EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy: 'I had an eating disorder and took laxatives'

Former EastEnders actress Natalie Cassidy says she was driven to an 'eating disorder' and resorted to laxatives in her bid to impress through a dramatic weight loss regime.

After putting the pounds back on, Cassidy reveals she crashed down to 7st 12lb at the height of her regime.

She admits size eight jeans struggled to stay on in the changing rooms.

'I really wasn't well. I was bordering on having an eating disorder. I became silly with my eating', she told Heat magazine.

'There were nights out when I'd go out for dinner and then I'd go home and take laxatives because I didn't want the food inside me.'