Other celebrities who have suffered from eating disorders include Mary-Kate Olsen,Sharon Osbourne, Daniel Johns, Oprah Winfrey and Jane Fonda. Her ‘Ally McBeal’ co-star, Courtney Thorne-Smith, also suffered from anorexia while on the show. The sudden collapse of Calista on the set of ‘Ally McBeal’ raised a flurry of questions over her eating habits and now while talking about her thinness during the show, Flockhart said, “I started under-eating, over-exercising, pushing myself too hard and brutalizing my immune system. Calista Flockhart at the 62nd Venice Film Festival. Calista Flockhart at the ABC Television Network Upfront. Calista Flockhart at the 34th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Sir Sean Connery. Calista Flockhart at the Sydney premiere of 'Firewall'. Even now, I can’t put into words what exactly happened.” Calista Flockhart at the Melbourne premiere of 'Firewall'. She was cute, funny, awkward and sexy, all rolled up into a primetime hit Television show. Calista Flockhart had a pretty solid presence in the late 90’s-early 00’s, because she just so happened to be the fab-tastic Ally Mcbeal. I hated every bit of attention on my weight and size. Calista Flockhart Before and After Photos A New Ally. I didn’t really know at that point what it was like to be a celebrity and the only people I knew at the time who had a similar experience where these women I worked with.”Īnd now when Flockhart recalls her brush with the media about her anorexia, she is unhappily quoted as saying, “I think, on a frame like mine, if I lose a few pounds, it makes a big difference. But during (Ally McBeal), when we were filming and working so hard, I became stressed and did not eat as much as I should.”Įxpressing her doubt on whether ‘Ally McBeal’ is responsible for her bony looks, TV.com quotes the star as saying: “I’ve often wondered if I wasn’t on that show, anorexia may not have happened. My parents and friends tell me that I have always looked the same since high school. I was working 15-hour days on the set and then I was dealing with the end of the show, which was basically my life.”Īlly, who now stars in ‘Brothers and Sisters’, was never surprised about the way she looked after experiencing eating disorder and said, “I have honestly never dieted in my life. Talking about her tight and hectic ‘Ally McBeal’ routine, Calista once said, “At the time of all that, I was seriously stressed. In 2002, however, she admitted that she stopped eating due to her grueling schedule. The Emmy Award nominated actress was heavily criticized for her emaciated looks and she repeatedly denied suffering from anorexia. Initially, while the media had been speculating she must be suffering from an eating disorder, Calista blamed her small bone structure for her gaunt looks. Actress Calista Flockhart made headlines after she confessed to her stint with anorexia during the shooting of her hit show ‘Ally McBeal’.