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CTV News
8 hours ago
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- CTV News
Candace Cameron Bure reveals her experience with disordered eating
Candace Cameron Bure is seen here at the 31st Annual Movieguide Awards Gala held in Los Angeles in February 2024. River Callaway/Variety/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about having an eating disorder. The 'Full House' star shared during a recent episode of her podcast that she developed an eating disorder at the age of 18. 'It was binging and purging,' she said, going on to identify herself as 'a bulimic.' Bulimia nervosa is a cyclical condition in which someone binges and then compensates with purging behavior such as vomiting or taking laxatives, according to National Eating Disorders Association. Cameron Bure added that she still refers to herself with that identifier, given that the thoughts never leave her even though she's no longer actively purging. 'So I still need the tools to say, 'No, Candace, we're not doing that,' she said. 'It's so ridiculous, and yet I'm still thinking about it.' Cameron Bure got her start as a child star on 'Full House' and said that her parents kept her and her siblings on diets to prevent them for being criticized for their weight. 'I don't want to be too fat compared to other actors,' she said on her podcast. 'My parents never wanted a producer to come up to me and say, like, 'We need your child to lose weight,' so let's do everything preventative.' Unfortunately, the focus on healthy eating and exercise backfired, Cameron Bure shared. 'That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, 'Oh, it's not good enough the way it is right now,'' she said. Her husband, former hockey player Valeri Bure, has 'been this incredible support' for her even as she struggles with her feelings. 'I feel like a broken record. I'm 49 years old and I'm like, why do I think about this so much? Why does it even matter so much?' Cameron Bure said.
CNN
9 hours ago
- Health
- CNN
Candace Cameron Bure reveals her experience with disordered eating
People in entertainment Mental health Food & healthFacebookTweetLink Follow Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about having an eating disorder. The 'Full House' star shared during a recent episode of her podcast that she developed an eating disorder at the age of 18. 'It was binging and purging,' she said, going on to identify herself as 'a bulimic.' Bulimia nervosa is a cyclical condition in which someone binges and then compensates with purging behavior such as vomiting or taking laxatives, according to National Eating Disorders Association. Cameron Bure added that she still refers to herself with that identifier, given that the thoughts never leave her even though she's no longer actively purging. 'So I still need the tools to say, 'No, Candace, we're not doing that,' she said. 'It's so ridiculous, and yet I'm still thinking about it.' Cameron Bure got her start as a child star on 'Full House' and said that her parents kept her and her siblings on diets to prevent them for being criticized for their weight. 'I don't want to be too fat compared to other actors,' she said on her podcast. 'My parents never wanted a producer to come up to me and say, like, 'We need your child to lose weight,' so let's do everything preventative.' Unfortunately, the focus on healthy eating and exercise backfired, Cameron Bure shared. 'That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, 'Oh, it's not good enough the way it is right now,'' she said. Her husband, former hockey player Valeri Bure, has 'been this incredible support' for her even as she struggles with her feelings. 'I feel like a broken record. I'm 49 years old and I'm like, why do I think about this so much? Why does it even matter so much?' Cameron Bure said. CNN's Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.
