If I had the money she has I would never have gotten as large as she. a personal cook and weight gain seems rediculous but that just me personal opinion!!!

not sure money has anything to do with why she got fat hun!

personally i think she is under contract by Jenny Craig to NOT reveal her original weight until she has reached her goal and then they will unveil the truth.

fat actress may be offensive to some, not to others, the point is we are all here talking about it....

have a great day all!

If i had the money to have anything, anytime and the assistants to go out and get it, or the chef to make it, I think I'd be fat too. I can't tell you the number of times I haven't had something because I either didn't feel like going to get it or didn't feel like making it. I've always liked to eat and I can't imagine what it would be like to have anything I wanted.

I agree with Pam,

Money does not make you fat or thin.

The question is why do we let ourselves get fat.

Kristie said it was staying home with the kids,too much food,wrong food and not exersizing.....

I think this goes for most overweight people.

You can do a hell of a lot more with money than eat. You could travel and explore the world, partake of your wildest dreams and fantasies, even start your own charity and really make a difference if you're a benevolent sort. If you're obese and rich - it's probably safe to say you aren't putting your money to good use.

Oh, I'd like to do that too, I imagine. What's the difference in being rich and obese and poor and obese, anyway?

It's ok if your poor because you can't travel?

To me food is just another something to be enjoyed.

And I think Kirstie just wanted another show.

I'd take up residence at a fat farm..uh, spa... and dabble in straight gigalo's until I had my fill. Then...... travel.

ohhhh.........NICE!!! all of a sudden being fat means you arent putting you money to "good use." thats classic. just another stereotype to put in the pile.

oh and, news flash! some of us have enough money to donate, travel, buy nice things, AND eat!

I don't think she needs "therapy to learn to love herself", she seems just fine to me. Nor do I think people who are fat and rich are necessarily putting their money to poor use... putting poor FOOD in their bodies, yes, but one has nothing to do with the other. Look at how people bitched when Oprah lost her weight..."YEah, if *I* had a chef and a personal trainer, *I* could lose weight too, what a waste of MONEY! <sniff, scarf another donut> When she's given more money to charity than I'll ever EARN.... but yet we feel entitled to judge what she does with her OWN money. <shrug>

If people don't like Kirstie Alley's new show, I guess they have a remote. Maybe fat is like money after all... her big butt is HERS to do with what she pleases. If you can't hide it, paint it red!

I feel the need to share my feelings about this show, regardless of how much money she has or how fat she is or isn't.

I've always really like Kirstie Alley as an actress....Loved her on Cheers!!

I find this show to be terribly degrading to her....I do not think it's funny at all.

I felt embarrassed for her and for all of us who have been discriminated against because of our weight. Maybe I'm just too sensitive about this issue but I really don't think its a subject that's funny.

<shrug> Comedians have been making themselves the butt of their own jokes forever. Shoot, I've had a really good laugh at my OWN expense on occasion. I nearly got wedged while trying to get in the crawlspace to turn on the water to my house. I thought I was going to have to make like Winnie the Pooh and wait 'til I got thin to escape!

My favorite comedian is the 400+ lb Ralphie Mays. 90% of his act is about his weight, but so much of it rings true that I can't help but laugh... WITH him, not AT him. I've also seen him on "Celebrity Fit Club" and behind the jokes, he's been open about his struggle with his weight.

I agree with Eve 25,

I have enough money to buy whatever i would like.It is my choice as to how to spend it.

Bow-Flex maybe and a nice steak.

And Judy....Kristie is degrading herself right to the bank.

I haven't seen the show, but she doesn't look like she's 200 lbs. She is not a very short woman.

I was simply pointing out by this comment that there are more benefits to being wealthy than having greater dietary choice which was the main focus of the thread when I commented. A lot more.

I elaborated on this:

You could travel and explore the world, partake of your wildest dreams and fantasies, even start your own charity and really make a difference if you're a benevolent sort.


Sloppily worded maybe. But my point was who is more likely to be obese in the western world - the millionaire or the poor person? Poor people tend to be limited in their choice of activities and often resort to binge eating along with heavy smoking, alcoholism and drug use. Out of sheer boredom and lack of purpose. It's a fact.

You are nowhere near obese. You can afford a "Bow-Flex" and a steak and the freedom to do so. Excellent. But what was your point?