From Times Online:

The mother of Keira Knightley, the actress, has hit out at a whispering campaign suggesting her daughter has an eating disorder.

Sharman Macdonald, the Scottish playwright, blamed “playgound bullies” for spreading persistent rumours about her daughter’s waif-like physique.

Macdonald said her 23-year-old daughter, best known for her roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Bend It Like Beckham and Atonement, has a genetic predisposition to thin-ness, inherited from her father.

She says Knightley has been forced to adopt a diet high in protein and carbohydrates to ensure that she does not become too thin. Like her father Will Knightley, a theatre actor, she must “eat like a horse” to maintain a healthy body weight.

“She has always been thin. She’s her daddy’s daughter, with his long body,” she said. “Daddy was much, much thinner than Keira. When he was Keira’s age, he had to drink milk with honey and eggs, and go training and training and training, just to be a normal weight.

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I’m so glad that the article like this has been shown. Now, people who claim that Keira is an anorexic can also see the other side of that issue. I totally believe that she is healthy, and think that that’s really good that her mother finally speaks about it. Btw, Keira is so lucky, she doesn’t need to worry about how much she eat :P nevertheless i think that because of this she’s suffering a lot…and that’s bad.

I hate those gossips sites! how aweful they are!? it’s just horrible, why people need to be so cruel? and why they just can’t leave her alone and let her be! another stupid and literally overwhelming article based on Sharman Macdonald interview. http://www.egoisci.pl/4354/obzera_sie/#comment_199752