Fans of the anorexic YouTuber Eugenia Cooney, 29, are begging the star for professional help after she once again showed off her wafer-thin body and protruding hip bones in a “painful” new dance video.
Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, Eugenia first rose to fame in the early 2010s after she started sharing beauty tutorials on YouTube, but she has sparked serious concern in recent years after she started showing off a very slim body in her posts.
Most recently, her followers were even more anxious for her health after she shared a new clip of herself lip syncing with Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s Bidi Bidi Bom Bom on TikTok.
Eugenia pulled on a tight purple jumpsuit, showing off her slim figure as she twirled around the room, rocking her hips to the music.
Fans of the anorexic YouTuber Eugenia Cooney, 29, are begging the star for professional help after she shared a video of her dancing, showing off her protruding hip bones
Originally from Massachusetts, Eugenia first rose to fame in the early 2010s after she started sharing beauty tutorials on YouTube, but she has sparked serious concern in recent years
Most recently, her followers were even more anxious for her health after she shared a new clip of herself lip-syncing with Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s Bidi Bidi Bom Bom on TikTok
Eugenia wore a skintight purple jumpsuit that showed off her slim figure as she twirled around the room, rocking her hips to the music
Many people used the comments section of the video, which has been viewed more than eight million times in less than a day, to urge the social media star to “get medical help” or check herself into a “recovery center.”
“I really wish you went to a recovery center… This is scary,” one viewer wrote. Another added, “Darling, I adore you and now I’m officially terrified of you.” What can we do to convince you to seek help?’
Someone else said, “Get medical help ASAP,” with some praying emojis.
“You are beautiful and much too young to leave this world. Get help, honey,” another user urged.
“Oh my god sweetie, please get help. I’m afraid it’s almost too late,” read a fifth comment. “Your hip and pelvic bones look so sore when they stick out like that.”
“I don’t understand how this person hasn’t been committed to an inpatient facility yet. This is a sign of serious illness and malnutrition,” said another person.
Another said she set a “bad example for young girls,” while another viewer asked why TikTok allowed her to “glorify” unhealthy behavior.
“It’s hard to watch her,” another user wrote. Another added, “She’s a living skeleton.”
But many people used the comments section of the video to urge the social media star to “get medical help” or enroll themselves in a “recovery center.”
Someone else said she set a “bad example for young girls,” while another viewer asked why TikTok allowed her to “glorify” unhealthy behavior
‘Oh my God. This is the worst she’s been through,” read another comment.
Others compared her to a ‘living skeleton’ and said they ‘prayed’ for her
In 2016, more than 18,000 people signed a petition calling for her to be banned from YouTube after alleging she promoted anorexia.
At the time, she released a statement saying, “Some people say I’m a bad influence on girls.
“I just want you to know that I’ve never really tried to be a bad influence on YouTube, or to be a bad influence on anyone else. I would never want to do that.
“I’ve never told anyone to like losing weight, or to like changing their appearance, or to look like me.”
The petition appears to have since been removed from Change.org.
In early 2019, Eugenia took a break from social media to seek treatment, but when she returned a few months later, viewers pointed out that she still didn’t look well.
In a YouTube video, the vlogger later explained that she got help after a group of friends “raised” a series of “concerns” about her health.
She was then placed on a 5150 — a 72-hour psychiatric watch — at a Los Angeles hospital. She then went to a recovery center in Connecticut, where she stayed for four weeks.
In 2016, over 18,000 people signed a petition calling for her to be banned from YouTube after claiming she promoted anorexia
At the time, she said, “I’ve never really tried to be a bad influence on YouTube or bad influence anyone. I would never want to do that’
In early 2019, Eugenia (seen last week) took a break from social media to seek treatment, but when she returned a few months later, viewers pointed out that she still didn’t look well
In a YouTube video, the vlogger explained that she spent four weeks in a recovery center after being placed in a 72-hour psychiatric waiting room at a Los Angeles hospital.
Anorexia is an eating disorder that causes people to become obsessed with their body image and what they eat.
According to Mayo ClinicThe eating disorder also includes emotional and behavioral problems where the person suffers from an unrealistic perception of body weight along with an extreme fear of gaining weight or becoming fat.
Symptoms include extreme weight loss or lack of expected developmental weight gain, lean appearance, abnormal blood count, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, thin or breaking hair, lack of menstruation, constipation and abdominal pain, low blood pressure, cold intolerance, dehydration and more.
The condition is more common in women and girls, and the long-term effects of the eating disorder include muscle loss, heart problems, kidney problems, constipation, bloating, nausea, bone loss, and anemia.
Center for Discovery reported that at least 30 million people suffer from an eating disorder.
Anorexia is most common in adolescent women and has a higher risk of death than other eating disorders.