As someone who is too skinny and works to keep weight on, it bothers me greatly that celebs (and models too) would do that to themselves and think they look better. Hollywood and the modeling world's perceptions of beauty disgusts me. Better to be anorexic than a healthy weight if it's a bit over the mark. Jeez.
What I heard is, that he left because of Ballmers rejection of the Microsoft Courier and some of his other ideas. Afaik he is officially still working as a consultant for microsoft