Fran Drescher Has Put On A Few
August 23rd, 2008 by Rian | Filed under Celebrity Weight Gain, Miscellaneous Celebrities.Fran Drescher was spotted at the Black & White gala for Barack Obama in Beverly Hills earlier this week…
(Photos via SplashNews)
She has definitely put on some weight…
omg… i’ve gotta brace myself for the influx of fat comments… geeze…
she gained some weight, yes, but it happened a while ago… i saw her in a bathing suit quite a few months ago(maybe even longer) and she was already this size.
first!
wow she has put on quite a few- but then again she is getting pretty old
p.s. thanks for the saturday posts rian!!!
wow her arms got really big! but shes still got a pretty face an she looks good for her age she is like 60 right?
A few!?!? It looks more like a TON!! She totally let herself go!! She def has a gorgeous face, minus the double chin lol.
lol.. BLACK and WHITE gala.. ok now, 3 comments on one post is enough…no more comments for me today!!!
Jesus Christ, leave her alone. She beat Breast Cancer…do you know what those drugs do to your body? Well I’ve seen it firsthand & it goes both ways & you can lose a lot OR gain a good deal. Don’t attack her with “a few, it looks more like a ton!”. I’d like to see how you guys look after being ravaged by Cancer drugs.
What Lolita said.
I think she has a tendency to gain weight in her arms, but her body isn’t THAT much bigger. She’s a beautiful lady imo.
good skin
She is not 60, haha. She is 50 years old!! :p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Drescher
But she really gained, she is getting older and it is not ugly on her.
Is she still sick then?? I don’t think so.
although whether she has beat cancer or not it is still not healthy to be this heavy. whatever the cancer drugs did to her body during her treatment it is scientifically impossible to gain weight if you do not eat more than you burn. she should be taking better care of herself and what she eats after battling through such a serious illness.
I love that woman. She’s a survivor.
And her body is still very nice.
I’ve always liked her, and for some unfathomable reason I’ve always found the nanny hilarious. Though she has gained a bit (which isn’t too unusual for a woman in her fifties) I still think she looks gorgeous and I agree with the people who are saying we should take it easy on her.
Cady: yeah, scientifically it’s impossible, but when you’re fighting a potentially life threatening disease, would you worry about your diet? I know I wouldn’t.
What I don’t like about her body though, is the way how her arms are smaller on top and then get bigger near her elbows. But she’s still pretty ^_^
She is not 60. She is about 51. I agree with Lolita.
She still has a beautiful face & hair & she’s still hot!
She looks fine for a older woman considering the cancer treatments she almost perfect
Wow, she gained a lot.
What a difference a few years make. I remember her when she played a nanny on TV. I was so impressed with her tiny waist at that time. She has almost doubled her weight, it seems.
Cady are you serious. So while she is trying to fight a life threating illness she is supposed to be in the gym hardcore to make sure she is burning more calories then she is taking in.
She had a great body back in the day, she is a beautiful women.
CADY,
U DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! THE BODY IS SO INTRICATE! HEALTHY CELLS ARE DAMAGED DURING TREATMENT, SOME IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. YOUR WHOLE BODY CHEMISTRY IS MESSED UP! “Many women who’ve had chemotherapy for breast cancer report gaining weight during the treatment, though the reasons for an expanding waistline are not yet well understood. The phenomenon is not seen in patients who have surgery alone, or surgery followed by radiation.” –cancer.org. Chemo icreases appetite, slows metabolism, causes fatigue, and excess fluid. Steroids increase fatty tissue, and cause peripheral wasting (the loss of muscle mass).Hormone therapy can increase body mass from fat, decrease body mass from muscle, and change how food is metabolized, resulting in weight gain.
she’s not going through chemo anymore! and i never said she should be going to the gym and working it off. all i am saying is that being this heavy is not healthy! good for her for getting over a serious illness but to maintain your health you must eat healthy and no one gets this heavy but eating a well balanced diet.
the most important thing when recovering from an illness is to infuse your body with healthy nutrients and maintain a healthy weight. especially AFTER you have already been treated!
