- "Riverdale" star Camila Mendes spoke at Shape's Body Shop event about her body issues.
- The actress says she is still "insecure" about her stomach.
- She struggled with an eating disorder and spoke about her experience.
Camila Mendes is open about her body issues.
The 24-year-old "Riverdale" star spoke at Shape's Body Shop event in June 2018 and explained that she is still insecure about her stomach.
"I'm extremely insecure about my belly: the belly fat, the little roll that sits over your jeans," she said during a panel at Shape's event. "I'm so insecure about it and in a fitting, I'm always trying to avoid anything that exposes my belly, and I'm trying to overcome that, but baby steps, you know?"
The actress who plays Veronica Lodge on the hit CW show said that she likes to talk about her insecurities because it helps her work to overcome them.
"If I can tell people [about my insecurity], then there's less expectation," she said. "I want to get to a place where I can post a picture of myself holding my belly fat, but we'll get there."
The actress herself struggled with an eating disorder. She opened up about her experiences for Marie Claire Malaysia's June 2018 cover.
She told the magazine, "People don't know that you don't necessarily have to look like you have an eating disorder to have one. And because I was never that skinny, I never thought that I did."
Mendes is now working with Project Heal, which seeks provide funding and resources to those who struggle with eating disorders. Both she and her sister have struggled with eating disorders.
"Growing up, my sister had a very serious eating disorder, and was in rehab for awhile," she told Marie Claire Malaysia. "I think the biggest message through Project Heal is to let the public know just how high the costs really are to get treatment, and how an eating disorder is not recognized as a mental illness when in fact, it is one of the deadliest mental illnesses there is."
If you or someone you love is suffering from an eating disorder, whether it has been triggered by a restrictive diet or not, call the National Eating Disorders hotline at 1-800-931-2237.
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