Disturbing photos of an emaciated Portia de Rossi have friends terrified she may be suffering from a relapse of anorexia!
“Portia’s rail-thin again,” a pal told The National ENQUIRER.
“Anorexia is something she’s struggled with all her life, and you can relapse any time.” The wraith-like actress, 41, shocked friends when she appeared at a LGBT event Nov. 12.
“She looks like she weighs under 100 pounds,” medical weight loss specialist Dr. Sue Decotiis, who has not treated Portia, told The ENQUIRER. At one time, 5-foot-6 Portia weighed a healthy 127 pounds but dropped to 82 pounds at the worst of her woes – when she was taking up to 20 laxatives a day on a 300-calorie diet! “It wasn’t that I was proud of it,” Portia has said. “But it was certainly a recognition for my self control.”
In her memoir, “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain,” the “Scandal” star credited her wife Ellen DeGeneres, 56, for helping her overcome her body-image problems.
But sources believe the couple’s marital woes, including rumors of alcohol abuse and cheating as reported by The ENQUIRER, may have contributed to Portia’s frail appearance.
“Relationship issues are at the top of relapse triggers,” said Dr. Stuart Fischer, who has not treated Portia. “This can jeopardize both her health and her relationship.”