What many of you are failing to understand is that weight gain is apart of life and MANY people experience it. Being skinny is not necessarily healthy. Fran looks GREAT!! For someone her age, she looks fantastic. Many people her age and younger would love to look as good as she does. What exactly do you expect her or anyone else who is not a size 0 to look like? I’ve seen some size 0s, 2s and 4s that DON’T look very good. W
Whats important is to encourage a healthy body image and that does not mean skinny. For example, America Ferrera, Sara Ramirez, Brooke Hogan, Queen Latifah, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian (just to name a few)are women who look like healthy, fit and normal. That’s something to admire, not Kate Moss, Niki Hilton and Christina Ricci (nothing against naturally skinny girls). Beauty comes in ALL shapes, sizes and colors. REMEMBER THAT!
Ok does anyone realize that….maybe for once, when you get older, you tend to gain more weight than when you were younger? Maybe her metabolism slowed down, but that doesn’t mean she is unhealthy. she could be the healthiest woman verses a skinny person who doesn’t work out or eat right. you don’ t have to be skinny to be healthy. and healthy means having a healthy body, inside!
I think she looks great for her age.
Im not a fan of hers and i dont follow her career when i made my comment about her big arms i had no idea she was battling cancer.An im sure some others didnt know that either!I hope she makes a full recovery!
She has gained quite a bit - but love her - she’s hilarious.
I think that dress is very ugly. She’s beautiful though, and really not that heavy…
too bad, she used to be soo pretty on the nanny! now kinda looks like her mom on the show.
she’s a bit too heavy, but she’s always been battling the bulge. that dress is not flattering, especially to her arms and waist…
Wow, she’s still a knockout. Does the woman EVER age??
For her age she looks really beautiful in the face in comparison to, say, Madonna who is probably 25-30 pounds lighter and looks about 20 years older. I’m impressed by how young she looks. I don’t think her weight looks unhealthy, though I do agree that regular exercise and portion control is a necessity to stay fit and healthy. But the woman is 50, and had a pretty serious cancer scare. She looks terrific.
cancer meds have always scared me to death, but jeez babyvincer you have now made them sound even worse.
do you know that the people handleing some of them (prep) have to do it through a hepa filter.
She gained more than a few! But it can be easily understood if she’s a cancer survivor and she looks happy, so nothing else matters…
Yet, this dress is really unflattering, and those shoes…!
for 50 years old, she looks great! also, very natural
Def. what Lolita said. Fran’s a smart, funny, and accomplished woman who survived an illness. Have a heart and some respect!
JH… i’m with you, but seriously, you can’t lump all those girls together… america is HALF the size of queen latifah.. , no kidding. also… beauty doesn’t always = health… whether you talking about a size 0.. or if you’re talking about a size 16… while it’s fine to accept who you are… in fact, we all SHOULD, but we should also strive to be the best we can.. and to me that doesn’t mean just accepting how you are “naturally” because in reality… very few people are “naturally healthy” anymore… most of us have to work at counterbalancing all the unhealthy habits we hold and enviroments we live in. so yeah.. beauty can come in all sizes.. but health doesn’t.
( and no i’m actually not talking about fran in particular.. once she’s better ((if she’s not already.. after all.. wasn’t it six years ago,that she was diagnosed?idk.. )) she could probably lose a little for her health.. but she doesn’t look grotesquely fat.)
I didn’t know she was battling cancer. I hope she continues to win the battle and enjoys a happy and healthy life.
I think she looks fantastic, and not just for her age! She looks radiant and fresh- she could still pass for 35! Look how haggard Madonna looks compared to her!
Cady- do you even know what you’re talking about!? I know several people who have had to take steroid medication for various illnesses that made them gain drastic amounts of weight, and unfortunately, made their face shape change and swell permenantly.
Cady,
What I am saying is that there definitely other factors into weight gain, not just a person overeating. You said, “it is scientifically impossible to gain weight if you do not eat more than you burn”. That is true to an extent, but there are other factors happening in a person’s body that is undergoing cancer treatment. They may gain weight, but not due to overeating. Yes, she has beat cancer, but cancer ravages your body and you may have a tough time getting your old body back. Fran has been through a lot. Not only cancer, but r*pe at gun point. Yes, she needs to take care of her body, but age and illness hold you back.
She looks amazing considering that she had cancer. Cut her some slack. She’s doing fantastic all things considered. I admire her more than I admire the Hiltons.
