“Only grapefruits”: anorexia, excess weight… Catherine Benguigui opens up about her eating disorders

Revealed in the H series, Catherine Benguigui confided her past as an anorexic young girl in front of Jordan de Luxe on C8. The actress spoke about her many diets.

© C8 This Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Catherine Benguigui was the guest of Jordan De Luxe on C8.

IN BRIEF

• In 1998, Catherine Benguigui began in the H series alongside Jamel Debbouze, Eric and Ramzy, before becoming known in Caméra Café and Plus belle la vie.
• During the Chez Jordan De Luxe show broadcast this Tuesday, December 10, the actress revealed having suffered from anorexia during her adolescence.
• At 60, Catherine Benguigui has taken a step back from her dieting years.

In 1998, she was part of the adventure of the H series, broadcast on Canal+, with Jamel Debbouze and the comedy duo Eric and Ramzy. For two years, the atypical stories of a hospital department will meet with a metabolic successand launch the careers of many actors. Catherine Benguigui took advantage of this rise before establishing herself in Caméra Café, Plus belle la vie and today, Tomorrow belongs to us.

The actress who played the character of Béatrice Goldberg has also performed many supporting roles in the cinema. A well-filled career for the actress originally from Lyon, who moved to Paris when she was around twenty years old. Looking back, Catherine Benguigui remembers a young girl who was not comfortable with her physique.

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Catherine Benguigui was anorexic

Invited on the set of Jordan De Luxe this Tuesday, December 10 on C8, Catherine Benguigui remembered, with nostalgia, having been a rebellious and “punk” high school student. After being kicked out of her high school three times for her eccentric outfits, it was in a religious establishment that she continued her education before trying her luck in Paris. “I was very thin when I was little and a teenager. I was even anorexic. I didn't like eating too much“, she said.

And she continued: “When I arrived in Paris, I started studying and I don't know why, I started thinking I was too fat, even though I wasn't. And I started dieting. It was horrible“. As a young girl, the actress, who had Charlotte Gainsbourg as a model, drastically restricted her diet. “I had started the grapefruit diets until I fainted in class and then I said: “I'm stopping!” […] I wasn't eating. I was only eating grapefruits“, she added.

Catherine Benguigui opens up about her grapefruit intake weight

If she was anorexic, Catherine Benguigui now assumes her curves linked to age and to the “junk food” that she has adopted for several years. At 60, she assumes herself physically while recognizing that she must be careful. “I've bloated a little. So now, I really have to be careful. I'm going to get back into sport”, she said.

And it's mainly for health reasons, more than appearance, that the actress decided to react. “Physically, when you're overweight, you walk less quickly. You're a little out of breath…”, she concluded, determined to pull herself together.