Delta Burke once turned to crystal meth as a weight loss method: ‘Wouldn’t eat for five days’
23.04.2024 - 09:59
/ nypost.com
“Designing Women” actress, who publicly battled criticism over her appearance, once turned to crystal meth for weight loss. Burke explained on the “Glamorous Trash” podcast that she started taking prescription pills while studying in London, and upon arriving back in the states, discovered her pills were deemed illegal.Once on a set, she found someone to get her more “Black Beauties,” and would take the pill “in the morning so you won’t eat.”“They were like medicine to me,” she told host Chelsea Devantez. Eventually, the pills became less effective as she built up a tolerance, and Burke was offered crystal meth as a substitute.“Nobody knew about crystal meth at the time,” she said.
Burke was told to “snort” the drug, but felt uncomfortable, so instead she put the drugs in “cranberry juice.”The “Women of the House” star would drink a glass before going to work, where she was starring in “Filthy Rich” at the time, and then “wouldn’t eat for five days.”“And they were still saying, ‘Your butt’s too big. Your legs are too big,'” Burke recalled. “And I now look back at those pictures and go, ‘I was a freaking goddess.'”Burke is best known for her character on “Designing Women,” Suzanne Sugarbaker – a flashy, materialistic former beauty queen.
Suzanne was the silly counterpart to her serious sister Julia, played by Dixie Carter. Delta was nominated for two Emmys for the role.The scrutiny Burke faced over her weight contributed to her exit from the show. She said she was “emotionally too fragile” to handle how “incredibly ugly” narratives became, and remembered people constantly asking her if she was pregnant.
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