Overview
- Speaking on Rhea Chakraborty’s Chapter 2 podcast, the Dangal actor disclosed a long struggle with an eating disorder and living with epilepsy.
- She linked the onset of disordered eating to Dangal’s intense weight-gain regimen and to body-image pressure fostered by social media.
- Shaikh described cycles of hours-long bingeing followed by starvation and said she was bulimic, with reports differing on how long the condition lasted.
- Sanya Malhotra was the first to call out her unhealthy relationship with food, and friend Rahul Mody later helped her adopt fuller, more sustainable eating habits.
- On epilepsy, she said stigma led her to initially avoid treatment, but she now takes medication morning, evening, and night, has experienced episodes on set, and finds colleagues largely accepting despite lingering anxiety.