder hell to Britain s Cosmopolitan magazine reports dailymail.co.uk.

"It (bulimia) was very imprisoning and it stole all of my happiness confidence and memories. A big part of that was during The Pussycat Dolls. I have a lot of fans and I never wanted to come out about it because I was ashamed. But once I finally did come out about it I realised how many people it had helped.

"When I got The Pussycat Dolls it really amplified that because it had so much to do with showing your body off... But you should embrace and accept yourself more. Don t be so hard on yourself and love your curves " Scherzinger said.

Even as a teenager Scherzinger struggled with how she felt about her appearance and took up running to get thinner thighs.

She said: "I m more accepting of my body now. I was always very critical of myself from a young age and when I was 14 I started running. I would go outside in the middle of the night and run because I thought I had to be thinner and that my thighs should look a certain way."

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