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"Nicole Scherzinger has opened up about her struggle with bulimia. The X Factor judge told More magazine that she hid her condition for more than ten years.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s embarrassing just to hear that somebody else is aware of it,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I need to get used to speaking about it. It&amp;#039;s something that I hid from the world, from even the closest people to me, for well over a decade. But I&amp;#039;m a brave girl now! What got me to that point was that I wanted to help people. &amp;quot;I know what it&amp;#039;s like to live in such a dark place. I&amp;#039;ve found a healthy place in my life where there&amp;#039;s happiness and joy and acceptance, and it just takes a huge weight off your shoulders. I wondered why people don&amp;#039;t connect with me\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 and it&amp;#039;s because I don&amp;#039;t know when to tell the truth, as I&amp;#039;m protecting myself.  &amp;quot;When you open up and tell the truth, it&amp;#039;ll set you free. I put so much pressure on myself. I never thought I was good enough. I wanted to be perfect. But we can&amp;#039;t do that. It&amp;#039;s too much.&amp;quot;  Scherzinger continued: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s something that feels like a very shameful thing to have to go through and it can be hard to get help - you think it&amp;#039;s something you have to do alone. But you&amp;#039;re not alone. The main thing I would say is: get out of the negative relationship with yourself.  &amp;quot;Do things that give you confidence. Do things that make you feel good. Don&amp;#039;t be so hard on yourself and beat yourself up. You have to learn to love and embrace you.&amp;quot; Asked if she still sees herself as a &amp;#039;crazy bitch&amp;#039; when it comes to working too hard, Scherzinger said: &amp;quot;I was trying not to take myself too seriously. But I&amp;#039;m actually a judge that cracks the whip when it comes to work - I go through everything with a fine-tooth comb. I&amp;#039;m very well-invested as a mentor. I take my job seriously and when I say I&amp;#039;ll give 110%, I&amp;#039;m going to do it.&amp;quot;  However, she insisted that she is not as tough or as confident as people perceive her to be, saying: &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s natural that people would have misconceptions about me - they&amp;#039;ve seen me in the [Pussycat] Dolls and in my music videos, when I&amp;#039;m this sexy, fierce girl.  &amp;quot;And there is a side of me like that - but then everyday I&amp;#039;m just a normal girl. I&amp;#039;m a goofball. I have a sense of humour and people don&amp;#039;t always get to see that.&amp;quot; This week&amp;#039;s More magazine is on sale now.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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