Kirstie Alley Promotes New Reality Show
March 17th, 2010 by Rian | Filed under Curvy Celebrities, Misc Celebs & Diet News.Kirstie Alley was spotted leaving the studio yesterday after taping an appearance on the David Letterman show, where she promoted her new reality show and discussed her weight struggles.
Photos via FamePictures
Kirstie’s new reality show Kirstie Alley’s Big Life premieres on the A&E channel this Sunday, March 21st. After the frequent tabloid attacks on her weight and negative press associated with her former Jenny Craig spokesperson role, I think we have to give her credit for having the courage to talk about her diet struggles so publicly! Personally, I hope she finds a healthy eating plan and way of life that she can stick with indefinitely in order to lose the weight and get healthy.
What do you all think? Will you be watching the show?
Tags: blonde, curvy, kirstie alley, overweight, reality tv
LOVE this woman and will definitely try to catch her show!
Oh dear, her legs.
She put her phone in her cleavage?!? Where does she put the phone book?
Im a little sick of hearing about her weight struggles. Most women have them. Don’t find her story that extraordinary..
love her too….can’t say why but she is so funny ^^
make up- checked
pen to sign autographs- checked
cel between boobs- checked
now that’s a classy lady!!!
She was so thin and gorgeous on Cheers. Still pretty, and her hair looks lovely. I hope she loses the weight for good this time. And just “wow” at those cankles…
phone cleavage? classy..
did she have her lips done?
She is a diva. I understand she has weight struggles and do think it is great she does talk about her journey, but that doesn’t mean I will watch any of her programs.
She seems bigger on tv then in these pics. She’s by no means a small woman but she doesn’t look as big for some reason. In the commercials for her tv show she looks alot bigger.
Cankles made of cellulite!!!!
love her shoes!!
She sold out her image to some crappy diet pills company, not inspiring.
too obnoxious for my taste
Ah, Love Kirstie. Love her BIG personality! Hope she loses the weight if that makes her happy, and for her health.
I think she is used to getting hot men and at this size she can’t. Big appetite on this woman!
she hordes all that weight because she is a negative person, I just wish her the best.
hoards
You say we have to give her credit for having the courage to talk about her diet struggles so publicly.
Well I would say, it’s not so much courage, just her main source of income! I bet she doesn’t mind talking about it at all, and sees it more as a job than anything else. How else would she get any media attention and viewers for her show?
I’m glad to see she’s doing it naturally and not having surgery and lipo. Good luck to her.
Hey you guys, there’s a really funny game on the A&E website called the “Size Matters Game”. Play it, it’s fun! LOL http://www.aetv.com/kirstie-alleys-big-life/size-matters-game/
You have to say that she knows how to dress up her figure, though. It doesn’t have to be black obviously but she is looking quite nice even though I find she has a big mouth at times.
Back to talking about the weight loss …….if she is serious, at her size, I hope she knows that she will have to do 35 minutes of at least moderate cardio exercise 6-7 days a week. Just eating habits alone is not gonna helptoo much. I wish her success. I would never consider doing something so private on tv like this!! Wow.
gorgeous eyes!
I think she needs to dress better. I know they make stylish clothes in sizes up to 18 (or something around there). And after all she is a celebrity she could get custom made clothing at a snap of fingers. As for her weight, this has been going on for years, I don’t think she’ll ever find a happy medium.
I loved her in Drop Dead Gorgeous, but other than that I can’t think of a single reason in the past 15 years why she’s famous that doesn’t have to do with yo-yo dieting.
Sometimes I find her annoying, and sometimes I find her endearing, so I’m just going to have to watch her new show and see how I feel about it. I wish she’d go back to her brunette hair color.
Well said, Rian. While I don’t find her particularly compelling or gorgeous, I do admire her courage. I think so many Hollywood women frame their struggles with weight as a “fight to be (or perhaps to stay) thin” and it’s not a productive outlook… health is where the focus should be! Fewer toxins, more exercise, more fresh air! Hopefully Kirstie will embrace this lifestyle & leave the drama and negativity behind!
I couldn’t tell she was big i was looking at her shoes haha… LOVE them!!!
I don’t like the idea of making a career out of being overweight. There’s only so many shows you can have about being obese. She’s reaching an age where she really needs to lose weight to ensure she lives. She has a family and needs to start thinking of them rather than focusing on publicizing her obesity.
won’t be watching the show. there’s something creepy/off-putting about her and it’s not the weight.
Why is she filed under curvy celebrities? This is NOT curvy — this is fat. There’s a big difference. And no I will not be watching her show because I have no interest in watching a self-pitying, narcissistic actress moan about her weight.
She has always had great facial features and good hair. Maybe she should just pick a weight – within a healthy range – and stick with it. Why waste the rest of your life trying to be something that obviously puts you under a lot of mental strain?
IM actually sick of her! I thought it was great at first when she came out with jenny craig and lost 75lbs. Then she gained it all back and totally bashed jenny craig and thier new spokesperson, valerie bertinelli. Valerie didnt do anything to her, kirstie was just jealous of valeries weight loss! Now shes just making money off her weight. FIrst she had the show fat actress and now this? SHe claims she has her own diet shes been following….doesnt look like its working very well!
Dont even get me started about the cell in the boobs (trashy!!!)
so no i will not be watching her show!!!
