DELTA BURKE: MY BATTLE WITH CRYSTAL METH
Globe US|May 13, 2024
Abused speed to slim down after being told she was too fat for TV
DELTA BURKE: MY BATTLE WITH CRYSTAL METH

DESIGNING Women survivor Delta Burke has made an agonizing confession — there was such pounding pressure on her to get skinny for TV she turned to the deadly street drug crystal meth to burn off fat!

In her first interview in decades, the reclusive 67-year-old former Miss America beauty pageant contestant recalls that while starring on the short-lived 1980s sitcom Filthy Rich, she dealt with weight gain, depression and eating disorders by popping “black beauties” — but the amphetamine and dextroamphetamine capsules weren’t enough!

This story is from the May 13, 2024 edition of Globe US.

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