It’s not always polite to bring up in conversation, but most of us associate being famous with being skinny. Accordingly, stars are always under pressure to keep from gaining too much weight. Putting on too many extra pounds could ultimately affect their careers if they stop getting offered roles like they used to.
Sometimes, though, celebs go too far, losing so much weight that we start to freak out. There is such a thing as too skinny, and that’s something that all of the celebs below helped prove. Keep reading to discover whether your own fave celeb made the list!
Angelina Jolie
Say what you will about Angelina Jolie, but she is one of the few celebs who was willing to address the fact that she had gotten too skinny. In 2012, she admitted that she had shed too many pounds and would be happy if she could immediately put on 15 pounds. However, fans couldn’t help but wonder whether she was being honest with us (or herself) because she looked even skinnier in 2017, having presumably lost extra weight due to her nasty divorce from Brad Pitt.
Foreign media frequently revisit the subject of 49-year-old Angelina Jolie’s noticeably low weight. Known for her slender physique, Jolie has sparked concern in recent years, with many speculating that she may be frequently skipping meals. Her sharp cheekbones and prominent veins have caught the attention of netizens, who have voiced their alarm and engaged in widespread discussion about the actress’s current appearance.
Denise Richards
Denise Richards was already a major star in her own right when she married film star and controversy magnet Charlie Sheen. But around 2013, she began generating the wrong kinds of headlines when fans began to notice that she had lost way too much weight. She claimed she was healthy and Sheen even took to Twitter to tell people to stop chatting about her weight, but none of this managed to convince the world she wasn’t way too thin.
Lindsay Lohan
She arguably never reached Charlie Sheen’s level, but Lindsay Lohan is something of a controversy magnet herself for a number of different reasons. But in 2006, the most controversial thing about the Mean Girls star is that she looked almost skeletally thin in various paparazzi photos. Eventually, she addressed the issue, telling the world she was struggling with both drug abuse and bulimia. Thankfully, she checked into rehab, and while she remained controversial, she never got as scary thin ever again.
Ariana Grande
The musician Ariana Grande is someone whose appearance has changed dramatically over the years, so it doesn’t automatically raise anyone’s eyebrows when she looks dramatically different. But in 2015, she shocked the world by looking like a tiny shell of her former self at the 57th annual Grammys. There was already speculation about her looking too thin in 2013, and the fact that she looked even more diminished here made many wonder about the health of the talented young star.
Johnny Depp
You’ve probably noticed that the vast majority of celebs on this list are women, as they usually feel even more pressure than men to maintain a certain weight before appearing on film or on stage. But Johnny Depp turned heads for all the wrong reasons when he was touring Europe with his band. He looked like a shell of his former self, and sources claimed he had lost weight due to a combination of sobriety and stress over his messy divorce from Amber Heard. Depp ultimately triumphed in court, but it’s clear that the stress over that matter left a lasting impression on his body.
Tara Reid
Few stars have had quite as topsy-turvy a career as Tara Reid, someone who became famous largely thanks to the American Pie films. The fame transformed her into something of a party girl, and she may have been stocking up for a party when she went to buy wine in 2014. But during that shopping trip, people noticed that she was looking too thin. Two years later, she was dressed as a skinny Santa Claus, and we couldn’t help but hope that the real Saint Nick ends up bringing her some food for Christmas!
Kate Moss
You didn’t think you’d make it through this list without seeing Kate Moss, did you? She’s the original inspiration for the ultra-thin model look, and she even coined the famous (some would say infamous) phrase “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Over the years, many wondered if she had an eating disorder or something else that might explain her rail-thin frame. She always maintained that she was never diagnosed with anorexia and simply skipped meals because she was too busy to eat, which still sounds unhealthy to us.
Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff has a rather dubious honor of being a former Disney star who didn’t have some kind of major controversy or scandal. However, she still generated some concerned headlines when she was 18 years old and looked like she had been skipping way too many meals. Later, she acknowledged how unhealthy she was at this time and that she could even feel her hands cramping because her body wasn’t getting enough nutrients. Fortunately, Duff’s hands–and the rest of her, too–are doing much better these days.