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Kesha: 'I felt like part of my job was to be as skinny as possible'

'Die Young' songstress Kesha recently completed a stint in treatment for an eating disorder and has now written a sobering essay for Elle magazine in the UK about her decision to seek help. 

The beauty explained that as a 'responsible' person, she became worried when her mindset changed and she found herself fixated on the need to become as slim as possible:

"Sure, I’ve written songs about partying, but my dirty little secret is that I’m actually incredibly responsible. I take my music and career very seriously, and certainly didn’t land in this situation from partying. But I was cut off from the outside world and I imagined people making up stories at a time when what I really needed was support.”

Kesha went onto add that pressures of celebrity and of the music industry meant that she had been 'abusing her body', which she recognised as something she needed to address immediately:

"I’ve always tried to be a crusader for loving yourself, but I’d been finding it harder and harder to do personally. I felt like part of my job was to be as skinny as possible, and to make that happen, I had been abusing my body. I just wasn’t giving it the energy it needed to keep me healthy and strong.”

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Watch footage of Kesha's Teen Vogue cover shoot here: