Late actress Kirstie Alley as soon as expressed regret for debuting her ‘new determine’ in a bikini on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006.
Two years earlier than the looks, the Cheers star – who died on Monday from most cancers on the age of 71 – had begun a weight loss journey, becoming a member of Jenny Craig’s program in 2004 as a spokesperson.
After efficiently shedding 32 kilograms with this system, Alley went on Oprah’s program to point out off her determine.
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In an interview with Larry King 4 years later, the actress admitted she regretted doing it
“Let me tell you something very stupid about myself,” she informed the discuss present host in 2010.
“This is what I said when I did that: ‘No one is allowed to take photographs’. And I thought, ‘Well, there’s no photographs, so this will be the end. I’ll walk out, I go blah blah blah, and that’s the end of that’.”
“So stupid! All they have to do is take a frame shot…” Alley informed King in disbelief.
“Little did I know that this would be all over YouTube, it’s had millions of hits.”
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King interjected: “It had a life of its own…”
“It does!” Alley agreed. “It was its own show.”
In response to King’s query concerning whose thought it was to strut down a runway in a bikini, the Look Who’s Talking star was fast to take accountability.
“Of course it wasn’t Oprah’s idea, she doesn’t have stupid ideas,” she replied.
“It was my idea. I just thought if I could get myself to come out here in a bikini, then I know that I am liberated. And then I realised, ‘Oh my god! Now I have to live with this, the rest of my life’.
“I made some errors in my life.”
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Alley was always vocal about her struggles with her weight, and often used her story to empower and inspire others on a similar path.
Her journey was advocated on the Wendy Williams show in 2013 and during her time on Dancing with the Stars.
She also shared her experiences in her very own Fat Actress series released in 2005, and her book How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star, released in the same year.
However, the Oprah appearance was one attempt Alley felt she could’ve gone without.
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