14 DAY TRIAL // Once Hollywood’s biggest and most famous party girl (even more famous than Paris Hilton herself), Tara Reid has been trying hard to leave that past behind but, somehow, it’s still catching up to her. Photographed days ago looking very thin and frail, she is now said to have relapsed into heavy drinking.
Above is one of the paparazzi shots that are now making the headlines, of Tara as she went out shopping with boyfriend Erez Eisen of Infected Mushroom and his two children. The former “American Pie” star was always on the thin side but, whispers say, she’s never looked this frail and quite unhealthy.
Unhealthy is just how she must be, New York dietitian Joseph J. Mutz tells Radar Online. Tara is not exactly pint-sized and, from her figure, he infers that she must be “significantly underweight” and he attributes that to her excessive drinking.
Tara checked into rehab in 2008 for alcohol addiction and completed her program in 2009, but she’s been seen out partying a lot since. As early as 2013, she was photographed stumbling out of a club, and she explained in an interview that she was drinking again but stressed that, this time, she was exercising moderation.
She was never seen hitting the party circuit as before, but she has been stepping out after rehab and she has definitely enjoyed a drink or two.
Mr. Mutz, though he never met or treated the star, believes that this is no longer the case and that she is back to heavy drinking. Her skinny figure is probably a direct consequence of that.
“Excessive partying can absolutely lead to weight loss. Mixing caffeinated drinks with alcohol can suppress the appetite without providing much in the way of nutrition,” he says, estimating that Tara is probably at around 100 pounds (45.3 kg), which would make her “approximately 25 pounds [11.3 kg] underweight.”
“An alcoholic can derive 50-70% of their daily calories from alcohol. This deprives the body of essential nutrients,” he explains. So this would explain Tara’s thin figure.
A rep for the actress would not comment on this at the time of writing. As noted above, Tara has always been on the thin side, but it’s true that her weight usually plummeted whenever her partying and drinking were getting out of control.
However, until such a time comes that she confirms she has a drinking problem, the connection between said alleged problem and her weight is purely a matter of speculation.