REF NIGEL TELLS OF BULIMIA HELL
RUGBY referee Nigel Owens has bravely spoken out about his ongoing battle with bulimia.
Welshman Owens, 46, says more needs to be done to help people with the eating disorder.
He said: “It was a secret I was still battling to control as I stepped on to the pitch to referee the Rugby World Cup in 2015.”
In tonight’s Panorama documentary Men, Boys and Eating Disorders, Owens meets other men suffering from the condition.
He reveals the trigger for his bulimia was dealing with his sexuality at 18.
He said: “I was 16.5st. My belly was hanging over the front of trousers.
“There was no way these guys were going to fancy me looking like that.” ●Panorama: Men, Boys and Eating Disorders is on BBC1 tonight at 8.30pm.