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Video ~ BET’s Rocsi Diaz Discusses Her Battles with Eating Disorders
In a heartbreaking revelation yesterday, Rocsi Diaz from BET’s 106 & Park openly discussed struggling through an eating disorder in high school. The normally bubbly host broke down during the taping of the show as she described her use of diet pills and anorexic behavior in order to remain thin for her cheerleading team.
I commend her bravery in revealing this on television…in front of a live audience. Body image issues (especially in the entertainment industry) is common and while not everyone can openly admit that they binge/purge, use diet pills and go through other extreme measures to fit in to the industry standard of beauty, she did and I’m sure her story touched quite a few lives.
Check out the segment below:
Charmaine
July 31, 2009 @ 3:38 pmI kind of felt bad for her since this probably came up due to the fact people were ragging on her ears during the week. Although some of the jokes were funny, I’ll admit I LMAO at some…I also felt a twinge of sadness that people can take jokes too far and hurt a person. We laugh but we forget that people in entertainment do have feelings too.
Keith
August 3, 2009 @ 1:05 amI think she’s fantastic. I commend her. She’s in my thoughts and prayers. I wish her the best.
Firsatile
August 4, 2009 @ 5:05 pmIt’s quite odd that she has body image issues_ She probably thinks she doesnt look good wit a little more on her frame
She needs to talk to a professional dietician not a ******* magazine or outside pressure+++
I guess that requires self love and pratical self esteem