Can anyone confirm famous people or celebrities who've had the band placed?

looking for a definitive list - not a rumor list.

The only one I know of is Sharon Osbourne

others?

oh and happy bandiversary to me, -97lbs now :omg:

Ann Wilson of Heart, had one. I'm not sure if she still has it or not, but I saw her last Friday night and it appears she's regained any weight she may have lost. I still think she's awesome!

Can anyone confirm famous people or celebrities who've had the band placed?

looking for a definitive list - not a rumor list.

The only one I know of is Sharon Osbourne

others?

oh and happy bandiversary to me, -97lbs now :omg:

Star Jones from the view...

As seen on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapband

Celebrities

As with many developments in approaches to weight loss, some high-profile and well-publicized cases amongst celebrities have increased the public awareness of gastric banding:

• Khaliah Ali (daughter of Muhammad Ali)
  
• Brian Dennehy
  
• Anne Diamond
  
• Ann Wilson
  
• Brandon "Myzeri" Taylor
  
• Joe Gannascoli (Vito Spatafore/Sopranos)

Who is Brandon "Myzeri" Taylor? Never heard of him.

Star Jones from the view...

Is this fact, or rumor? Last I heard, Star Jones had admitted to surgery, but refused to disclose which one.

Well my Dr. friend said Star had bypass. Also she looks alittle malabsorbed.

Is this fact, or rumor? Last I heard, Star Jones had admitted to surgery, but refused to disclose which one.

Absolutely rumor. Star had a RnY Bypass - not a LapBand.

She won't tell (although she wrote a B.S. book about losing weight but forgot to tell us how - how nice of her.)

I've seen Star for years in person (since college, in NYC, and lately) and this is clear. I saw her in person at NYC (she was spotted exiting a New York bariatric surgeon's office) in October 04 and then in person here in October 05.

Believe me she lost more than 150# in less than 13 months and she didn't do it with a band. That would not have been a good choice for her lifestyle and eating habits.

Look at her, she has "bypass face" (the telltale, overly narrow jaw where the face has lost its padding) and the dreaded "bypass butt" (whereas the body burns its own derriere fat, as a much-needed source of fuel once the malabsorption gets going full blast ).

I'm not knocking the bypass, because it obviously worked for her, but her weight loss would have been different with the LapBand, and not as drastic.

Bottom line - Star has been obese for years and years. Even the world's most Turbo-Lap-Band couldn't peel that much off of her in that short time. She had RnY.

Hi, why do people feel the need to attack Star Jones? Come on ,she has suffered a long struggle with her weight like we all have, and as such I think we should show a little compassion to her. Should we become the same as some thin people who pay out on the overweight?

I would imagine that it is hard enough being of African American descent in America where the predominant vision of beauty and perfection is portrayed as thin and of caucasion background.

I think she is a beautiful and terrific person. Susannah

Hi, why do people feel the need to attack Star Jones?

For me, it's easy.

I always thought for years (before she was famous) that she had a lot of self-confidence and chutzpah.

Oh, and I won't even address the sickening wedding fiasco, I'll just stick to the weight loss angle.

She lost nearly 155# in one year (while being on TV each week day) and refused to say how she did it. Fine.

But then she wrote a "self-help/weight loss/improve your life" book that she promoted as a way to find out how she lost the weight.

Conveniently, however, she forgot to write "how" she lost weight in the book, which cost US$26.

Then after being repeatedly asked she would only say she did it "eating less and doing Pilates."

Pilates? We're supposed to believe she lost 155# in one year by doing Pilates? :faint:

And I stand by my opinion, I think her not telling how she lost the weight adds to the stigma that losing weight via surgery is somehow less honourable than by any other methods.

Plus fat-prejudiced people probably saw her lose 150+ lbs in a year and think that all other obese folks could too"if we just tried."

Anyone with a weight problem deserves to do anything to succeed. But we all don't have to go on TV and lie about it.

So for me, that's what did it.

I read about her wedding fiasco too Newsho. The freebies requested was ludicrous. But yeah, she promoted a book about weight loss and tried to shield the WLS by it. Truth should have been told that yes she had Gastric Bypass surgery and that she also exercised and changed her eating habits. She really misrepresented herself and our WLS community.

When people ask me how I lost all of my weight I tell them firstly that I had a gastric band and that I worked out almost everyday and ate differently. I never leave the band out. Some people may think that the band is a cop out way of losing weight..as you said, "dishonourable" but also as you said, we do what we have to do to be healthy.

Hi Telly, hope your recovery has been going smooth...

I just wanted to add that I hate when people say it's the easy way out...this has been no way easy for most of us.

Hi, why do people feel the need to attack Star Jones? Come on ,she has suffered a long struggle with her weight like we all have, and as such I think we should show a little compassion to her. Should we become the same as some thin people who pay out on the overweight?

I would imagine that it is hard enough being of African American descent in America where the predominant vision of beauty and perfection is portrayed as thin and of caucasion background.

I think she is a beautiful and terrific person. Susannah

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Here is my two cents about Star Jones:

If you want to have WLS and keep it a secret, it is absolutely your perogative. Having WLS is can be an embarrassing thing to admit, and you also have a tendency to wonder what is being said behind your back by the people you have told. or whether they are judging you.

BUT- if you are going to have WLS and you want to keep it a secret, DON'T WRITE A TELL-ALL BOOK WHICH CHRONICLES YOUR WEIGHT LOSS AND CONVENIENTLY OMIT THE SURGERY PART. That's why she pisses me off.

Here is my two cents about Star Jones:

If you want to have WLS and keep it a secret, it is absolutely your perogative. Having WLS is can be an embarrassing thing to admit, and you also have a tendency to wonder what is being said behind your back by the people you have told. or whether they are judging you.

BUT- if you are going to have WLS and you want to keep it a secret, DON'T WRITE A TELL-ALL BOOK WHICH CHRONICLES YOUR WEIGHT LOSS AND CONVENIENTLY OMIT THE SURGERY PART. That's why she pisses me off.

I heard her vehemently deny having bypass surgery and I also heard she had the same as Sharon Osborne. Her scars definately look like ours. Whichever. I heard her say on The View that she would not disclose not because she was ashamed, but because she tried to bargain with them to do it for free in exchange for the "advertising." When they declined to even give her a discount she said she would not disclose on air, but would answer face to face questions.

In any case, I didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I would not have mentioned her if I thought it was not true.

Sorry.........