Kirstie Alley stalked for being fat
Former Cheers star Kirstie Alley has revealed that Hollywood veteran Elizabeth Taylor told her to laugh at her “crazy” life, according to reports.
In an interview with Ladies’ Home Journal, Alley said that they both talked about being “stalked” for “being fat”.
Alley said: “Elizabeth Taylor and I were laughing at lunch the other day. We realised there’ve been a few famous women who’ve been targeted for their weight – and she and I are two of them.
“We’ve been stalked for decades for being fat.”
The Look Who’s Talking star added: “Elizabeth Taylor helped me put things in perspective. She taught me to enjoy the craziness – and, more important, to laugh at it.”
Alley, 59, is currently waging another public battle to get in shape after her weight reportedly shot up from 10st 3lbs to 16st 6lbs in two years.
The former Jenny Craig spokeswoman, who is launching her own line of slimming products called Kirstie Alley’s Organic Liaison, said that she felt so low about her weight gain at one point that she went into hiding.
She said: “My self-esteem was basically zero, so it was hard to get the eating under control. It made me completely self-conscious. I stopped going out, especially to restaurants… I succumbed to the meanness and attacks and lost my way in the process. I’m telling you, it was hell.”
The actress, who has two teenage children, revealed that she hopes her new reality TV show, Kirstie Alley’s Big Life – for which she has pledged to lose 100lbs (7st 2lbs) in a year – will give fans an insight into her daily weight-loss regime.
She said: “Over the years, I’ve lost weight, then I’ve gained it back. No one has seen what happened in between. This show follows that journey.”
Source: Splash News
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