Hi all!

I was in the store yesterday and saw Starr Jones-Reynolds new look and information about new her show on the cover of several magazines. Has she ever admitted other than a Medical interventiopn changing her life" that she has has some form of WLS considering she went from 303 to 124 lbs? She looks great, I'm just curious.:rolleyes

I wish celebs that do have it wouldn't keep it a secret though esp when it seems obvious (like with the big head or whatever). I feel that when they keep it secret it does give it this stigma that it isn't as good as a diet or whatever and I think that does hurt morbidly obese people who look up to those people and might not hear about it other places. I agree there is privacy but then there is a public life... and its pretty hard to pretend you didn't lose 100 pounds. So people wonder how. Desperate people wonder how. And if its a big secret it becomes one of those 'bad' celeb things like rehab, I think.

IMO: Celebs have pressure on them one way or the other and have to do right by themselves. Just think if you were in their shoes and they had WLS. Then someone somewhere would go: Well Madam X had this surgery so my Mommy did it too and died from it. It is all Madam X's fault, Lets sue!!!

Heck, bands have been sued for their lyrics. People are crazy and maybe she did not want to be responsible for "making" anyone do the same thing she did.

I also think she looks awesome. And I dont think her personality changed. I think she probably just got a little more back bone and does not want to put up with peoples crap any more. I know being over weight for so long I have aways put up with so much crap from other people. I have noticed now that I am feeling better about myself I stick up for myself a lot more. I am very happy for her and I dont think the View is the same without her.

Who is Star Jones?

:phanvan I think she looks great. She lost a whole person. Of course she is going to look different. We ( people on this site) she be supportive. This is how people will talk about us once we lose all our weight. Just think about it.

read my mind.

Here is a before, and a couple of recent pics of Star Jones Reynolds.

She looks fantastic, from the neck down!

I agree with the whole privacy thing but she wrote a book and said it was a tell all about her lovelife, weightloss and general life. Then she never mentioned WLS in the book. That is not a tellall, that was a shitty way to sell her books. She gave many women hope that they could do it too, and she would tell them how in her book. That is my problem with her. That and she thinks she is the hottest woman in the world now, and she brags about all the men that want her. To me that just makes her look desperate. ~Mandy

I agree with the whole privacy thing but she wrote a book and said it was a tell all about her lovelife, weightloss and general life. Then she never mentioned WLS in the book. That is not a tellall, that was a shitty way to sell her books. She gave many women hope that they could do it too, and she would tell them how in her book. That is my problem with her. That and she thinks she is the hottest woman in the world now, and she brags about all the men that want her. To me that just makes her look desperate. ~Mandy

I knew she wasn't going to say anything in that book! Sale gimmick!:cry

Sorry, I don't think she looks great at all. I think she looks gaunt and tired. And I'm no longer a fan of hers (I used to really respect her on Court TV and I liked the fact that she was a woman who was so well-spoken and such a dynamic personality) because of how she tried to deceive folks. If you are having bariatric surgery that is going to cause you to lose so fast like the RNY, and you are in the public eye, you have to know that your life is no longer private. Just own up to the surgery and be done with it, move on. She dragged it out forever dodging the question like kids in a dodgeball game. To write a book and never mention it, left a sour taste in my mouth.

But I'm glad she was able to lose the weight and that she is healthy and hopefully happy. It's a great accomplishment!

(I used to really respect her on Court TV and I liked the fact that she was a woman who was so well-spoken and such a dynamic personality) because of how she tried to deceive folks. If you are having bariatric surgery that is going to cause you to lose so fast like the RNY, and you are in the public eye, you have to know that your life is no longer private. Just own up to the surgery and be done with it, move on. She dragged it out forever dodging the question like kids in a dodgeball game. To write a book and never mention it, left a sour taste in my mouth!

:clap2: I agree strongly!

I also had a problem with the way she handled the wedding. She sold out to get everything for free. My hubby says that he believes she denied havng surgery because they made her pay for it. If the surgeon would have done it for free she would have been the poster child for his practice. That sounds about right to me. ~Mandy

I think she was just excited about her wedding like most of us are. And I would think that most people in show business would get free things. I probably would have taken things if they were offered to me to. I think that sometimes people will just find anything to pick someone apart. Just my opinion though.

hi

i liked Star until she turned her wedding into a circus...asking for gifts, free things. that was a big turn off for me.

i also think she looks too gaunt now...i think sometimes when they lose too fast with those other surgeries...they dont look so healthy.

lap banders look healthier to me.

altho' when al roker first got his surgery he didnt look well and now i think he looks great

anyway....i think this forum is for us to give opinions. even if it isnt "positive" as someone thinks it should be...

just my opinion.

Please God let a bunch of people be talking about how I have gotten too thin a couple years from now

I think she looked better a little chunkier - that is my opinion. She however has the right to do whatever she wants - it is her life and she needs to feel comfortable in her skin.

I don't think stating the opinion that she looked better with about 20 more pounds on her is somehow being unsupportive of weight loss surgery or weight loss in general.