By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

British actress Keira Knightley addressed the longtime rumor of her eating disorder, saying that while she knew she wasn't anorexic, the constant attention took a number on her psyche.

"The anorexic stuff -- all of that -- it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard," she tells December's Allure. "Because you go, 'Oh, maybe that's right!'

The Anna Karenina star said she knew she "wasn't anorexic," but the scrutiny left her