Brittany Murphy rumors continue to surface about her cause of death. Friends of Brittany Murphy told People magazine this week that she had a set of inner demons, which included body image issues.
"She was drastically different when she entered the business," a friend told People, "Full of life, determined. But over the past few years, [she went] downhill. There was always something off, something in the way. She had a lot of inner demons."
Two weeks before Murphy's death, rumors had already resurfaced of an eating disorder and drug abuse. Those rumors had been in and out of Murphy’s life for years. Tabloids said that the radical weight loss she experienced in 2002 was due to cocaine.
In 2005, Brittany denied the rumors and said she never tried cocaine. She said that she was the same size as when she was in the movie Clueless, but that her face had dramatically changed as she got older.
One of Brittany’s friends told People magazine, “She had insane self-image issues. Her weight, her hair, her clothes, her skin, her teeth, everything. She was always so self-conscious."
Another friend said: "A lot of her problems were due to poor self image. She wore extraordinary amounts of makeup, tons of fake eyelashes, got her teeth capped, dyed her hair blonde, lost weight – she wanted to be a beauty. She didn't want to be the fat girl from Clueless. She didn't eat a lot. She would drink copious amounts of coffee."
Just recently, the rumors of an eating disorder and drug abuse returned, "She was unfocused and never knew her lines," according to a source who observed her on set. "She wouldn't do the same take, the same way, twice … There were accusations of drug use. She and her mom said they weren't true. Brittany said 'Everyone was saying I'm doing drugs and I'm not.' "
Brittany Murphy recently shot Something Wicked and someone from the set told The Wrap that Murphy "was barely there … She'd go in and out of consciousness in the middle of takes."
Murphy was replaced twice this year, for Disney's Tinkerbell film and the movie The Caller.
died Sunday morning after collapsing in her bathroom. Murphy went into cardiac arrest, was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at the scene at 10:04 am Sunday. To read information about the autopsy report and the list of medications Murphy was taking, click here.
Brittany Murphy was at the House of Hype Gifting Suites during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2008.
To see a slideshow of Brittany Murphy photos, click here.
Sources: People and The Wrap
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