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Vanessa Feltz: 'My mum put me on a diet aged nine and blackmarket amphetamines at 20 - she feared I'd be fat'
In an exclusive extract from Vanessa Feltz's tell-all memoir, the TV and radio queen addresses the root of her eating disorder and amphetamine obsession which her 'dealer' mum scored to help her lose weight
But now, on the second day of The Mirror's exclusive, the beloved star opens up about the real reasons for her yo-yo dieting - revealing how her own mum, Valerie, who she calls 'My Mother, My Dealer' in her new book, put her on a strict diet aged nine and got her hooked on black market amphetamines at 20, just to make her lose weight. I did try to talk to her – she vehemently refused to discuss it – but she pretty much put her own weight problem in a box, tied it with a big pink ribbon and presented it to me, like a gift. Sainsbury's was steps away and I had a whole £14 a week to spend on apple juice, Nutella, bread thickly spread with butter and jam – making restitution to myself for years of deprivation.
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