Mary Kate Olsen being treated for eating disorder
 

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LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Teen actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who with her twin sister Ashley has grown into an American pop icon and fashion brand, has entered a program for treatment of an eating disorder reported to be anorexia.

The 18-year-old co-star of last month's film "New York Minute" recently "entered a treatment facility to seek professional help for a health-related issue," publicist Michael Pagnotta said Tuesday.

"She is thankful for the encouragement and support of her friends and family, who are with her every step of the way," he added.

A person familiar with the situation told Reuters that Olsen was suffering from an eating disorder. Olsen entered a facility during the past week or 10 days and was expected to remain in treatment for about a month, the person said.

Us Weekly magazine, in the cover story of its upcoming issue, identified the disorder as anorexia.

Speculation about Olsen's rail-thin figure has been the subject of tabloids, gossip columns and the Internet for weeks. The actress herself poked fun at the issue during the twins' recent appearance on "Saturday Night Live," shouting to an extra playing herself, "You're too skinny! Eat a sandwich!"

Pagnotta said both sisters, who turned 18 on June 13, were going ahead with plans to attend New York University together in the fall.

But Ashley Olsen will be making a planned trip later this month to Australia and New Zealand without Mary-Kate to launch overseas promotion of "New York Minute" -- the sisters' first theatrical feature, he said.

The twins have been in the public eye since they were 9 months old, starring in the television sitcom "Full House." Since then, they have sold millions of videos, DVDs and books and have launched their own fashion line.

But director-producer Michael Kruzan, who has worked with the twins for years, was quoted in Us Weekly as describing Mary-Kate as the "more competitive" of the two girls.

hardly suprising

have you seen the pics of her with her backbones showing?

her back is skeletal like a boney ethiopian

are they 18 yet ?:glugglug

they have been for almost 2 weeks now......

she is very skinny, it's good that she is seeking some proffesional help......, good for her:winkwink:

Hopefully they won't try to brush it underneath. They would be really helpful to bring attention to the problem, mind you them modelling everything and always trying to look thin / perfect doesn't help.

Cheers,
Matt

you think with all that money she can order room service and get a snack

i've seen that disease up close and personal - it's scary as hell, not easy to treat either and it's impossible to deal with the girl, they are mentally very ill. it's a long time since it was close to my life, 20 years, so maybe with all these new psychiatric drugs it's easier to treat nowadays.

They are tiny, I saw them at a restaurant here a couple weeks ago and even without looking at how thin they are, they are like miniatures from their height.

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SpaceAce

Her head looks like an orange on a toothpick

:1orglaugh Exactly what I was thinking.

jDoG

just read this on yahoo news, too.

funny, i was goofing on mary kate months ago, saying she looked like she had pulled a month of all-nighters.

:1orglaugh

I get the feeling this isn't exactly going to send shockwaves through the news community.

SpaceAce

Someone needs to photoshop their heads on a fat chic to show what they would look like in a year.

So are we going to get a fat twin after she comes out of treatment?

Glad they are getting help. Its hard to always be in the public eye and scutinized.


BG

:1orglaugh

moo :1orglaugh

heh :1orglaugh

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hehe :Graucho

Is anyone really surprised.. just take a look at them:repuke