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Singer Janet Jackson is the new face for the Nutrisystem diet, told “Good Morning America” that her body image issues started when her brother, late pop idol Michael Jackson, teased her about her weight.

She wrote in her book “True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself” that her brother liked to makes jokes about “her butt being too big.” She admitted that her yo-yoing weight was due to seeking comfort in ice cream, chips and cookies when she was feeling down.

“Sometimes even healthy food,” she said. “But too much.”

The singer said that even when flaunting those enviable abdominal muscles on album covers and in videos, she still felt bad about how she looked. “I could very easily pick myself apart,” she said. “That’s what I did.”

Her lifelong struggle with food and self-loathing has inspired her help others, she said, and is one of the reasons she chose to work with Nutrisystem. “It’s a matter of maintenance and keeping the weight off,” she said. “My success plan was to feel good about myself and be healthy.”