Cady, it is not scientifically impossible to gain weight if your burning more. Have you never heard of Hypothyroidism? A lot of Cancer drugs impact your thyroid, therefore effecting weight loss/gain. There are a lot of factors that can make a person gain weight, regardless of what they are eating. Also, you have a seriously skewed eye if you think she’s at a place where it’s “completely unhealthy”. She’s not obese. She’s bigger, but she’s not dangerously large. Even if she was, pointing out that someone is fat is not the way to motivate people to lose. This crap is why eating disorders are so common, we are so quick to judge others. As someone who has battled Anorexia for over a decade, I really wish people would think before judging.
maybe she’s pregnant!
My (once again) very slim sister-in-law had cancer and the drugs made her gain, especially in her arms and core. Some people remain on these drugs for years, well after they have been cured and that may very well be Fran’s case, especially since whe was striken just a couple or few years ago. She looks so young and fabulous. For any age.
*Typo: she not “whe”
BTW, I think she had uterine cancer, the really bad one. A real shame; she wanted children so badly.
Mr. Sheffield is gonna be maAaaaaddd.
But she is still adorable.
um yes she isn’t young now and probably just wants to enjoy her life. not worry about what she eats, you idiots.
I was never a fan of the nanny, but have always appreciated this woman. She has great energy and has always had a sexy voluptuousness about her. She has more personality in her eyebrow than most starlets have in their whole body.
And she looks 10 years younger than her age.
Definitely gained weight, but hey, she’s almost 51, she had cancer, and she doesn’t spend a lot of time in the spotlight, so who cares. I’d go insane if I had to watch what I ate for my entire life to maintain a size 6 or smaller figure.
She’s 5′ 5″, so I’d put her at about 150-160 lbs. Maybe less, because that dress looks to be adding some bulk to her (”hint hint” to her stylist).
It’s just the arms that make her look big
ValerieSara - Yes, you are correct. Fran had uterine cancer and went through absolute hell. I think she looks beautiful and although she probably could stand to lose a few pounds I’m sure she’s been consumed with much more than working out and staying thin lately. She’s been very proactive regarding her health and lifestyle. Serious illnesses do not always cause weight loss and sometimes do cause weight gain. For all those ignorant people making rude comments, get real and grow up!
I regret the health issues she’s had.
She had a terrific figure back in the day.
She is bautiful. Fran Drescher will always be hot.
Oops, I meant “beautiful.”
She looks a bit overweight but she’s not obese or anything. I once read that (a bit of) extra fat has a protective effect as you get older but I guess this is more for people in their late 60s onwards.
Another factor in her weight gain could be menopause–either naturally, due to her age, or surgically, as part of her cancer treatment. Many women gain weight as their hormones change with menopause. Some of them may adjust and return to something close to their former weight, but many women remain a bit heavier after menopause. My mother-in-law, who was a naturally teeny tiny skinny person her whole life, quickly gained up to about a size 12 during menopause.
cady - you seem to missing the point that chemo or other medical treatment can change your body chemistry, and not just during treatment. They can throw your littlel elementary level scientific equation of calories in/calories burned out the door. Fran is still beautiful, in fact radiant.
ps - how do you know she’s not eating in a healthy manner? she is not obese. she is a WOMAN.
This woman has been through alot - in her bio story(I can’t say the exact details, but it shocked me so I remember the gist of it - felt so bad for this woman!!), she was a victim of rape in her home by a breakin by a man that exited the freeway in los angeles and broke into her home(her home was right off of the freeway in Los Angeles in the beginning of her career she mentioned), I think the attacker just did it cause he was high or something like that…. She wasn’t famous back then, she created the Nanny character/series afterwards.
She is a fighter for sure. She is gorgeous, how many woman look “hot” at 50? Not many, and I live in Los Angeles. She has gained, but due to her medical history - who cares?
So she’s gained a few, so what?
I’m sorry, but 50 year old women don’t have to be toothpick thin. And as a matter of fact, she seems more like a normal woman than all these surgically altered women that the last time they ate was probably in 2005..
A pretty face, but her arms could use some toning. I wouldn’t say she needs to worry about her weight, but maybe should start watching what she eats
I think she’s beautiful. Her hair , skin, eyes and smile are all gorgeous.
Wow cute doublechin and a really pudgy looking face.
I guess somebody is getting pretty fat here, LOL
I’m shocked no one has said anything about the shoes. They look silly!
She’s been this size for awhile now. She had her own show a couple years back(I think it only lasted one season) and she was pretty heavy then too.
