Comments on: Um, Will Somebody Please Take Allegra Versace to the Hospital?

By: Atrium

Atrium — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:04:14 +0000

Allegra has been getting treatment in LA for the last couple of years. I worked at the hospital where she receives treatment. In the late afternoon, she and her mom and their Italian 3-man posse have sat next to me in the quad. No one knows who they are. Allegra looks like a 10 year old but speaks and translates English to Italian and back fluidly on her cell phone – she’s not disabled in that way, believe me.
She is sick, but has nurses who are quite “healthy” who don’t put up with her crap. Last time I saw her about a year ago she was hooked up to five IVs and running around the medical center trying to burn calories. As this medical center is famous for it’s treatment of Anorexics, I can say that it’s not vanity, it’s a a very sad disease.

By: Zena

Zena — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:03:26 +0000

Wonder how she is doing now. I pray that she will get the proper help as I don’t see her around for much longer.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:07:58 +0000

Eat some food you look disgusting.

By: tate

tate — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:18:38 +0000

god your ignorant. anorexia is an illness. she has been struggling with this for a long time and i doubt she and her family dont know there is anything wrong with her.

its alittle more complicated then telling her she needs to eat! its likes telling someone with bipolar to ’snap out of it’

By: roxy

roxy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:44:40 +0000

i hate her she is dum

By: iloverainy

iloverainy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:23:24 +0000

I agree with Coral too. And it is absurd that to think that anything anyone puts out there effects nothing. I’m not saying one blog post is going to make someone starve themselves or start eating like crazy – but gimme a break – everyone should be accountable for what they say and write. I have a pretty nice body but sometimes looking at fashion magazines does make me feel bad about myself – more so when I was a teen or in my early twenties. I just don’t look at them much anymore, my healthy form never seems to look like the women in those magazines – plus I can’t afford the clothes and that sucks!!

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:09:13 +0000

Coral, I agree with you about obesity.

I think this picture is so sad. It’s horrible to see anyone whose problems are made so starkly clear, whether it’s someone to thin or too fat or shaving off all their hair in front of the paparazzi.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:51:49 +0000

Girls i know have been affected by “pro-ana” sites same as blog-sites… now that’s a fact and therefore i totally agree with karma.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:44:32 +0000

this is kind of gossip about what celebrities are “doing”- Allegra is not eating. That is doing something, no?

By: Coral

Coral — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:01:15 +0000

i find it telling that people have sympathy for anorexics because they know anorexia’s a complex disease and you need treatment to recover from it. but fewer people have sympathy for overweight people and tell them to stop overeating and exercise more. maybe saying that to an overweight person is no more helpful than telling an anorexic to eat more.

perhaps if we considered obesity a complex disease which requires treatment to overcome, we could concentrate on helping people instead of tearing them down.

personally, i’d like more gossip about what celebrities are saying and doing and less about picking apart how they look.

By: ThatLisa

ThatLisa — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:50:19 +0000

@ PurpleMonkeyPaws

I think too many people are using the media, and such, as a scapegoat to all sorts of issues.
Itâ€™s so much easier to blame your low self esteem on tv or magazines.—-

I totally agree with that. Most of the people I know that have eating disorders were not really that affected with media, television, celebrities, etc. It was a huge control thing. Sometimes it could begin with a “I wish I was thinner” or “I wish my body was like so-and-so’s,” but once it becomes a full-fledged disorder, it was (usually) about being able to control something in a chaotic life.

So sad. Poor little Allegra. I hope someone gets her help.. again. It would be such a horrible way to die. :( Those pictures are horrible. Not only does she look awful… she seriously looks like walking death. It’s so sad.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:22:14 +0000

… and now we have Donatella and her daughter to thank for debunking that “sexy Italian female” stereotype… well played…