Kerry Washington’s Eating Disorder Got So Bad She Contemplated Suicide

Television mogul Kerry Washington has revealed that she contemplated suicide while battling an eating disorder.

In a clip from an upcoming Good Morning America interview for her memoir Thicker Than Water, out Sept. 26, Washington tells Robin Roberts about her past issues with food and body dysmorphia that led her to an extremely dark place.

“I was good at control,” Washington tells the GMA anchor. “I could party all night and drink and smoke and have sex and still show up and have good grades. I knew how to manage. I was so high-functioning. And the food took me out. Like, the body dysmorphia, the body hatred, it was beyond my control, and really led me to feeling like I need help from somebody and something bigger than me or I am in trouble, because I don’t know how to live with this.”

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