_Kirstie Alley No Longer a 'Fat Actress'

YAHOO NEWS ^ | Nov 8, 2005

[austinite]

NEW YORK - Kirstie Alley has lost 55 pounds — and says she wants to lose more.

Alley, whose weight gain was documented in various unflattering paparazzi photographs, said that when she started the Jenny Craig diet program, she was horrified at the results of her weigh-in.

"I weighed 219," the 54-year-old actress said Monday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "For someone who spent most of her life at 130 ... it was a shock."

Now a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, Alley said of her weight gain: "I made some good decisions simultaneously with some bad decisions.

"The good part of it was, `I'm going to spend more time with my kids, I'm going to cook.' The bad decision was — and this is the dumbest decision I've ever made in my life — it went like this: If a man really loves me, he will not have to love me for my body. He will really love me just for me. ... When did I decide I was a big fat girl?"

She divorced Parker Stevenson in 1997. They have two children, William True, 13, and Lillie Price, 11.

Alley, who starred on the TV series "Cheers," "Veronica's Closet" and, most recently, "Fat Actress," said: "I've lost 17 1/2 percent body fat."

Her goal is to lose 25 to 30 more pounds, she said.

[austinite]

I've ever made in my life — it went like this: If a man really loves me, he will not have to love me for my body. He will really love me just for me. .

Most revealing.....

[bonfire]

She's a good egg. Anyone that can laugh at herself and take all the criticism is OK in my book. Now.....if she'd just walk away from Scientology.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Lard a**.

[small voice in the wilderness]

The 'Fat' may be gone, but the 'bad' will remain forever.

[elc]

219 lbs? That's what her a** and thigh weighed. Now what about the rest of her?

[martin_fierro]

De clunibus magnis amandis oratio

[NormB]

"Kirstie Alley No Longer a 'Fat Actress'"

No, now she is just NASTY.

[Constitution Day]

LOL.

I have to say... I think she's nasty. Even with the weight loss.

[martin_fierro]

m_f: "MMMFMMFMFFFFF!"

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

She is still a vulgar pig.

[Congressman Billybob]

Actually, Kirstie Alley made one superlative movie. If you have not seen it, run, do not walk, to your nearest video store and rent a copy of "Drop Dead Gorgeous." I'll tell you nothing else about that movie. Thank me, after you have seen it a couple times to absorb all the delirious details.

Congressman Billybob

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[Constitution Day]

Damn. That's a disturbing photo.

[Gay State Conservative]

She'll be weighing in at 230 within 18 months.Guaranteed!

[Protagoras]

No longer a fat actress, still a fat pig.

[GSWarrior]

You really are teenaged mentaly (sic).

[Constitution Day]

Hmmm, I think my wife rented it. Chick flick, right?

[Congressman Billybob]

No, it is anything BUT a chick flick. If you are into sardonic, dark, thoughtful, surprising humor, get that movie. Even when you think it's over -- twice -- it has more twists to offer.

John / Billybob

[Constitution Day]

I must be thinking of something else, then.
I will check it out... sounds like JUST my kind of movie!

[MotleyGirl70]

You guys are pretty cruel.

Please post a picture of yourselves so we can see what kind of bodies you have.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You are correct. It was a cruel snipe.
My old secretary in Minneapolis, 1986, was on the hefty side and another salesman always referred to her as "Lardass."
She was a tall Irish redhead with a tremendous sense of humor and she could take it and sling it out. I miss her impromptu singing of every state song you could name. She could do the Iowa Corn Song with, "...that's where the tall corn grows," and rattle the windows.