'American Idol' judge Kara Dioguardi has revealed that she suffered from an eating disorder when she was younger.
The singer-songwriter told 'Extra': "I had kind of a binge eating disorder where instead of dealing with my emotions, I would stuff them down with food."
"I actually went into a treatment centre for it," she said.
"It was definitely that excess eating to kind of just stuff all the emotions down ... I really was a creative kid who didn't know she was creative and didn't have those outlets because I was always afraid to join the theatre group and not perform."
"The moment I started doing music, the moment I did what I loved to do in my life and committed to it, I don't have those problems anymore ... I have my outlet."
"I have that form of expression. I can go to the studio and talk about my feelings."
