Sophie Turner reveals having kids was the ‘best thing for her relationship with her body’ after bulimia struggles but admits times of extreme stress still ‘flare-up’ negative thoughts on food

Sophie Turner has revealed that having children was ‘the best thing for her relationship with her body’ after battling her past eating disorder with bulimia.

Game of Thrones actress, 28, shares two daughters – Willa, three, and Delphine, 18 months – with her ex-husband Joe Jonas filed for divorce from her last September after four years of marriage.

And she has now reflected on how pregnancy and raising a newborn had a transformative impact on the way she viewed and interacted with her body.

She said Fashion: ‘Honestly, having children was the best thing for my relationship with my body. I remember after I had my baby, my therapist asked me how I felt in my body.

“And of course I thought, ‘Well, my breasts are leaking milk and I’ve been bleeding for a month.’ Then she reminded me how amazing it is that our bodies can do this and how important it is to get all the nutrients into your body so it can do that.

Game of Thrones actress, 28, shares two daughters – Willa, three, and Delphine, 18 months – with her ex-husband Joe Jonas filed for divorce from her last September after four years of marriage

“I mean, it sounds so simple, but I’ve never thought about my body like that before. As a young girl, especially growing up in the spotlight, you really judge yourself.”

She recalled how as a teenager growing up in the spotlight, she was often targeted by online trolls – who also criticized her for her weight, even after she recovered from her bulimia.

Sophie explained that when you have bulimia your face tends to swell, so when she got better in her early 20s and her face returned to normal, people said meanly if she had had that. buccal fat removal or not.

She is now better able to manage her eating disorder, but admitted that in times of extreme stress, such as her divorce, “the eating problem always flares up.”

But the star added: ‘But now I manage it by sitting in the discomfort and just getting used to that feeling of being full. It’s all exposure therapy. I think life is exposure therapy.”

In 2022, Sophie — who recently ran Ozempic weight loss ads in the NYC subway station — revealed that she had a live-in therapist during the height of her eating disorder.

The actress admitted that the pressure of starring in the hit HBO series combined with using social media “completely consumed” her.

Sophie confessed that she has since distanced herself from Instagram because comments allegedly made her feel ‘fat’ and ‘unwanted’.

And she’s now reflected on how pregnancy and raising a newborn transformed the way she viewed and interacted with her body (pictured in May 2022, pregnant with her second child)

It comes after Sophie revealed she had a live-in therapist during the height of her eating disorder – which was exacerbated by the pressure of being on GOT (pictured as Sansa Stark)

She also recently aired Ozempic weight loss ads in the New York subway station, as she posted on her Story

Speaking in a candid interview with Elle magazineSophie revealed she had a companion during her 2019 fight: “It’s a live-in therapist, who would make sure I didn’t do anything unhealthy with my eating habits.

“One night I was replaying a comment I saw on Instagram over and over in my head, I thought, ‘I’m so fat, I’m so unwanted,’ and I turned away.”

Sophie explained how she had noticed that social media had made her ‘incredibly anxious’ and has since distanced herself from the apps.

She continued, “I wish I never got involved in the first place. I look at the comments on Instagram and think, ‘Oh, f**k. Everyone thinks this about me.’ It would consume me completely.”

She revealed how she was forced to seek therapy when film and TV studios pressured her to lose weight amid her misery.

Sophie made the confession during an interview with Marie Claire Australia, where she explained: ‘Everyone needs a therapist, especially when people are constantly telling you that you’re not good enough and that you don’t look good enough.

“I think it’s necessary to have someone you can talk to and who can help you with that.”

However, Sophie did not specify which film or TV studios were pressuring her to lose weight.

She is now better able to manage her eating disorder, but admitted that in times of extreme stress, such as her divorce, “the eating problem always flares up.”