Kyle Richards, 50, suffered from anorexia at 17, weighing 99 lbs and eating only SIX almonds a day

Kyle Richards has revealed she suffered from a serious eating disorder when she was a teen on a TV show. Speaking out for the first time: Kyle Richards has revealed ahead in a teaser for Tuesday night's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode, that when she was a teen, she suffered from a severe eating disorder 'It started when I was 17. I was on a TV show and they kept putting me in these big things, my boobs were big when I was young, my sisters were tiny and cute, everyone was blonde, blue-eyed and skinny,' she recalled The odd one out: Kyle compared herself to her elder blonde sisters; Kathy Hilton and Kim Richards growing up, being the only one with a darker complexion, she began to shed her healthy weight 'People would compliment me and the more they complimented me, the less I would eat.' Shocking revelations: Speaking with her co-stars; Dorit Kemsley, Erika Giradi, Teddi Mellencamp and Lisa Rinna, while in Paris, she revealed she weighed a mere 99 lbs and would limit herself to six almonds a day or a V8 juice Child star: Around the time of her disorder, Kyle appeared on the TV show, Down To Earth, where she played teen Lissy Preston [ Around the time of her disorder, Kyle appeared on the TV show, Down To Earth, where she played teen Lissy Preston. It was like that for years' Protecting them: The actress revealed that this was the first time she was ever sharing her story, not even telling her four daughter, as she 'didn't want to plant a seed in their heads' In a confessional, Kyle admitted she knew exactly what Amelia was going through, having been through it at her age before.