Jamie-Lynn Sigler Considered Suicide While Battling Anorexia

Nov 27, 2006 AT 08:30 am

Jamie-Lynn Sigler has opened up about her battle with anorexia in the past. She now is describing in detail how she seriously considered suicide. When Jamie-Lynn won the role of Meadow on The Sopranos, she still couldn't shake her feeling of despair. She said:

'"I really just said, 'Why can't I be normal? Why can't I be happy? I have everything. I just don't understand. I don't want to live anymore.'"

After shooting the pilot, she lost 30 pounds. Her cast members were concerned and made her seek help. She slowly began to gain the weight back but her fans online did not react positively.

"People just wrote the most horrible things like, 'How did she get so fat?' What happened to her?' It hurt so bad. It got to the point where it was so overwhelming that suicide seriously crossed my mind."

You know, without putting too much attention to people with eating disorders, I want to tell you how many people I get visiting my sites from PRO-Anorexia boards. The first time I saw a link, I really didn't understand. Then I went into a few and I almost started crying. There are actually places online where teenagers (I am assuming they are teenagers) go for support while they starve themselves. Pictures of Nicole Richie and Victoria Beckham always seem to get lots of links. It's really quite sad. So I can understand how Jamie-Lynn can get so consumed with her weight. It's a silent epidemic that is slowly coming into the light thanks to stories like these.

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4 Comments

Aglaiah (not verified) said:

I had anorexia too and i understand her dispair!!! I hate those damn wannabe anorexias!! Cant they just kill themselves instead of dragging everyone with them? Maybe im cruel but i lay in the hospital for three months seeing people around me waste away, that was the time i decided to get healthy (now bmi 21,then 13.5)
I have a lot of friends, who were influenced by those sites
They proved that people who are on those sites die more often than anorexic people who dont, i luckely didnt know those sites
Im dutch and have a dutch site against it (so probably you wont understand it) it is so universal
I hate them! I cried, and i was outraged when i discovered one
I already was on belgian television about it too(there was a hype here)
Just a concerned teenager, thinking about how values are going to ruin
Why cant we just be happy, life is so short!!!
(srr if i look outraged or something, I love your website im reading it already a long long time, i just had so many bad experiences that i hate seeing people destroy themselves)

bored (not verified) said:

try explaining that "disease" to an ethiopian.

only in america

veryvera (not verified) said:

...anorexia is not an American disease

Ang (not verified) said:

im with bored imagine trying to explain to someone from a third world country how you choose to not eat food when they are starving to death. Im not saying that it isnt a serious issue but having an eating disorder is a very selfish act. that is why it is a psychological disorder rather than one about the actual food..... aglaiah thank you also for your story. it nice to hear how recovering anorexics feel and how really outraging it is for these celebrities to be considered role models.Life is too short to worry about looks be ok with yourself be proud of yourself who are on the inside because when you are dead it would be shame if all ppl said at your grave was wow she was such a pretty girl(guy) rather wow she did so many great things with her(his) life.