Kate Beckinsale Likens Anorexics To "Crack Whores"

Kate Beckinsale has likened anorexic sufferers to "crack whores". The 'Underworld' star, who suffered from an eating disorder when she was 15, says young girls starve themselves as a way of coping with problems at home.

She was quoted in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper as saying: "I believe anorexia, alcoholism and drug abuse in teens are more about what is happening in the home than a problem with images in the media.

"It is the nice girl's way of becoming a crack wh**e."

The stunning actress, who has an eight-year-old daughter Lily, recently insisted too much had been made of her own eating disorder.

She said: "It was a very brief moment that was made into a big deal. I find it hard to categorise myself as having been anorexic. I just had a miserable six months.

"I was a nice posh girl from West London, so I probably wasn't going to become a crack addict. That's the thing you do if you're a girl who grew up in a private school."