Kaia Gerber Comments on Struggling with ‘Disordered Eating’ Growing Up with Comparisons to Mom Cindy Crawford

Michelle LeeTue, August 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTC

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Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford at the 2025 LACMA Art+Film GalaCredit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic -

Kaia Gerber opened up to Vogue about being compared to her mom, Cindy Crawford

The 24-year-old actress said she struggled with “disordered eating” and dealt with criticism about her image

In a 2023 interview with PEOPLE, Crawford said Gerber has a “good head on her shoulders” when it comes to handling fame and maintaining her private life

Kaia Gerber has opened up about her struggles with body image amid her and her family’s lives in the spotlight.

The Shards actress and her costar Homer Gere both talked about being the subjects of online fodder because of how they look during a joint cover interview for Vogue‘s September 2026 issue. For her part, Gerber spoke about growing up with being compared to her famous supermodel mom, Cindy Crawford, which eventually impacted her mental health.

“We’re clearly in one of those cycles right now where people are very, very, very thin,” the model began. “As someone who’s been thin most of my life, I’ve always been compared against my mom — like, What’s wrong with Kaia?”

Kaia Gerber, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford at the ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ opening night in April 2025Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty

The 24-year-old, who started her career by modeling, admitted that she’s felt “so jealous” of her mother’s figure.

“I would have loved to be born with boobs and a butt. People have always commented on my body, which is hard because I’m not always ready to comment on my own body, you know?” she explained, then added that she’s previously struggled with “disordered eating.”

“People are like, ‘You look terrible,’ and it doesn’t exactly make you go, ‘Oh, good. Let me get over this mental illness then!’ Negativity has never saved someone’s life.”

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Gere, whose parents are Richard Gere and Carey Lowell, spoke about his experience with handling commentary on his looks, especially after filming a sex scene in nothing but his underwear in the third season of Euphoria. “The fact that I’m apparently a body-positivity icon has opened my eyes to the absurdity of the media,” he told Vogue.

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Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford at the OMEGA House event in 2024Credit: Mike Marsland/Getty Images

In 2023, Crawford spoke with PEOPLE about how her daughter, then 21, handles fame, as well as juggling her career with her life out of the limelight, much like she did herself in the ‘90s.

“I think that she kind of sees how my husband [Rande Gerber] and I have dealt with it throughout the years,” Crawford said. “Which is not like, we don’t ever try to, ‘Oh, we can’t go there because we might get photographed.’”

The supermodel pointed out the added pressure with social media, but she added, “I’m learning along with her about that stuff, but I feel like she seems like she has a very good head on her shoulders and is figuring out how she wants to create that private work-public balance.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, The Alliance for Eating Disorders provides a fully-staffed helpline at 1-866-662-1235, as well as free, therapist-led support groups.

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