I sometimes wonder if the National Enquirer has some sort of vendetta against Kirstie Alley… I mean, they publish terrible and photoshopped pictures of her, not to mention the fact that they are always doing some sort of “weight” story on her.

The cover photo above, for example, is clearly a hack photoshop job.

Anyway, this latest article is claiming that Kirstie has been a nightmare to work with, both on the Jenny Craig campaign and the set of her last movie (filmed in Vancouver). Apparently Kirstie was so bitter over having to work with Valerie Bertinelli that she did nothing but complain and act like a diva the entire time. She also yelled at cameramen, saying they were trying to make her look bigger than she was.

“She accused cameramen of shooting her from unflattering angles and purposefully making her look heavier. One time Kirstie screeched: ‘What are you trying to do - make me look even bigger?’“

The “insider”, who supposedly worked with Kirstie during her Jenny Craig commercial shoots, goes on to say that Kirstie has strict rules about healthy food needing to be around at all times.

“Are you people stupid? I’m on a diet shooting a diet commercial, and you bring donuts on the set? Why don’t you just put lard on my thighs!”

(She has a point on that one!)

I can’t really say that I believe much of this article… tabloids have been outright making things up lately just for shock value.

Cover source: PopBytes.com
Story source: National Enquirer, January 28th 2008 edition

Finally! Some new Kirstie Allie candids have surfaced. Kirstie was spotted in Los Angeles just yesterday, buying Halloween supplies.

I hate to say it, but this really doesn’t make the Jenny Craig diet look very good. I mean, sure, a person loses weight on the diet. But do they keep it off?

Nope. Well, at least not their most famous spokesperson!

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(Cover image via PopBytes)

The National Enquirer is at it again with their Kirstie Alley weight gain speculations. In their latest issue (on newsstands now) they are claiming her “weight has exploded again” - this time, to 200 pounds.

According to the article, Kirstie is upset over her “ballooning shape” and has turned to fellow Jenny Craig spokesperson, Valerie Bertinelli, for help. She also continues to deny that she has gained weight. However, alleged photos from September 12th (on the cover above) show otherwise.

THIS however is the real kicker of the article: they aren’t even sure of her weight, but using the photos to guess.

“Kirstie does not weigh less than 200 pounds,” says board certified nutritionist and fitness guru Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., who is not affiliated with Kirstie but reviewed recent photos of her.

How sad.

The article also throws around phrases such as “bingeing”, “packing on weight”, “accentuates her girth” and more. I’ll tell ya - nobody writes an article like the National Enquirer.

Source: October 1st, 2007 issue of National Enquirer

The latest edition of People Magazine is running a cover story called: How They Keep it Off, featuring… Kirstie Alley and Valerie Bertinelli.

I have to admit that I’m a little confused. After all, according to various gossip magazines, tabloids and newer photos, neither woman has kept their alleged Jenny Craig weight loss off. The photos in the article also look retouched and photoshopped. And, despite the well-publicized weight/size scandal, Kirstie still claims to have lost 75 pounds.

However, the article is very in-depth about how the two women feel about diets, fitness, and dieting in the celebrity spotlight, so it’s definitely worth reading. Click here to read the scanned story.

What do you all think? Is it all a bunch of hooey - a marketing ploy, or what?

There is FINALLY a new photo of Kirstie Alley making the rounds… and she doesn’t look to have gained much weight back in it at all. Because certain tabloids continually recycle her older photos, it’s sometimes hard to know which pictures are new and which aren’t.

August 2007:

I think she looks amazing here. While she does tend to carry her weight on her lower body more, you can still tell she is slimmer than she was back in February this year. For example…

February 2007:

Her arms are much slimmer now (in the August photo) than they were back in February.

The National Enquirer ran a story about Kirstie Alley’s weight troubles last week, but the photo and story are both outdated and include nothing new. They basically rehash the Jenny Craig/Kirstie weight scandal that happened last year yet again.

Unfortunately, the other weight stories and photos in the magazine were outdated and have been recycled several times at this point… so I won’t bother covering them.