Keira Knightley�s screenwriter mother, Sharman MacDonald, has hit out at media rumours suggesting her daughter is suffering from anorexia � comparing the press to �playground bullies.�
Knightley has long been dogged by rumours that her waif-like figure is the result of an eating disorder, but she has always denied this � blaming her genes for her naturally svelte figure.
Last year, the 23-year-old successfully sued a British tabloid newspaper for publishing an article that accused her of being anorexic and setting a bad example to young girls.
And the star�s mother MacDonald can�t understand why the media is so obsessed with her daughter�s weight.
She tells British newspaper The Sunday Times, �She�s always been thin. She�s her daddy�s daughter, with his long body.
�It�s a playground situation that we�re looking at with the press � it�s a form of bullying � but what can we do?�
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