Despite seemingly livingthe charmed life with famous parents and all that comes with it, Zoe Kravitz revealed that it wasn't always so glamorous growing up. In her new interview with Complex magazine, the 26-year-old admits that she struggled with both bulimiaand anorexia until two years ago.
"I had a really hard time when I was 16,17, 18," Zoe said in the interview. "I started with the eatingdisorder in high school…Just [a hard time] loving myself."
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Zoe, whose father is Lenny Kravitz, admittedthat being around fame contributed to her problems and insecurities. "Ithink it was part of being a woman, and being surrounded by [fame]," shesaid. "I think it was definitely about being around that world, seeingthat world. I felt pressured."
The pressure even stemmedfrom her mother, former sitcom star Lisa Bonet. "My mother's a beautifulwoman, and I think, in some way, I felt intimidated by that sometimes," the Mad Max star told themagazine.
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Her illness got rather serious when she dropped to 90 pounds in 2013 to play the role of an anorexicgirl in the film The Road Within. “My parents got really scared forme to go back down that road,” she said. "You could see my rib cage. I was justtrying to lose more weight for the film but I couldn’t see: You’re there. Stop.It was scary.” After the film wrapped, Zoe was left sick, causing her immunesystem to shut down and her thyroid to be thrown off.
Wanting a change in her life, the actress decided to confront her demons on New Year's Eve 2013. "I just felt it was different," she said. "I feel like something has left my body, like somepart of me is gone now, something that was making me so insecure. And it feelsamazing."
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Although she has hereating disorders under control, Zoe admits she struggles with whether or notshe deserves the fame. "It was very easy for me to get an agent when Iwanted to act, for obvious reasons," she said. "Maybe it's not becausethey thought I was talented. I wasn't the most talented girl in the world whenI was 15. It was because my parents were famous. I guess you just have totrust that you did something awesome in a past life, like saved a kid from aburning home."
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She even recounts a story about waking up to Ashton Kutcher cooking in her kitchen. “I [told my friend], ‘We don’t even know Ashton Kutcher. Why would he be here,'" she once explained on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “I went downstairs and had pimple cream on my face and was wearing a T-shirt. There he was, making an omelette. We sat there before school, and ate omelettes, not understanding why he was there.”
Despite her and herfamily's notoriety, she admits they're just dorks at heart. "I don’t thinkanyone knows how funny we are," she said. "It’s like this whole thingwhere people think we’re so cool and hippie and wear velvet but we’re thef***ing nerdiest people."
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