The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna has been open and honest about her daughter Amelia’s struggle with anorexia, but things got intense during the June 4 episode when the 17-year-old lashed out at her parents for trying to get her to eat during a family dinner. Lisa, 55, confessed that she blames herself for her daughter’s struggles with the disease.
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In the episode, Lisa’s husband
Harry Hamlin put together a barbecue for the family.
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But when they sat down to eat, Amelia said, “I’m just not hungry. I’m allergic to everything.”
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Everyone saw through her excuse, though. “You watch her take two steps forward, one step back,” Lisa told the camera about her daughter’s battle with the disease.
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“The scariest thing about anorexia is [wondering] is she going to have this forever,” the reality star explained.
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“You can’t help but blame yourself,” Lisa said. “It’s like, ‘What did we do to f**k her up?’”
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Amelia ended up lashing out at her parents, causing a fight. “You’re force feeding me but, like, I ain’t hungry,” she told Harry, 67.
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“I don’t want to see her suffer. You want to fix it. You want to make it go away,” Lisa told the camera. “You don’t want your child in pain.”
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Amelia posted on Instagram after the episode aired, explaining what was going on. “During that time one year ago, I was not in a good place at all. I may have looked like I was recovered but I was most definitely not,” she wrote.
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“You will see my lashing out due to my fear of food,” she explained. “The person displayed in tonight’s episode is not the person I am. It was the person anorexia made me.”
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She also said that people who blamed her mom for her behavior were wrong to do so.
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In the episode, Lisa’s husband
Harry Hamlin put together a barbecue for the family.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
But when they sat down to eat, Amelia said, “I’m just not hungry. I’m allergic to everything.”
Everyone saw through her excuse, though. “You watch her take two steps forward, one step back,” Lisa told the camera about her daughter’s battle with the disease.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“The scariest thing about anorexia is [wondering] is she going to have this forever,” the reality star explained.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“You can’t help but blame yourself,” Lisa said. “It’s like, ‘What did we do to f**k her up?’”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Amelia ended up lashing out at her parents, causing a fight. “You’re force feeding me but, like, I ain’t hungry,” she told Harry, 67.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I don’t want to see her suffer. You want to fix it. You want to make it go away,” Lisa told the camera. “You don’t want your child in pain.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Amelia posted on Instagram after the episode aired, explaining what was going on. “During that time one year ago, I was not in a good place at all. I may have looked like I was recovered but I was most definitely not,” she wrote.
“You will see my lashing out due to my fear of food,” she explained. “The person displayed in tonight’s episode is not the person I am. It was the person anorexia made me.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
She also said that people who blamed her mom for her behavior were wrong to do so.
Photo credit: Getty Images
