Ke$ha: Why Her Producer Dr. Luke Is To Blame For Eating Disorder

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A shocking new report claims that Ke$ha’s very own music producer is the person who drove her into rehab — and now a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that the man is notorious for mistreating his artists.

Dr. Luke has a long history of success in the music business — producing songs for Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, and Kelly Clarkson — but his integrity is being called into question after a new report claimed that Ke$ha is blaming her eating disorder and subsequent trip to rehab on him.

Ke$ha: Dr. Luke Drove Me To Eating Disorder

While the two were working together, Dr. Luke reportedly constantly berated Ke$ha for being overweight, according to TMZ. After the singer’s 2011 “Get Sleazy” tour ended, Luke allegedly ragged on her for gaining weight during her down time, and things apparently got even more vindictive from there.

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Ke$ha has reportedly revealed to friends that during a 2012 music video shoot, Luke told her she looked like “a f**king refrigerator,” and was urging her management team to do something about her weight.

Obviously those kind of personal attacks could deeply affect anyone — and Ke$ha was not immune to them. On Jan. 3, the singer checked into a Chicago area treatment center for an eating disorder.

Dr. Luke: How He Treats His Artists

Though we can’t confirm the specificity of TMZ’s report — and that he ever berated her so viciously — a source did tell HollywoodLife.com exclusively that Dr. Luke is infamous for being hard on his singers.

“He doesn’t care how his artists react because it’s all about the paychecks,” the source told us. “He is so successful that he makes his artists feel that he doesn’t need him but they need him.”

That definitely doesn’t sound like a beneficial relationship for any performer, and it may have taken a serious toll on Ke$ha. What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Do you think Dr. Luke is to blame for Ke$ha’s eating disorder?

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OH PLEASE! I suffered from an eating disorder, and NOBODY was to blame but MYSELF! How stupid. Nobody controls your body but you. It was hard, but I did it. I still suffer from after things like osteoporosis, kidney stones, hate the site of food, no vitimon D, B, bad skin, depression, enemic, ect……….. It was my own fault. I did it.

I disagree. I don’t feel you are to blame. There is no fault. There doesn’t have to be a blame game or any fault. Yes you still did it, but often an eating disorder is a symptom of something far darker, and often it’s not the main issue itself. You have an experience, a valid one. Kesha’s experience is equally as valid, and to try and invalidate someone else’s experience doesn’t help them or you.

While having such a disorder may have ultimately been her choice, I mean she’s the one who didn’t put food in her mouth, do you seriously, 100% believe that other people’s words do nothing? I have pretty low self esteem in some areas. I spent a large part of my childhood being told I was rubbish at things I wanted to succeed at. I’m often too scared to try now. While the not trying is definitely on me, and my choice, it’s something that is triggered by a deeply-ingrained belief that I am inadequate. It’s often the same thought process for things such as eating disorders. That belief is not something that any victim of said belief should be held accountable for. It’s not a ‘fault’. I don’t feel there can ever be blame with someone who feels so poorly about themselves, that they would self-harm in such a way as developing an eating disorder.

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There’s never one person to blame for someone’s eating disorder. An eating disorder is triggered by various things, experiences and people in a person’s life. When someone’s born with a tendecy for an eating disorder and things in their life trigger it, they’re likely to develop one. Of course that his alleged harsh trratment might has taken its toll on her and should not be taken lightly, but it’s neither fair nor correct to blame one person for another’s eating disorder.