CNN
9 hours ago
- Health
- CNN
Candace Cameron Bure reveals her experience with disordered eating
Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about having an eating disorder. The 'Full House' star shared during a recent episode of her podcast that she developed an eating disorder at the age of 18. 'It was binging and purging,' she said, going on to identify herself as 'a bulimic.' Bulimia nervosa is a cyclical condition in which someone binges and then compensates with purging behavior such as vomiting or taking laxatives, according to National Eating Disorders Association. Cameron Bure added that she still refers to herself with that identifier, given that the thoughts never leave her even though she's no longer actively purging. 'So I still need the tools to say, 'No, Candace, we're not doing that,' she said. 'It's so ridiculous, and yet I'm still thinking about it.' Cameron Bure got her start as a child star on 'Full House' and said that her parents kept her and her siblings on diets to prevent them for being criticized for their weight. 'I don't want to be too fat compared to other actors,' she said on her podcast. 'My parents never wanted a producer to come up to me and say, like, 'We need your child to lose weight,' so let's do everything preventative.' Unfortunately, the focus on healthy eating and exercise backfired, Cameron Bure shared. 'That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, 'Oh, it's not good enough the way it is right now,'' she said. Her husband, former hockey player Valeri Bure, has 'been this incredible support' for her even as she struggles with her feelings. 'I feel like a broken record. I'm 49 years old and I'm like, why do I think about this so much? Why does it even matter so much?' Cameron Bure said. CNN's Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Candace Cameron Bure says she's still a bulimic as she opens up about eating disorder that began when she was 18
Candace Cameron Bure has revealed that she's still battling eating disorder that started when she was a teenager. The 49-year-old actress admitted she still considers herself to be bulimic during the most recent episode of her eponymous podcast. The episode, called, Why Can't I Feel Free in My Body?, explored body image and insecurities, with Candace talking about how being on TV at a young age affected her confidence. Talking to her guest, author Lisa Whittle, Candace said: 'The thoughts never leave me.' 'I, too, developed an eating disorder, when I was 18,' Candace said after Lisa talked about anorexia. 'It was binging and purging. I'm a bulimic. And I still say I'm a bulimic.' She explained that while she was not actively purging, she was still battling the disorder 'because the thoughts - whether I'm doing that or not - they never leave me.' Candace added: 'So I still need the tools to just say, "No, Candace, we're not doing that".' Candace spoke about how her parents' efforts to prevent her from developing bad eating habits while growing up in the spotlight backfired. She rose to fame at just 11-years-old while starring as DJ Tanner on the late 80s sitcom Full House. They 'did the best job in protecting me,' the former child star said of her mother and father, adding that they 'were really afraid' of her weight potentially being criticized by producers. She went on: 'I had cheeks and I had thicker arms and I was, like, a normal 12-year-old, you know? I really was a normal 12-year-old, but I had a little bit more fat on me than other kids on TV. They were just fearful that I would develop an eating disorder, just because of all of the pressures.' Candace said her family shifted to a health-centered lifestyle, encouraging her: 'Let's make sure we make good choices with food.' She went on: 'Everyone in my house was always on a diet. My mom was always on a diet. My sisters were always on a diet. I was always put on a diet. But it wasn't like, "Oh, you have to lose weight".' Although the attention to health and exercise was 'preventative,' it 'completely shaped my viewpoint that I had about myself and the feelings about my body', she said, adding: 'I'm on TV... and I don't want to be too fat compared to other actors. 'My parents never wanted a producer to come up to me and say, like, "We need your child to lose weight," so let's do everything preventative.' Career: Candace rose to fame at just 11-years-old while starring as DJ Tanner on the 90s sitcom Full House Consequences: Candace said her parents' efforts to prevent her from developing disordered eating habits while growing up in the spotlight backfired (pictured with Bob Saget in 1987) Looking back, Candace said: 'That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, "Oh, it's not good enough the way it is right now". 'That that kind of started young,' she said, adding that it continued 'through my teenage years.' Now, she says she feels like a 'broken record'. 'I'm 49-years-old and I'm like, why do I think about this so much? Why does it even matter so much? It's so ridiculous. And yet I'm still thinking about it,' she concluded.
