#DemiLovato's half-sister,
#MadisonDeLaGarza, made her debut in
#DesperateHousewives at 6 years-old. Now 21, she shares how a major health scare led her to recovery from an eating disorder that started when she was 7.
On
#EvaLongoria's
#HeartoftheMatter podcast, De La Garza recalls sneaking onto a computer unsupervised as a kid to read through comments that strangers made about her body. "Most all of them were just atrocious. I mean, they said things like they wanted me to die because of what I looked like." She remembers thinking, "These people, even though they're coming at it from a hateful place, they must be right."
She responded by doing what she was told, and would starve herself and restrict to the point of being unhealthy. It wasn't until she got older and the behaviors became more severe that she realized it wasn't normal.
De La Garza says her first "huge wake-up call" was when a close friend expressed concern, pointing out that she hadn't eaten in front of others ...