Kara DioGuardi Battled an Eating Disorder

New American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has revealed that when she was younger, she privately battled an eating disorder.

“I had kind of a binge eating disorder, where instead of dealing with my emotions, I would stuff them down with food,” Kara told Extra. “I actually went into a treatment center for it.”

Kara explained she never threw up, starved herself or exercised maniacally; she would just eat her feelings.

“It was definitely that excess eating to kind of just stuff all the emotions down...I really was a creative kid who didn’t know she was creative and didn’t have those outlets because I was always afraid to join the theatre group and not perform.

“The moment I started doing music, the moment I did what I loved to do in my life and committed to it, I don’t have those problems anymore ... I have my outlet,” she says. “I can go to the studio and talk about my feelings.”

We understand, Kara.

After a bad week, we’re all about a burrito the size of a Hulk Hogan’s 22 inch pythons washed down with a Cinnabon.

Next time we’ll try singing along to “Taking Chances” and see if that makes us feel better instead.

—Sasha Perl-Raver