'When you have somebody say you're too heavy, it affects you.'
The singer said that her body-image issues stemmed from the beginning of her career, when she was on the sitcom, and that's the beginning of having weight issues and the way I looked at myself." Jackson also said that she's"an emotional eater, so when I get stressed or something is really bothering me, it comforts me."would call her hurtful names like"pig, horse, slaughter hog, cow.
There was also the difficulty of going through puberty in the public eye."I was developing at a very young age," Jackson said."I started getting a chest and they would bind it so I would look more flat-chested." It's no wonder Jackson came to the conclusion that fame was at the root of many of her issues."I probably would have wound up not having a problem" if not for fame, she said.
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