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Sharna Burgess Says She Struggled With Bingeing and Restricting in Instagram Q&A

She links her past disordered eating to weight pressure in early dance training, noting a healthier shift in her 30s.

Overview

  • During a Jan. 18 Instagram Story session, the 40-year-old DWTS alum said she had a “super complicated relationship with food” as a teen and in her 20s.
  • She described a pattern centered on bingeing and restricting and said her habits changed when she entered her 30s.
  • In a 2021 interview, she recalled being weighed every two days at age 15 and being told to lose weight, which she said contributed to body dysmorphia.
  • She said joining Dancing With the Stars in 2011 helped her view her body more positively through movement and transformation on the show.
  • Burgess last competed on DWTS in 2021, stepped away in 2022 after welcoming son Zane with fiancé Brian Austin Green, and said a return “is never a no.”