Bangkok Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Bangkok Post
Blueprint for global success
The Thailand Creative Culture Agency (THACCA) was established as a result of the success of Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), which develops cultural and entertainment content that can achieve global influence and lead to economic benefits. THACCA aims to drive Thailand's creative economy in 14 industries including film, TV series, festivals, art and sports. Recently, the THACCA organised the event "Splash Soft Power Forum" at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) to drive the economy, to push soft power strategies and collaborate with local and international organisations. At the visionary stage, the forum "Actors Without Borders: The Role of Performers in a World Where Stories Know No Boundaries" revealed experiences of two Thai performers -- Pirat "Mike" Nitipaisalkul and Nam Laks on the international stage. Pirat, better known as Mike, rose to fame as Golf Mike during his teenage years. He became an established actor in Thailand with many successful TV drama series such as Full House and Kiss Me. In 2015, he started working in China on the TV series Wu Xin: The Monster Killer and has acted in many Chinese TV series since then. In 2018, he became the first Thai actor to win the Foreign Artist of the Year Award at the Weibo Fan Festival which highlights his popularity in China. With his acting talent, Mike became a supporting actor in a 2021 Hollywood action movie The Misfits; Pierce Brosnan also starred in the film. Meanwhile, Nam Laks was a cast member in the Netflix reality TV show Bling Empire: New York in 2023. The programme presents the opulent lifestyle of Asians and Asian-Americans in New York. Nam is the daughter of Nakorn Laksanakarn, a Thai millionaire in the real estate and hospitality industries. MR Chalermchatri Yukol, chairman of the National Soft Power Development Subcommittee for film, documentaries, animation and TV series, was one of the forum speakers who talked about THACCA's policies on how to develop an ecosystem in the film and TV industry to support Thai performers. The forum kicked off when Pirat spoke about his debut in China in 2015. Pirat said it was not an easy path and he went when he could not speak the language. "The barrier for me that time was the language and cultural assumptions, but I went anyway. My first series was a wuxia Chinese show, so the language was very hard. I did not know what was going to happen. I just took the risk and it was worth it because that led me to more projects in China, more fame and I got to be in a Hollywood film. An actor needs to set goals which makes them realise what they are doing it for. I enjoy working in China. To be honest, the system is better than in Thailand," said Pirat. Unlike Pirat, Nam was not in films. She revealed that she became a cast member of Bling Empire: New York because a friend introduced her to a scout. "I was studying in New York at the time. My friends were friends with the scout who was looking for cast members for the reality TV series. They hooked us up and there were interviews and auditions. It was a very long process and I think I was kind of lucky," explained Nam. Although called a reality show, viewers wondered whether it was scripted or not. "It was unscripted, but at the end of the day, a TV show is a TV show. There was a lot of improvisation. They kept the cameras rolling until they got what they wanted. If they did not get what they wanted, they would stop and moved on to something else. It was an interesting experience, but at this point, I prefer to transition into a fictional character rather than perform in a reality show." said Nam. There are only a few Thai actors who have made it to international TV series and films. Chalermchatri admitted that it is difficult for Thai actors to achieve international success because the Thai film and TV industry does not have adequate infrastructure to support actors on international platforms. "I attend an event in Singapore almost every year. Last year, I found that Indonesian, Filipino, Singaporean and Taiwanese actors are very good. They have good posture and speak three or four languages. Thus, they are able to match with other production houses. They have been in the industry long enough that they can land a job in other places besides their own country," said Chalermchatri. "However, Thailand does not have companies, agents and talent managers. We do not have the needed infrastructure for actors such as publicists, law firms and entertainment lawyers. These people are vital in helping propel an actor abroad. This is sad and we need to change." Pirat revealed that he enjoyed working in China more than Thailand because China provides structural support. "When I work in Chinese and Hollywood films, I do not feel as tired as when I film in Thailand. In Thailand, I used to work until 4am and at 6am they called me up again. In China and Hollywood, we only work 10 hours or 12 hours a day or eight hours some days because they have a budget. Therefore, actors do not feel tired and we can focus more on the acting, script and production. In Thailand, if I ask for a trailer, they will think I am high maintenance. However, I require it because it helps to have a quiet place to focus on the script and be ready for the next scene." As a cast member who worked in an international environment, Nam said there was someone to take care of her individually. "They asked for your opinion. They would push you, but they would respect your boundaries. There was someone that you could go to and they would speak to the director or the producers for you." Chalermchatri, who also has a role as a TV series director, said that he is working on a show and they film 12 hours rather than 16, so they have at least a turnaround of 12 hours. Moreover, he said it would take time for people to understand about reducing workload because crew members have to change their mindset. "It is a work in progress. Within three to five years, I think people will see a big transition from trying to push things very hard 24 hours a day, seven days a week until health becomes a concern. It doesn't come by just having a good mindset. It also needs regulations and education. The education system needs to change, so that people who study in film schools can provide this support," said Chalermchatri. "Additionally, we need to train more people. If we need someone to take care of actors and/or cast members one on one, this means we need to train more people to be able to support them. We also need to build ecosystems. We should have a competitive market, so that movie ticket prices go down. The production can reach out instead of having only one or two companies set their own ticket prices. We have to look at the big picture, so we can start to strategise and proceed step by step. Things are still in progress, because it is not like one size fits all. There will be many solutions, new policies and many changes. We hope to show how we can transform the industry and hope people follow us on
