00’s reality TV icon reveals she was ‘afraid of carrots’ after intense dieting

Kristin Cavallari has revealed that she was once ‘afraid of carrots’ as she reveals her dieting became incredibly intense at one point in her life.

Kristin, 37, is an American television personality and fashion designer best known for her stints on The Hills and the MTV series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

The noughties reality TV star has revealed that while she was at the height of her fame, she was actually ‘afraid’ of carrots, because of her dieting habits.

The star explained that she’s now in ‘the best shape’ of her life and she eats more carbohydrates than ever.

‘I’m eating the most carbs I ever have,’ she said. ‘There was a period of my life where I would not go near a carb.’

‘I was even afraid of carrots for a while because I was doing keto coupled with intermittent fasting, and I actually think it messed up my metabolism, and it took me a year to stabilize.

‘Now this freedom with food has been really nice,’ she said in the interview with Bustle.

The star previously revealed on her Let’s Be Honest podcast that she was ‘very thin’ at one point and said stress was a major factor.

‘I was very thin. I’ll put it in perspective for you guys. I’m 5’3’. I currently weigh 114lbs.

‘Filming Very Cavallari, I got down to 102lbs and I was eating the same amount of food that I’m eating now.’

She then added: ‘The difference was I was so unhappy and so stressed out.’

‘I look back at photos from that time period and I am like, “Holy s**t!’ I was rail f***ing thin. I was skin and bones. I looked like s**t,’ she admitted.

‘I think I look so much better now. And you guys, that was just stress. That was being in a really unhappy marriage, quite honestly. Literally, I was so unhappy and I had way too much on my plate.’

The star was previously married to American footballer Jay Cutler, with whom she has three children. After more than a decade together the pair split in 2020.

In her most recent interview, the star revealed that she is dating a man 13 years her junior, 24-year-old TikToker Mark Estes.

‘I understand what it looks like from the outside world of, like, yeah, I’m dating a 24-year-old, but no one in my life has been like, “This is weird.” Everyone’s like, “I get it. It makes sense.”’

‘I own my own house. I have kids. I don’t need a man for anything other than just pure happiness,’ she said.

‘Emotionally, he’s able to step up to the plate, and he’s shown up for me more than anyone else I’ve ever dated.’

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