Star Jones Reynolds has avoided questions about her dramatic weight loss for years, saying only that she had undergone a medical intervention. That intervention, it turns out, was gastric bypass surgery.
Reynolds, 45, says she was “intentionally evasive” when people asked how she’d dropped 160 pounds in three years. She had gastric bypass surgery in August 2003.
She writes about her weight loss in a first-person essay in the September issue of Glamour magazine, on newsstands Aug. 7.
Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing — talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done. I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor.
But the complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me,” she continues. “I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure.”
I mean all knew she had it, so this isn’t really news – but whatever. All I know is that it worked for her, because she looks great right now. She just needs to stay away from the bikini’s.
Here it is in her own words.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20042725/
Big fucking surprise..lol..why in the hell did she fell compelled to clear up what was never confused in the first place..aaaaaaaaaaahahaa..shit that was funny
feel* damn I can’t type today
She’s lazy .
Well DUH! It was obvious. She still looks scary to me being that skinny. But at least she is healthy now.
NOOOOO, REALLY STAR? GASTRI BYPASS? I THOUGHT YOU JUST HAD A VERY AGGRESSIVE TAPEWORM.
DAHHHH, WE ALL KNEW THIS ALREADY. WHAT IDIOT WAS WAITING FOR THIS STORY?
You know, white folks be hating on black women who take control of their weight. They broke out with the pitcher of “Hater-ade” as soon as she shedded the first pound. Remember we black women are fat, black, and lazy, and we will never loose weight or fall out of that role. Don’t be fooled people….Haterade is the new “tea” for the white folks in the 07. Thumbs up to you Star……just don’t loose anymore, k.
Star, you werent fooling anybody. We all know that there is no coke in the world fire enought to get that damn thin!
Everyone knew she had surgery and she does not look good either way…she needs to put on a little weight..looks sick
Don’t it seem like stars be late on their own news? Like lol when the public already KNOWS something about them and they wait a year or few later to admit that secret and people are just like whatever we knew it already where were you? lol -_-
I know surgery is difficult and scary. So volunteering to have surgery to increase the quality of your life is a hard decision. I think most people knew that Star had the surgery even though she wouldn’t admit it, she never denied it.
I hope she’s happier now.
I knew it!! But whatever, it’s her business!!
Well duh, but hey, atleast it worked 4 her, big time!
As if she really needed to confirm it? There’s no way she lost the other 3 people by diet & exercise alone. But, she looks a whole lot better having done so.
Damn her head is still big!
You know what, I’m sorry, I LOVE me some Star Jones, but she looks horrible. The only problem with her in picture one in my mind was perhaps she had experienced health problems due to her weight. Other than that, she was not a bad looking woman at all. In pic 2, she looks old and sickly. That is an example of how every size is not for everybody. I also wish she had lost the weight naturally because perhaps her new found size would have suited her body frame, but……man…
I figured that most people knew by now that she had undergone gastric bypass. Oh well guess she just felt need to clear the air abou tthat ,so peopel could quit speculating & talkign about it. She does look great.Like the hair cut and dress.Conservative and classy!
ok she needs to cut it out..who in their right mind believed she lost all that weight on her own in such a SHORT period of time..i mean come on star you lost a whole human being
and there goes me thinkin it was just the crack.
wow. shocking news.
I used to really like Star initially she was intelligent, engaging,and handled herself pretty well on the view. I really applauded her for taking control of her OWN humiliation when she announced her exodus from the view. LOL Still laffin @ Barbara’s face.
But Star started getting very cocky, and lying about her surgery was a tad bit ummm unnecessary. I mean she dont owe anybody an explanation but this back peddling she doing now is beneath her . Its making her seem desperate. I mean once you take a position stay with it all the way.
Yanno if you do the math, 160lbs over the course of 3 years is LESS than a pound a week. She needed gastric bypass surgery to lose LESS THAN A POUND A WEEK? Lazy heifa!
