Bebe Rexha told to lose weight at just 9 stone: I would starve myself before filming a music video

Bebe Rexha has opened up about her journey with body image – revealing people in the music industry told her to lose weight when she was only nine stone.

Appearing on the latest cover of Cosmopolitan, Bebe said in an accompanying interview: When I first got signed, the label said, “Are you ready to get in boot-camp shape?” They wanted me to lose 20lb [almost a stone and a half].

Back then I was so small, I was only 130lb she continued.

It f**ked me up. I was so cold all the time. I would starve myself before filming a music video. Shed [a female creative director] sit opposite me at the dinner table and say, “Youre not losing enough.” All I was eating was salad.

The star previously made headlines back in January when she publicly called out designers who refused to dress her for the Grammys because of her shape.

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It broke my heart, she explained. I was so sad, so depressed. I felt like I was garbage. I thought to myself, “This is bulls**t.” I was mad. I wasnt trying to get back at anyone, but I wasnt standing for it any more. I was in the studio and I just left, went into the kitchen, and made a video on my phone.

If a [US] size 6/8 is too big then I dont know what to tell you… Thats crazy. Youre saying that all the women in the world that are a size 8 and up are not beautiful and they cannot wear your dresses… f**k you, I dont want to wear your f**king dresses.

The Say My Name singer also opened up about encounters with predatory music producers in the interview.

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