Heidi Klum sounded off on reports that she only eats 900 calories a day, calling them “crap.".Photo:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Heidi Klumtook to herInstagramstories after hostingAmerica’s Got TalentWednesday to refute recent viral reports that she said only eats 900 calories a day —which is far below the recommended 2,200 calories a day for anactive woman her age.
The model, 50, said reports that she counts her calories are “crap,” adding, “I just got home and some friends are sending me these articles that have been written that I only take in 900 calories.”
She continued, “I want to say, I don’t think I’ve ever had to count my calories in my life, and don’t believe everything that you read. So, I don’t count my calories.”
Klum took to her Instagram stories after hosting ‘America’s Got Talent.'.Heidi Klum/Instagram
Heidi Klum/Instagram
Klum did confirm that she got on the scale after someone asked her how much she weighed — and pointed to that as the source of the calorie-counting reports.
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“Someone asked me how much I weighed and I got on the scale and showed how much I weighed and, I don’t know, people just put things together and just write a bunch of crap.”
“People just make up stories,” Klum said. “One person writes it and then everyone jumps on it.”
Klum also pointed out that a 900-calorie diet isn’t healthy — and the reports might inspire people to follow it.
Klum, 50, says she doesn’t count calories — and never has.Heidi Klum/Instagram
“It’s really sad because, you know, people read that and they think that and possibly follow that, and that’s not good for [them],” she said.
“And I feel more free this way,” she added.
“Obviously I’m sad for all the fans who I can’t speak with,” she said, “but there’s just too much hate, unfortunately, in the world right now."
source: people.com