@67
Take control of their weight?? lol you’re joking right?
How is ballooning to 300lbs, staying there for years and all the while advertising to
the world, her aversion to diet and exercise, a demonstration of taking control of her
weight? LOL Wow. If anything it shows how sad and lazy she is. She is a weak
person. She has money, she could’ve had a team of trainers, dietitians, nutritionists.
But instead she opted for the easy way out and got a surgery. Surgery should
always be the last option for everything. So if anything white people aren’t “hating”,
if anything Star Jones just proved how most of yall will neglect and refuse to
actually go on a diet and actually exercise.
i never watched the View and supported Star when everyone else was against her. but not I am beginning to realize why people hated her. she appears too phony and calculating$$$. Star owed her fans, especially her fellow big girls, an explanation as to how she lost that much weight. She was probably planning another book,but now that is impossilbe at this stage , she is using another tactic. Go away Star, please..
Wow @83 bittersweets
Weren’t you the same person a few minutes ago on the tameka/usher post asking why people hated tameka so much (who by the way has a criminal past of lying and stealing/fraud), yet you come on here and blast Star for lying about her surgery (who basically lied cause frankly, it was nobody’s fuckin business). Damn, i mean you act like Star has committed some great sin, and tameka is an innocent lamb.
Please rethink your value system….something is amidst here.
Star we already figured that one out sweetie…
@59 mena
I didnt say she OWED an apology, i said i accept her apology…and while she didn’t formally apologize, the releasing of this statement, which she didn’t have to do, was in my opinion, an apology to her fans who she obviously felt she owed an explanation to. I believe she’s in a space in her life where she’s fell hard, and now she has clarity and ready for a new start, and wanted to basically clear the air….
SO PLEASE, DON’T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH…JUST READ WHAT I WRITE AND TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT SAYS, PLEASE DON’T INFER ANYTHING. I NEVER SAID SHE’S OWED ANYONE AN APOLOGY….IF NEED BE, READ, AND RE-READ IT AGAIN IF YOU’RE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT I SAID…..
In my low voice (damn, no can’t reading people)…
i knew her fat ass had surgery, and she looks worse than before! she looks like she’s anorexic now!
Maybe her being clear about what she had will help someone else thinking about having the surgery.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3GVTGNcGNeY
I don’t see the reason 4 bypass surgery I mean yea u lose wait but u don’t lose your body fat dats why her skin looks all flabby. If you wanna lose weight do it the regular way and work out don’t do it by getting surgery.
Good for her
Before ya’ll judge her, how many of you have been 309 pounds? I sure haven’t, and if I did get to that weight, I would consider weight loss surgery as well. She was morbidly obese people! Diet and exercise without medical intervention would NOT have worked, and according to the article she went to several doctors who confirmed this. Are bodies are naturally trained to hold on to weight, so losing it is extremely difficult, and nearly impossible for people at the weight/fitness level she was. Beyond the physical limitations of weight loss, imagine being over 300 pounds and going to the gym, the psychological toll that would probably take on someone. I applaud her for getting her life together, and pray that she doesn’t let the ignorance of some bring her down.
Post # 5 said it best.
Star,
People are not stupid. Everyone in the medical community knew your ass was lying right off the bat.
Everyone without a medical degree knew your ass was lying. I’m just still confused as to why you felt it necessary to lie?
Hey girl You looked awhole lot better as a big woman, now you look sick and older than you are. It was a bad idea having the surgery!!!!
THAT LADY CAN DO WHATEVER SHE NEEDS TO DO TO GET HEALTHY. IT’S ABOUT HER AND NOT THE PUBLIC. I CAN’T STAND WHEN SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT SEEM LIKE SOMEONE HAS TO PROVE A POINT OR NEED PERMISSION TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN LIFE. GIRL, YOU GO ON WITH YOUR BAD SELF. YOU FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD AND THAT WHAT COUNTS.