Ally McBeal: Calista Flockhart took the rumors about her anorexia very badly

“I just have small bones and I’m just lucky…”

After the band’s delightful performance on the Emmy Awards stage last week, we’re talking aboutAlly McBeal and the possible comeback of the legal comedy, long rumored in Hollywood.

Calista Flockhart confides in New York Timare in a broad portrait and ensures to have “loved working on Ally McBeal. But these rumors about my so-called anorexia have made things very hard to live with.”

The actress explains that she “was no longer sleeping. I was depressed because of this. I thought it was going to ruin my career. I figured no one was going to hire me after that, because everyone just assumed I had anorexia. For me, it meant the end of my career. I had days where I was really hurt, embarrassed and angry. Fortunately, there was my job and I just had to face it, go to work… I said to myself: Calista, you are a good person, you are not bad, have confidence in yourself!

Calista Flockhartwho will be 60 this year, also believes that, if Ally McBeal had been created today and not in the 90s, these rumors could not have spread so freely: “I don’t think that could happen today. Nowadays, we call it body-shaming. I haven’t thought about it in a long time, but it’s true that it’s just not okay to falsely accuse someone of having an illness that many people struggle with.”

And the star concludes to silence, once and for all, these rumors: “Honestly, I’ve never had to worry about my weight. My mother is 5 feet tall and weighed 100 pounds when she got married. You know, little tiny elf… I just have small bones and I’m just lucky.”