Madison De La Garza, who gained fame as a child star on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” battled cyberbullying and an eating disorder after the show. “It was just horrible, like, ‘ugly fat cow,’ and ‘I hope you get cancer and die because you’re so fat.’”
). De La Garza appeared on four seasons of “Desperate Housewives” as Juanita Solis, the daughter of Eva Longoria’s character, Gabrielle Solis.
Although she was just a child, De La Garza told Vargas she would often sneak onto the computer and check websites like TMZ and YouTube for hours, where commenters made “atrocious” comments about her weight. “Reading comments like that definitely affected my mental health and ultimately played into me developing an eating disorder at a very young age…my first memories of trying to starve myself, I was seven years old.” the actor added.
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