Hey! Why did Times writer Ellen Carpenter just gloss over this rather telling piece of information in Sunday's puff piece about a Thursday night on the town with R&B star Ashanti?
By dinnertime, Ashanti was starving. “I don’t remember the last time I ate,” she said as she rode an elevator to the club’s garden-floor dining room. She paused to think. “It was a Carney’s turkey burger. That was Wednesday afternoon in L.A.”
And right when you go, "Wait, wha? Before big events Ashanti starves herself?" Carpenter's already onto the famous guests in attendance at the singer's album release party.
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I have never understood how people "forget to eat". Maybe one meal, but a few days worth?? I am pretty sure that isn't willpower…
I wish I would have forgot to eat last night when my husband made Hamburger Helper.
I rather doubt she was serious. I'll bet she ate *something* in the intervening period.
Anorexia, seriously? Smart people know the money's on diet pills and the crippling muscular-and moral-atrophy that only a lifetime of worthlessness in Hollywood can bring.
I agree Payter - I've never in my life "forgotten" to eat. What the hell? It's not like she's running for president and has a ton of speaking engagements and responsibilities - she's Ashanti.
Exactly kitten - Perhaps she had lots of loads of laundry, dishes sitting in the sink, a lawn to mow, various house repairs, some kids needing to be changed and fed, carpet to be vaccumed, toliets to be cleaned, etc. Perhaps then I would understand … oh wait, that is my life - and I still don't forget to eat!!
sometimes i forget to stop eating.
dei - :)
Agreed!
What deimos said.
That's silly. Anyone who's fasted (not recommended for weight loss!) knows that once you get past day 3, your desire for food pretty much disappears. Sorry Ashanti. Don't believe you.
Pretty much everyone, including myself, knows when I haven't eaten, I turn into a crabby bitch. My husband is always concerned when I haven't had lunch by 1pm.
I'm with deimos. Also, sad to say I think it is fairly common for some celebs to starve themselves before events. I think Gwen Stefani said that in an interview once.
I know a while back she gained a lot of weight and didn't want to be photographed. Maybe she's been trying to get the weight off. She'll realize the dumb shit she's doing to herself once she turns 30 and her metabolism goes to pot.
I'm with Deimos on the forgetting to stop eating. Although I do quite often forget that I need to use the bathroom.