Article: De Rossi blames 'Ally McBeal' for eating disorder

ACTRESS Portia De Rossi developed anorexia while starring in Ally McBeal, because she used co-star Calista Flockhart and the other thin women on the show as her role models.

The actress hit her lowest point in 1999, when she starved herself down to a life-threatening 82 pounds. She reveals in the April issue of Vogue magazine: "I've often wondered if I wasn't on that show if it (anorexia) may not have happened. I didn't really know at that point what ...

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