Kate DeAraugo has revealed she battled a binge eating disorder in high school after she struggling to feel comfortable in her own skin.
The singer, 37, who shot to fame when she won the 2005 season of n Idol, said she often partook in ‘shameful eating’.
Opening up about the disorder on her new podcast Why Do I Feel This Way?, she confessed she would hide and lie to people about the food she was eating.
‘Binge eating for me started really young. From maybe even the age of five, I was hiding and lying about my eating and my food,’ Kate said.
‘That was my first way of regulating those emotions and those out of control feelings of not being comfortable in my skin.’
Kate DeAraugo has revealed she battled a binge eating disorder in high school after she struggling to feel comfortable in her own skin
She admitted to buying a potato cake from her local fish and chip shop every day after school and hiding in a nearby alley to eat it before she went home and snacked.
‘I would purposefully go and get the potato cake, know it was wrong, feel shameful about it, hide and eat it.’ she said.
Kate’s podcast and recent life confessions come after she recently told Nine Honey finding fame on n Idol helped fund her addiction to methamphetamine.
The singer who shot to fame when she won the 2005 season of n Idol, said she often partook in ‘shameful eating’
She said she saw drugs as a ‘solution’ to her struggle with social anxiety and body image issues during her time performing with The Young Divas.
‘I guess, if anything, maybe I was earning a bit of money at the time, so I was able to support quite a big habit quite quickly,’ she said.
‘I’d suffered with social anxiety and insecurities and all of that stuff all through my teenage years and when I met drugs just in a social setting, it felt like my solution in that minute.’
Opening up about the disorder on her new podcast Why Do I Feel This Way? she confessed she would hide and lie to people about the food she was eating
Kate added her addiction not only tore her life apart, but caused strife in the lives of those she loved.
The n Idol winner found herself at rock bottom in 2017 after pleading guilty to possessing ice, drug driving and weapons offences.
Avoiding conviction, the star was placed on a community corrections order and has since made every effort to rehabilitate herself and transform her life.
If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder or body image issues, please contact the Butterfly Foundation Helpline on 1800 33 4673.
‘Binge eating for me started really young. From maybe even the age of five, I was hiding and lying about my eating and my food,’ Kate said. Pictured with her son Hudson