Having lost a jaw-dropping 5st 5lbs, Kirstie Alley is a woman with nothing to hide. And just to prove the point, the Fat Actress star has bared almost all on US TV.
Appearing on Oprah Winfrey's chat show, the 55-year-old explained how her weight ballooned to 15st 8lbs after she became trapped in a cycle of binge eating. Seeing unflattering photos of herself published in the press made her decide to change her ways, however. "Honestly, I didn't know how fat I was," she said. "Thanks to the tabloids I went 'Damn girl, you are fat!'."
The actress also made some candid revelations about how out of control her eating habits had become. "Three eggs, three slices of bacon, toast. Six to ten cups of pasta with butter – I could slather on butter all day long," reeled off the former Cheers actress, who has now quit smoking, learned to eat healthily and adopted a regular exercise regime.
The mum-of-two also said she hoped her example could show other women it was never too late to change their ways. "We can decide to change anything – at any age," she affirmed. "What I hope for all women is that they feel good about themselves – they look the way they want to look."
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Photo: © Alphapress.com
