Two months after Miranda Kerr sent the internet into a frenzy when she revealed she eats bison instead of egg for breakfast, the Australian supermodel is setting the record straight on the real reason behind her unconventional diet.
In August, Kerr appeared on former US reality star Kristin Cavallari’s podcast, Let’s Be Honest, where she opened up why she chooses to only eat non-mass-produced meats like venison, bison, and lamb and avoids eggs, dairy, wheat and even common vegetables like kale.
In an interview with Stellar podcast Something To Talk About, the 43-year-old clarified her strict diet is due to a condition called proctitis, an inflammation of the inner lining of the rectum.
“I was saying this is what I do for me because I’ve had my blood taken and I’ve had issues for – oh my goodness, since Hart [her eight-year-old son] was a little boy,” she told podcast host Sarrah Le Marquand.
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“I had proctitis. It’s an inflammatory bowel thing, so I have to be really specific about what I eat. Certain things inflame me. That doesn’t mean it inflames everyone.
“For instance, my kids eat eggs. Wow … amazing, right?” she laughed.
Kerr said she wasn’t at all shocked by how quickly her comments went viral.
“I thought it was kind of comical. I have been in the industry for so long that I wasn’t surprised by it. I was just fascinated that people were so interested in it,” she said.
“What works for me doesn’t necessarily work for everyone else. That was very important in the context of what was being said. [Cavallari] was like, ‘What do you eat for breakfast? Egg?’ I’m like, ‘No, I actually don’t.’
“It would be so much easier if I could [say yes], let me tell you. Because I really did enjoy eggs. I miss eggs. So there you go.”
Kerr, a mum to four boys, also reflected on nearing her 10-year wedding anniversary with husband and Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel.
The couple share sons Hart, eight, Myles, seven, and Pierre, two. Kerr co-parents her eldest son Flynn, 15, with ex-husband and actor Orlando Bloom.
“I still get butterflies in my stomach when I think about [Spiegel]. I’m getting teary now,” the model told Stellar.
“Thinking about how we still have that deep love and respect for each other, and that fondness, 10 years after being married. Next year will be 13 years together.
“Nobody’s perfect. Of course we annoy each other. Of course we get on each other’s nerves. “We just talk about it. One of the main ingredients for us really working so well is that we both want to evolve, and grow every day into a better person than what we were yesterday.”
This year marks 20 years since Kerr hit the runway at her first Victoria’s Secret fashion show in 2006.
“I remember that moment like it was yesterday,” she reflected.
“I was excited and really grateful to be there. I definitely had butterflies in my stomach. I remember feeling quite playful, enjoying the moment.
“That first show, I remember walking out and saying to myself, ‘Just enjoy the music. Have fun with it’.”
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Listen to Miranda Kerr on a new episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, out now wherever you get your podcasts. See the cover story in print in a new issue of Stellar out via the Sunday papers.
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