Kathy Griffin's diet secret is starvation: 'I'm hungry all the time'

Comedian Kathy Griffin stays skinny through
'starvation and frustration.'(Photos/AP, OK)

Comedian Kathy Griffin has a slammin' bikini body, but admits she works hard to remain a skinny size 2.

"My body is slammin'," Griffin, 49, told reporters Jan. 31 at the 2010 Grammy Awards in L.A. "It's frustration and starvation. I'm hungry and cranky all the time.

ADDICTED TO DIET PILLS

Kathy, who looked svelte and years younger in a glittery gold Carolina Herrera gown Sunday, admits she has struggled with eating disorders and low self-esteem for years.

In the 1990s, Griffin became hooked on diet pills. "I took it to lose weight, which is not very smart," she told People in 2009. "I just felt three times as hungry afterward." 

Kathy confesses she also over-exercised, exhausting herself with back-to-back step aerobics classes, and starved herself all day and then binged at night.

Griggin, who got a nose job at age 26, says she almost died following complications from a liposuction procedure she got 10 years ago.

'I WORK OUT A LOT'

At 5'3" and 115 lbs., Kathy admits it's hard work to stay thin. "Staying in shape is a struggle every day," she says. "I have to watch what I eat and I have to work out quite a bit."

In April 2009, Griffin accepted the Vanguard award at the GLAAD Media Awards Show wearing a bikini on stage.

When asked how she got her sizzling bikini body, Kathy replied, "The funny thing is the lipo, which was more than 10 years ago, has nothing to do with it. I actually got into fairly good shape from yawn: diet and exercise."

Griffin is currently shooting Season 6 of her Bravo reality TV show, My Life on the D List.

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