The following article mentions eating disorders, child sexualization, and drug use.
Mary-Kate and Ashley’s faces and names were everywhere, and the media couldn’t get enough of them.
Here are the most tragic things about the Olsen twins you probably didn’t know about.
When they were 3, their parents hired Robert Thorne as their manager.
By the time the Olsen twins were 6 years old, they had become the youngest ever producers.
By the time they were 10, they’d become self-made millionaires.
“I wouldn’t wish my upbringing on anybody,” Mary-Kate toldMarie Clarein 2010.
As a source toldPeopleat the time, “There was an intervention.
They finally reached the point where they had to act.
They didn’t want to find her dead on the floor from not eating.”
“You know, the one about eating,” Winfrey said.
In 2008, Mary-Kate commented on the experience for the first time in an interview withElle.
I do not want to go through my life with my eyes shut."
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An insider toldOK!, “She’s really sick.
It’s gotten worse.
She was diagnosed in the very late stages so early detection measures weren’t options for her.
She’s really going through it.
When she does come to work, she looks haggard and disheveled.
And she’s often moody.
Ashley’s having a very rough time right now.”
Ashley said, “I still see Bob all the time.
I go to the Laugh Factory to watch his stand-up and I’m involved with his charity.”
“Bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man.
They were seen together at a New York Knicks game and at a gala the following year.
But public sightings were few and far between, as Sarkozy and Mary-Kate kept things private.
The few times the couple were seen together throughout their eight-year relationship, they always looked happy and comfortable.
Mary-Kate also became a stepmother to Sarkozy’s two children.
The divorce was eventually granted, but many wondered why things seemed to shift so suddenly for the couple.
Now living with her husband’s ex-wife, it was too much for Mary-Kate to handle.
The source added the relationship ending was simply due to the pair “growing apart.
No cheating or betrayals.”
Ashley freaked out when she saw it.
It was a nightmare.”
Luckily, Ashley’s been famous for long enough to know how to hide her face.
After undergoing oxygen therapy, it’s like the botched surgery never happened.
With that said, it must’ve been a seriously traumatic event for her to deal with.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen decided to attend New York University together in 2004.
Unfortunately, though, they didn’t have the college experience most teens would hope for.
But behind the scenes, the Olsen twins' classmates made it difficult for the girls to feel safe.
Although their experience in higher education was unconventional, the Olsen twins frankly aren’t the conventional punch in.
It’s also known as the 18th birthday countdown clock, and it’s unfortunately been happening for years.
Recounting the interview, Ashley said, “I got really angry and defensive.
I was like, ‘That’s personal.
Why would you be asking a 16-year-old that question in the first place?'”
She went on to describe “crying hysterically” when photos of the young twins wearing bikinis were published.
There’s no telling the level of trauma this breach of privacy and sexualization caused the Olsen twins.
It was almost like she was on the verge of throwing up."
This obsession with catching the Olsen twins in less-than-lady-like moments was nothing new, though.
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I also felt very protected."
