Christie Brinkley shares daughter Sailor's private battle: 'It really hurts'

Christie Brinkley has opened up about her daughter Sailor Brinkley’s eating disorder that haunted her for years.

The 71-year-old American model and actress showed up on the Totally Booked with Zibby podcast, where she revealed that her 26-year-old daughter, who is also a model, got an eating disorder because she felt pressure to live up to the image of her famous mother.

Christie said, "Having kids is probably one of the areas that's the toughest. Dealing with a certain amount of celebrity and the scrutiny that goes along with it is hard. When that overlaps and they start scrutinizing your kids and comparing? That really hurts."

“It’s the one thing that I can say has been the biggest bummer of being famous because you never want what you are doing to hurt anybody,” she added.

Referring to her oldest daughter, who is a singer-songwriter and pianist by profession, the Vegas Vacation star shared, “And Alexa, she really got hurt by things that the media would say about her, and continued to say about her through the years. It was really hard on her, and it really affected her, and I think it's really hard."

Christie went on to note that the comparison people drew between her and Sailor made her anxious as she “struggled with her weight.”

"She dabbled in modeling, but she didn't really love it. It wasn't her thing, but when she was younger and she dabbled in it, she thought, 'Now I have to look like a model and I have to lose weight.'"

Due to constant pressure to be a certain way, Sailor “got an eating disorder and she got anorexic, and it's just tough.”

“So now I say to them: look at somebody like Kate Hudson, who is so well adjusted. She's got Goldie Hawn, super famous, and Kurt Russell... and she keeps doing things...,” Christie Brinkley stated.