I don’t know if it’s just me not liking her outfits, but somehow i find her a bit uncomfortable to look at mainly bc she dresses herself with those tents, and just carries herself like a really overweight woman, when i know women who at least look bigger than her but manage to look nice and..comfortable.
Why is she even famous? She’s not even that good an actress or that great looking or particularly talented. She’s taking up wayy to much place in Hollywood. Literally.
Even Queen Latifah is a big lady, but at least she’s classy and talented. Kirstie just seems like a wreck.
no i wont be watching…im bored with her weight battles.
now ok this might sound harsh but if I was her and had all the money (even if its not a lot in hollywood standards) that she has and had to go through all that struggle with weight, I’d just go and get a gastric bypass. Not calling it an easy way out but to be honest, that’s what i would do if i was i her shoes.
@Anushka: queen latifah is neither talented nor classy…horrible at acting and did you see those pics of her released with a stripper and she was dressed in horrible sweats with her belly hanging out. real classy.
I love her,and i remember,maybe 7 years ago,she had a very nice figure.
i hope she’ll lose weight,because she is pretty and i dont think its good to ignore that point!
Why can’t she keep it off? I thought because she’s a scientologist they could make that happen for her, or she would have the will power or something crazy from ZANU? Sorry K not interested In helping you promote your sad Cult Scientology life. I hope she finds the truth in Jesus Christ.
omg her legs !!
This poor women will always struggle with her weight :/ I hope she finds a weight she is happy at and can maintain it.
it’s sad she can’t find a balance :/
The dress is terrible.
I wish she would just get a life and find something else to focus on other than her weight. That’s NOT a life! How depressing! I agree though, that promoting her weight struggles is her main source of income, but it’s also what keeps her stuck in this rut. She needs something else in life to make her happy.
@Mel, I agree.
Geez, she’s, what….58 years old?? Give her legs a break.
She’s a perfect example of why it’s not healthy or good to keep losing and gaining and losing and gaining! Every time you lose weight, you lose fat AND muscle. But when you gain back, you only gain back fat, obviously. So every time you yo-yo, you get a little bit more lumpy and bumpy looking -it’s all fat, and your muscle mass gets smaller and smaller. She needs to either stop trying to lose weight, or lose and KEEP it off for good, for her own health.
she puts up….
Sick and tired of hearing about her fat a##.
Ew, her ankles. It looks like she has cellulite there!
Omg look at those massive cankles! LOL poor Kirstie well not so poor atleast she’s enjoying some good food lol
She has gorgeous eyes and hair! she would be such a beautiful woman if she was slimmer…
I love her hair! It is so lush and full – wish I had that!
second to last pic u can deff. tell that she got lip injections she has that inside of mouth is now part of lips look.
and im soory but those r some of the worst cankels i have seen in my life. i dont wanna be harsh but…
* last pic not second to last actually
Will never understand why she’s popular.
not curvy,- fat
I highly doubt this woman will ever be able to loose the weight and keep it off. She needs to quit dieting, and get to the root of her problem, and learn healthy living and eating habits. She is trying to get fame from her weight struggles, and its just irritating. She can loose all the weight she wants, but unless she makes bigger changes, she will gain it all back, as she has done time and time again.
Bless her heart….
You have to admit that she doesn’t look her age at all; she looks must younger.
Despite her overweight-ness, her face is extremely pretty and the same goes for her hair.
Her attitude is absolutely fantastic! I wish her happiness, honestly.
wowsa….that photo with her calves/ankles/feet exposed….wow! that is some fatness!!! good luck kirstie….you have a loooonnng way to go…look at her neck too!!! huge, so unhealthy…
I find it off-putting that Mel and Lily seem to be making prejudiced statements about religion on this weight oriented website. Very inappropriate and offensive. Learn some manners and keep your horrid prejudices to yourself please.
This woman is not burvy – she is obese – probably morbidly so – and that it is a health issue. Overweight is an illness – not a fashion issue.
I posted some links to videos by youtube user “torymagoo44″ outlining how being on the upper levels of scientology encouraged an unhealthy relationship to food, leading many upper OT’s to becoming overweight.
I don’t know why the post wasn’t approved. It seemed like a valid commentary on Kirstie Alley’s weight.
Let me summise instead: On the upper OT levels people eat to be sessionable. “Sessionable” means okay to be audited. If the emeter readings aren’t clear they tell people to go eat something, even if they don’t need to eat anything. Not a good thing to do, especially if one has a weight problem.
Second main point of them was that at the highest levels everything is super secret. You’re not allowed to talk to anyone about anything Scientology related. NOBODY…not your spouse, not your best friend…NOBODY…even if they’re on the same level. So food can often become your only friend.
This isn’t a criticism of her philosophical beleifs, but comes from the mouth of someone who was an ex-member (and ex-OSA – “Office of Special Affairs”- Scientology’s spy unit) for decades. She gained over 100 lbs on OT-7, and has kindly shared with everyone her experiences, and her observation of how she, and many of her fellow OT’s gaining a lot of weight. Not a critique of their “religion”, but rather of what the organization demands of it’s members (super-secrecy and non-hunger eating).
I hope this is allowed through, since Tory’s insights are…well…insightful! It’s valid commentary on Kirstie Alley’s weight, and goes to the heart of why she seems never to be able to lose it permanently.
I won’t try to post the linkage, but anyone intersted should look these videos up.
@Anushka: Ever heard of a show called “Cheers”? Probably before your time!
LOL is she trying to show how full her boobs are by clamping the phone in between? can’t stop laughing.