Kelly Clarkson: "When I was slim, I wanted to kill myself!"
We know her as a vocally powerful woman: Kelly Clarkson, who won the first season of "American Idol" (the American version of DSDS) in 2002 and enchanted us with songs like "Because Of You". But deep inside, it looked very dark for a while? Now the 35-year-old speaks for the first time about this difficult time.
"It did not interest anyone"
In an interview with the magazine "Attitude" Kelly talks about the beginning of her career. Managers and consultants wanted to persuade the then 20-year-old to lose weight? she was almost forced to slim down. But not only did Kelly feel uncomfortable with it? she was almost broken by the figurine delusion.
In the interview, she says, "When I was slim, I wanted to kill myself, I felt really bad, inside and out, for four years, but it did not interest anyone, because from an aesthetic point of view, it made sense . " Suicidal thoughts because she had to pretend? a real horror idea.
So Kelly Clarkson made the U-turn
But with her words, Kelly encourages other girls and young women. Because Kelly has analyzed exactly what brought them into this situation at that time? and how she got out of it: "I surrounded myself with really negative people and I managed to get out of there, because I also know a lot of great people, it was a real U-turn, to turn to them and to go out into the light."
Today, the mother of two feels at home again in her body. The dark thoughts she has meanwhile processed in a song ("Sober") and now looks optimistic about the future.
As frightening as the sad thoughts Kelly had, so does her way of dealing with them, courage. After all, it shows once more: If you stand by yourself and love yourself, can you handle any difficult situation?
