The retired Olympian previously revealed in his 2021 memoir, Coming Up for Air, that he believes pressure from the sports industry in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games led to him developing body dysmorphia and bulimia.
"I was also aware that the funding of British diving was sitting on my shoulders because if we didn’t win a medal, funding for diving was going to be cut. So it was huge pressure and I struggled with all kinds of things in the build-up to that – eating disorder issues and anxiety issues."
Daley continued: “I had absolutely no idea what I was doing at that time, so I just cut out food. I was just not fuelling myself appropriately. I wasn’t giving myself enough calories to be able to properly train. I used to get so hungry that I’d binge. Then when I binged, I’d feel so bad that I was bulimic for a while.
“It was a dark time because I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it. Men weren’t meant to talk about their eating disorders back then.”
“I grew up in a time when coaches were able to shout at you. It’s very different now. And this has created a more empowered athlete.”
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