Chemo makes people GAIN weight now? I thought it was the other way around…The people I’ve known that went through chemo got very very thin.
I love Fran! So what if she has gained weight. She has had a rough life. All that matters is that she is happy and healthy now. I think she looks wonderful!
The cancer made her lose her “girl-parts” so she has to take hormones. It has nothing to do with chemo.
But big deal, she’s not a size 0-2 anymore. She’s cancer free — I guess the only down side is that people think she’s “heavy” at a size 8.
She was VERY thin before, and now she’s just a normal 50 year old women.
Meanwhile, it’s just her arms - she’s remained slim everywhere else. (Even when she was a size 2, it still went to her arms).
Hope none of you skinnies lose your uterus and become “heavy”.
I’d love to see how thin Cady gets if she’s ever put on hormones. Have fun at the gym.
She use to claim she was naturally thin back in her “The Nanny” show days. She was a size 0 or 2 and that was just how her body was…I wonder what crazy starvation diet she was on back then.
Regarding the comment that “it’s scientifically impossible” to gain weight if you’re burning more than you comsume…although you are trying to sound informed and ’scientific’, you are in fact wrong. It is possible, and well documented, that people can gain weight even with caloric restriction and increased exercise, under numerous conditions. Such as, metabolic deficiencies, taking medications that cause fluid retention, and metabolic disorders that don’t allow the body to burn calories, or to process fatty acids.
She is just awesome! I didn’t even know she battled cancer. WOW. She looks happy and great, the outfit choice isn’t just flattering.
Anyways, I love her!
She has!
She has a lovely face
Please, please, please Rian will you post more about Chanel Iman?
Also, a section on Lauren Conrad wouldn’t go a miss!
Thanks
I hope she is taking care of herself and enjoying life. . if she were a non-celebrity her weight gain (from cancer!) would be no big deal. in that industry it is brutal - good for her for going out in red!
Great complexion, still pretty and she looks so happy.
I love her. Someone mentioned they found the Nanny hilarious for some unfathomable reason. It’s because she created a great character and humourous lines!!! What’s so unfathomable about that?
oh man her voice is the single most annoying thing in the world. She looks pretty happy here though, so I imagine the weight gain came from recovering from breast cancer. It’s not like she acts anymore, so she has no need to be so thin like she used to be.
It is not that she’s heavier. It is that this is yet again an example of someone working against (or oblivious to) their natural shape. She could look lovely with her new curves but not in a dress that screams “Look at my flabby arms!” The exact same dress with 3/4 length sleeves and a smooth, plunging neckline (instead of the swath of fabric there now) would have made her look fantastic. Like it or not, for Hollywood types, knowing and playing up the strong points of your figure–as well as hiding the weak parts– are part of the job.
I AM SO FURIOUS WITH CADY THAT I JUST CAN’T COMMENT RIGHT NOW!
It’s really great to see a celeb that actually looks happy for a change.
I am not criticizing Fran at all I think she looks great and healthy…but I just want to clarify that hormones do NOT make you gain weight. However, hormones DO provoke you to eat more than you should which in turn leads to weight gain.
in regards to the hypothyroidism comment, the reason for the weight gain is a slow metabolic weight. so YES it is scientifically IMPOSSIBLE to gain weight without eating more calories than you burn. the only reason people with hypothyroidism gain weight is because they have a slow metabolism and the hormones alter the amount of food consumed.
Cady was not all that off in what she was trying to say it just did not pertain to Fran since she does not seem to be too heavy for a 50 year old woman.
wow, she has gained weight! but who cares it happens.
I was going to comment saying she looks awful until I saw all the comments and found out why. Poor woman. I hope she starts looking healthier. I agree with Jetta on the outfit though…ick. It does nothing what so ever but work against her. The way it’s cut in the front would make near everyone without a perfectly flat stomach look big. And the shoes…
Actually I believe that she had to have her uterus and ovaries removed because of the type of cancer she had (fed by estrogen). If this is the case then her body, metabolism, and fat distribution would have drastically changed, almost over night. It is like your body going through menopause. This would explain the weight gain and the change in body shape.
Anyone voting for Hussein Obama has to be ignorant!!
To those of you criticizing me for doing a post about someone that had cancer: I had no idea. I don’t keep track of people in Hollywood who have cancer and such. I was simply pointing out that she had gained weight, which is true.
I will be closing the comments on this post now!