Kate Beckinsale has said she regrets admitting to her past eating disorders because she is constantly asked about them in interviews.

Kate developed anorexia as a teenager after the aftermath of the sudden death of her father, actor Richard Beckinsale when she was 6.

She told Glamour magazine recently: “The only reason I ever brought it up in the first place is because I was young, I read a lot of misinformation about eating disorders.”

“But, because I picked the wrong magazine to tell my story to, I wished I’d never said anything. It was totally sensationalised and that’s been a real drag. I felt terribly violated.”

“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’s the nice girl’s way of becoming a crack whore.”

“It means they’re in some kind of pain that needs to be addressed.”