Keira's mother says My daughter doesn't have anorexia
News
-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
Keira
Knightley's
mother
has
slammed
reports
that
her
daughter
has
'anorexia'
-
an
eating
disorder.
Sharman
Macdonald
has
accused
'playground
bullies'
for
persistent
rumours
about
her
the
23-year-old's
waif-like
figure.
Macdonald,
a
playwright,
said
that
her
daughter
has
a
genetic
predisposition
not
to
put
on
weight,
inherited
from
her
father.
She
said
Knightley,
best
known
for
her
roles
in
the
Pirates
of
the
Caribbean
series,
has
been
forced
to
adopt
a
diet
high
in
protein
and
carbohydrates
to
make
sure
that
she
does
not
become
too
thin.
Like
the
actress'
father,
Will
Knightley,
a
theatre
actor,
she
must
'eat
like
a
horse" to
maintain
a
healthy
body
weight.
"She
has
always
been
thin.
She's
her
daddy's
daughter,
with
his
long
body,"
Times
Online
quoted
Macdonald,
as
saying.
Macdonald
revealed
that
the
actress
had
been
put
on
a
tailored
diet
to
bulk
up
for
her
role
as
Guinevere
in
the
2004
film
'King
Arthur'.
However,
she
had
been
forced
to
abandon
it
because
she
was
eating
less
than
normal
and
was
losing
weight.
Knightley
remained
stick-thin,
and
her
bust
was
digitally
enhanced
for
American
posters
advertising
the
film.
While
the
Oscar-nominated
actress
has
admitted
that
her
grandmother
and
great-grandmother
suffered
from
anorexia,
she
says
she
has
not
inherited
it.
Macdonald
said
that
the
false
accusations
are
distressing
but
felt
helpless
to
stop
them.
"It's
a
playground
situation
that
we're
looking
at
with
the
press
-
it's
a
form
of
bullying
–
but
what
can
we
do?"
she
said.