"The Hills" Doesn't Make (Some) People Lose Their Lunch

We would say that Stephanie Pratt is eating her words, but that just seems... wrong, no? The star is on the cover of Us Weekly today, with this headline: "The Hills Made Me Bulimic." Now, Pratt is denying the statement to (who else) her boss, MTV. The refute:

This was never actually going to be a cover story. I never approached [the magazine] to do a cover story.... The Hills did not make me bulimic. It was my own issues with self-esteem, and if anything, my life on The Hills has only helped me get healthy, 'cause I know how lucky I am to have this job and to have the chance to be a role model. And if it weren't for The Hills, I don't know how long I would have had those dark stages in my life.

That was fast. We wonder if MTV threatened to yank her from the upcoming, Lauren-less Season Six? It certainly sounds that desperate.

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