Ginger Zee’s haunted childhood: 4 years Battling Darkness after Parents’ Divorce – What Miracle Saved her?
Ginger Zee discussed suffering from an0rexia as a girl on Monday’s episode of Dancing With The Stars.
The 35-year-old contestant in a personal video segment said her parents divorced when she was aged seven.
‘I think it effected my childhood a lot,’ Ginger revealed.
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Eating disorder: Ginger Zee discussed being an0rexic as a girl on Monday’s episode of Dancing With The Stars
The Good Morning America chief meteorologist said she had to deal with moving and making new friends.
‘I needed to control something. I know what I’ll do, I’ll just not eat,’ Ginger recalled.
Ginger said she suffered ‘the bulk of my an0rexia’ between ages 10 and 14.
She admitted that she wasn’t even sure how deep she was into the eating disorder.
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Tough time: The meteorologist said she struggled after her parents divorced and is shown in a throwback photo with her mother
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Concerned parent: Ginger’s mother Dawn Craft said she was concerned about her daughter at the time of the divorce
Her mother Dawn Craft said only she and Ginger’s closest friends knew of the depths of her eating disorder.
‘I’m so angry that that’s the way I decided to cope. It’s going to be with me my entire life. I’m always going to have body-shaming issues,’ Ginger said.
‘But I think I’ve now grown into enough of a woman and mature person that I realize that life is a lot bigger than that,’ Ginger added.
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Stopped eating: Ginger said the ‘bulk of her an0rexia’ occurred between ages 10 and 14
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Rising star: An interest in the weather soon turned into a career as a meteorologist for Ginger who quckly moved into larger markets
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Looking back: Ginger said she’s angry with herself over how she chose to cope with her parents’ divorce
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In the finals: The ABC weather anchor dancer her way into the finals of DWTS on Monday
Ginger and her husband Ben Aaron welcomed a son Adrian Benjamin on December 19.
She performed twice on Monday night before learning that she and pro parnter Valentin Chmerkovskiy had advanced to next week’s finals.
They will compete against Paige VanZant and her pro partner Mark Ballas and Nyle DiMarco and his partner Peta Murgatroyd for the coveted mirror ball trophy.
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New addition: The Good Morning America weather anchor and husband Ben Aaron welcomed a baby boy Adrian on December 19, 2015 and share a snap of him on Instagram
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Network gig: Ginger is shown on Good Morning America in September 2015 in New York City
