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Giuliana Rancic Explains Why She’s so Thin

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040115 GiulianaRancicBillRancic?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427920861646Andrew Eccles/E! Entertainment(LOS ANGELES) — During awards season earlier this year, many in Hollywood noticed Giuliana Rancic’s thin figure. The Fashion Police co-host said she agrees that she’s slim, but added that it’s not for the reasons that have been bandied about in the media.

“Some people were saying, ‘The cancer is probably back.’ And they were accusing me of every eating disorder. I thought to myself, ‘God, if someone really thought I had an eating disorder, what a horrible way to approach it,'” she told People magazine.

Rancic, a breast cancer survivor, said her doctor informed her that a cancer-suppressing medication that she’s been taking since 2012 has had an effect on her metabolism, making it difficult to gain weight.

“I started noticing that I was eating a lot, but not gaining weight at all. I was concerned,” she explained. “I eat more than any of my friends. I eat a very robust, healthy, balanced diet and dessert almost every night. I’m not hiding from anything.”

The TV personality said the attention has been hard to hear.

“It’s really hurtful,” Rancic added. “I’m sorry that some people think I’m disgustingly skinny, as they put it, but there’s nothing I can do. I’m lucky that I even have the type of cancer that reacts to the medicine.”

Rancic said she would even prefer to put on weight, if she could. “I look in the mirror and it’s hard for me,” she admitted. “I am really thin. I want to look fit and beautiful and sexy, and I can’t.”

The mother of one said now she tries to focus on the positives. “I refuse to be broken. I have so many beautiful things in my life,” she added.

Rancic is set to release a memoir, Going Off Script, on April 7.


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