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Nicole Scherzinger on bulimia battle: 'Hurting myself was my addiction'

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she battled an eating disorder for years and was addicted to inflicting pain upon herself.

In a new interview for VH1's Behind The Music, the 'Poison' superstar opens up about her struggle with bulimia and admitted that any time she was alone without her band members she would indulge the illness:

"It's embarrassing. I never spoke about it. Like I said, I never want to play a victim, and I never wanted my family to hear about things from me because I think it would break their heart, you know."

"I guess it was like my addiction, right? I never did drugs, but kinda doing things to myself was my addiction. It's like when I got off stage, I was on this high, and I'd come back to my room and I'd be alone, so I would just do things. My bulimia was my addiction; hurting myself was my addiction."

She added: "Every time I had a second to be alone, I was doing something to myself. You get, like, blisters on your hands or scars on your hands, and I'd try to hide those. I think the girls could tell."

Scherzinger's Behind The Music special is set to air on October 7.

 

 

 

Watch a clip from her forthcoming VH1 episode below: