Keira Knightley Reveals She Had a ‘Mental Breakdown’ at 22: It Was a ‘Battle Every Day’
Keira Knightley is opening up about the struggle she underwent with fame (and the paparazzi) in her early 20s.In a revealing interview on The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, the 33-year-old actress said she had a mental breakdown when she was 22 and at the height of her fame.“It was big money to get pictures of women falling apart,” Knightley said.
At the time, she said, paparazzi had covered the breakdown of Britney Spears, which led to a fervor in the media.“Because you wanted them to be sexy, but you wanted to punish them for that sexuality.
