Janet Jackson: `Chest binding damaged my self esteem`

The 44-year-old actress and singer revealed that producers on 1970s show, Good Times, decided to hide her developing figure to keep her looking younger.

And although she agreed, she was left feeling as if she wasn't good enough.

She told Health magazine, '[Dealing with body image] was hard from a very early age. My first true experience with it was when I did Good Times, and they used to bind my chest because I was developing breasts at a young age.

'I got the part when I was 10 years old and started shooting when I was 11. I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.

'I never said no. I said, 'OK, that's fine if that's what you want to do'. I would always cave in. Still as an adult I continued to [cave in]. I never told anybody that for so long. Not until I became an adult did anyone ever know.'

She added, 'It immediately makes you think, 'The way I am isn't good enough'. That's the message that it sent to me.'