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"Jewel was crushed when she was called &amp;quot;the chubby Renee Zellweger&amp;quot; in the press a few years ago.&amp;quot;My feelings were so hurt by that story, I ended up bingeing on an entire cake,&amp;quot; the singer, 36, tells Shape magazine (via JustJared). &amp;quot;Afterward, I actually tried to throw it all up, but thankfully I couldn&amp;apos;t do it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJewel goes on, &amp;quot;It made me think, &amp;apos;I can&amp;apos;t go down this road.&amp;apos; I had seen so many performers develop eating disorders or try to control their weight with drugs, and I decided I would do no harm to my body.&amp;quot;Jewel (who wed pro rodeo cowboy Ty Murray in August 2008) says that &amp;quot;women are so critical of themselves.&amp;quot;\r\nVIDEO: Find out which celeb wants to gain weight&amp;quot;We can be gorgeous and hot and still be embarrassed to wear a tank top,&amp;quot; she adds. &amp;quot;So if you can&amp;apos;t stop looking in the mirror, at least try to not think badly about yourself when you do.&amp;quot;Her advice?\r\nPHOTOS: Stars who love their bodies&amp;quot;We should be more like men, God bless &amp;apos;em. They can take their shirts off and show their man boobs, and they don&amp;apos;t give a hoot,&amp;quot; she says."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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