“American Idol” runner-up Katharine McPhee struggled for years with bulimia before seeking help, the singer said in an interview published Thursday.

At her worst she would throw up as many as seven times a day, putting her singing career in jeopardy.

It was like “putting a sledgehammer to your vocal cords,” McPhee told People magazine in an interview published on its Web site.

Attempts to reach McPhee Thursday were not successful. Phone numbers for her, her family or her publicist could not immediately be located.

McPhee, 22, told the magazine she sought help last fall after successfully auditioning for “American Idol.” She enrolled in an eating disorder center in Los Angeles and spent three months in therapy.

“Growing up in Los Angeles and spending all those years in dance class, I’d been conscious of body image at a young age, and I went through phases of exercising compulsively and starving myself,” she said. (via)

What is up with girls and their constant desire to puke? It’s so fucking gross and makes them really ugly. It’s as much a disease as masturbation. Get over it girls. What’s next we are going to find out Taylor Hicks is really the lost brother of Jay Leno, and he’s gay too?

Besides Self Puking she’s also rumored to be a bitch.