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Updated · E! NEWS · Aug 11

Kaia Gerber Details Disordered Eating at 24 as Public Scrutiny Shadowed Her Career

Updated

Updated · E! NEWS · Aug 11

Kaia Gerber Details Disordered Eating at 24 as Public Scrutiny Shadowed Her Career

Q: How did her brother's public battles reshape Kaia Gerber's survival strategy in a notoriously toxic fashion industry?

Her brother Presley Gerber’s public struggles appear to have pushed Kaia Gerber toward a survival strategy built on silence, self-control and privacy. In the Vogue interview and related coverage, Gerber said Presley’s addiction and mental-health battles changed how she saw her place in the family. She described herself as “the easy one” who did not want to ask for help because it felt like “too much to have two children who were needing.” That suggests she learned to cope by minimizing her own distress, even as she was dealing with body scrutiny, disordered eating and the pressures of a fashion industry she described as obsessed with extreme thinness. At the same time, Presley’s openness seems to have reshaped her views on what helps and what harms. Gerber praised him for being “very human” in public and said trying to hide problems can make a person feel ashamed. That aligns with her broader rejection of body-shaming and cruel commentary, summed up in her remark that “negativity has never saved someone’s life.” So in a toxic industry, her approach became twofold: outwardly protect what she can, and inwardly refuse shame. She has tried to keep her healthiest relationship private, drawn firmer boundaries around her personal life, and shifted energy toward acting, where she appears to seek more control over how she is seen. Presley’s experience seems to have taught her both the cost of staying quiet and the importance of protecting herself from an unforgiving spotlight.

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Kaia Gerber, 24, said in a Vogue interview published Aug. 11 that she has dealt with disordered eating and that public comments about her body worsened the struggle.
Years of comparisons to her mother, Cindy Crawford, left Gerber fielding criticism about being too thin, which she said did not help her recover from what she called a mental illness.
Gerber said the scrutiny has also eclipsed her acting work, recalling that after 2025 play performances she was asked to sign photos of herself posing naked as a teenager.
Her private life has drawn similar attention: after highly publicized past relationships, Gerber said she has kept her two-year relationship with Lewis Pullman more protected and called it her healthiest.