Keira Knightley Puts Down Anorexia Rumours

Oscar-nominated actress, Keira Knightley, has acknowledged her family has a history of anorexia but said that she doesn't suffer from an eating disorder.

The slender 21-year-old was in London to promote Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She rejected all the claims that she suffers from an eating disorder, which surfaced after she appeared at the film's premiere in a revealing gold Gucci gown.

"I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it," Knightley told a news conference. "I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't."
She said she was surprised by any suggestion that she had an
eating disorder.

"The press said to me yesterday 'How does it feel to be called anorexic?' and I had no idea that I was," Knightley said. "I'm not saying there aren't people in the film industry that suffer from it, because I am sure that there are. But I'm quite sure I don't have it."

Knightley, who was nominated for best-actress for her role in Pride and Prejudice, said she welcomed discussion about the illness.

"In a way it's good that it's out there and that people are talking about it," she said.