Kerry Washington recognized she was in the midst of a “real mental health crisis” before seeking treatment for an eating disorder.
“The thing that actually got me to get help with my eating disorder wasn’t the food itself, wasn’t the behavior with the food,” Washington, 49, said during her Wednesday, March 18, appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “It was the suicidal ideation.”
Washington explained that she was “trying to escape life” at the height of her struggles.
“I was using food and exercise as a tool to not be here,” the actress explained. “I need to figure out how to be in life....
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