Kirstie Alley No Longer A 'Fat Actress'

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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.

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/11/08/kirstie_alley_no_longer_a_fat_actress?mode=PF

And she made money handling her weakness and took a slap at Hollywood at the same time. Living well really is the best revenge.

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>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?"<

This is the true difference between men and women, and I do not mean to insult anyone, or start a flamewar.

Men are much more visually attracted. They just are. I know there are men that are not, just like there are women who would drop a guy like a bad habit if he gained 50 pounds.

If we all were truly loved for the person inside, it would be a better place, but it's never going to happen.

Pessimistically yours,
Julie

"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."

Well, lots of guys will.

You fat-people hater! You said the K word!

Alert! Alert! Alert!

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:thumbsup: :popcorn:

some days i just got it :D

this morning definitely had 'it'

When she was fat, she made a big, big deal out of photographers taking "unflattering" pictures of her. She used to talk about overweight women being discriminated against. Then, she sold herself to Jenny Craig. Which Kirstie Alley will we see next?

stay on for so long? It soooo sucked....

fuck her.

Frickin' whacko.

I'm big and know what 219 looks like. She weighed a lot more than that. After losing 50 lbs she probably weighs 219 NOW.

My aunt is 5'5" and weighs 220, and she didn't look as heavy as Kirstie Alley looks now... and my aunt is not a small-boned woman, trust me.

Something about those pointed ears...like the bald chick in the first movie...:loveya:

if all this weight gaining and losing, in full view of the tabloid cameras, isn't just a calculated way to attract publicity, endorsement deals and attention from casting directors.

No, I don't care, but she sure as hell did -- saying how she was proud, and she was hnealthy... blah blah blah....

I think she's probably eating her feelings and needs therapy. Oh, wait... she's a Scientoloigist, and has said some nasty things about abuse and PTSD victims.