The frontman of the band Reverend And The Makers has revealed he developed anorexia as a teenager after idolising “dead skinny” stars from the Britpop era. Jon McClure, known by his stage name The Reverend, said he developed an eating disorder when he was 16, skipping meals and becoming “really thin”. “Around the age of 16 I got really funny with food – I skipped meals, I guess you would call it anorexia. I think there’s still an assumption amongst a lot of blokes that it doesn’t affect men, but it does. “That’s why I wanted to do it (the interview) really.”McClure was interviewed by Adam Oxley at a music studio in Sheffield.

Source: Irish Examiner February 21, 2019 16:18 UTC