On the Netflix docuseries, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, fourth year veteran squad member and breakout star Victoria Kalina opened up about her struggles with mental health and body image, revealing on camera that she’s “never been open about it” before.
“My depression, like, it turns into this bad cycle,” Kalina said halfway through the season. “And whenever I get into a bad depression, I turn to bad coping skills, which causes bad eating habits. And as a dancer, the hardest thing you can fight are eating disorders plus depression.”
She added, “And I go through the cycle when that depression zone hits. It’s a binge-purge cycle. It’s a binge to get that feel-good, that empty feeling filled again. But then game time comes, so then you gotta get into those baby clothes, get into that baby uniform, and that cycle just keeps going.”
The emotional moment on the the show was a long time coming for the …