Well, you were warned that this was going to happen: yesterday, the newly-svelte Kirstie Alley came out on the stage of Oprah wearing a bikini. Like I mentioned yesterday, any 55-year-old woman is pretty brave to show her body like that on national television, much less one that dropped enough weight to garner an extra fee at UPS. The pictures of Kirstie that had been floating around lately showed a version of her that hadn't been that thin since she was a contestant on Match Game. But without Photoshop to help her out, what would she look like?Actually, pretty good. First of all, she used what she called "stripper hose" to sinch her in a bit (she told Oprah she wishes she was able to find hose that went up to her neck). And, of course, Oprah's directors were generous enough to not get too close with the cameras. Oh, and she didn't show her ass, either. But what we did see was a woman who's in pretty good shape. She wasn't as rail-thin as the pictures showed, but it didn't matter; her goal wasn't to get rail-thin, it was to make her feel better about herself. I wouldn't kick her out of bed, that's for sure.
Anyway, judge for yourself; video of the appearance is after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
11-07-2006 @ 1:56PM
Jimmy said...
OK, I'm not a big Kirstie Alley fan (she ruined Cheers!), but you have to give her credit. Compared to where she was at 18 months ago she looks damn good!
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11-07-2006 @ 1:56PM
Marthe said...
She showed us her THUNDER THIGHS!! Oprah grabbed Kristies waist and I thought she was gonna kiss her. What show is more boring Rachel Raytard or Oprah?
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11-07-2006 @ 2:03PM
Gordy said...
Don't hate. Kirstie looks wonderful. I'm just a little sad that we won't get season 2 of Fat Actress.
And she SAVED Cheers.
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11-07-2006 @ 2:19PM
David said...
I love Kirstie Alley and don't give a damn about Cheers.
She looks wonderful and Fat Actress was bad.
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11-07-2006 @ 3:21PM
Coronaboy said...
She looks amazing, and I agree... she saved Cheers!
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11-07-2006 @ 3:43PM
you da mom! said...
i liked fat actress, personally. and i love kirstie. she was awesome in look who's talking. i give her huge props for showing her new body on oprah. i thinks she's a classy dame!
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11-07-2006 @ 3:51PM
Nate said...
Um? Shes still fat
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11-07-2006 @ 4:24PM
Tammy said...
I'm with Rosie on this one... if she is 5'8" and 145 lbs as she claims, then something is wrong. She either wasn't 220lb at her heaviest or she hasn't lost 75lbs, one or the other. At 5'8" she would be much smaller if she weighed what she claims.
Don't get me wrong, she looks good and seems so much happier than she was. It took guts to come out in a bikini and to lose weight so publicly. Oprah knows all about that too. Oprah has even dropped a few lbs in the last month too.
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11-07-2006 @ 9:03PM
Rhonda said...
Too boring!!!! Come On Kirstie, do you really think you
should be wearing a bikini on TV?(or anywhere for that
matter)
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11-07-2006 @ 9:04PM
Miranda said...
She's still fat!!! Her clip was all over TV.
Boring........... She really thinks she looks good,
would anyone give her a tip if she was a stripper!
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11-07-2006 @ 10:25PM
erroneous_nick said...
I think some of you people are missing the fact that she's fifty-five years old. Taking that into account, she looks damned good.
Okay, maybe she's still "fat", but that beats the heck out of being able to count her ribs at a hundred paces and she's far from obese. I'd much rather see a woman with a few extra pounds than one who's emaciated, like is so often seen from Hollywood. She's done good for herself, and hopefully it'll inspire some other women, and men, to put down the fork and pick up some weights (or ride a bike, or walk...you get the point).
Remember...she's FIFTY-FIVE. Not bad, not bad at all.
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11-08-2006 @ 2:30PM
Sarah Adams said...
The fact that several commenters think that Kirstie is fat is proof of how screwed up society's perception of body weight has become. Just because she's not thin as a rail, people think she's fat - it's ridiculous. She's a normal, healthy weight. And she looks fantastic. I would love to look as great as she does! (at any age!)
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11-08-2006 @ 3:39PM
Kerry Thompson said...
I think she looks very good for 55. I give her my props as it took a lot of courage to come out in a bikini. She has never had the body of an anemic model and that is great, reality is women are more plus size than not. I think she looks great for her body type. I am sure we would all love to have the genes of a super model, but we don't ..
Kerry
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11-08-2006 @ 11:04PM
Kwill said...
I wonder if she will get Kid Rock now lol
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11-09-2006 @ 1:53PM
gail said...
Rosie's bit on the View today on this subject ws MUST SEE TV -it only scares me that Rosie and I were thinking the same thing. Pulling a 5'8" woman out of the audience was priceless!
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11-10-2006 @ 6:34PM
jazz said...
she looks fantastic!
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11-10-2006 @ 8:14PM
Bren said...
Gimme a break, the woman looks awesome!! Most of us can't even lose 5 lbs!!! I bet anyone who is critisizing her is a fatso!!
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11-11-2006 @ 1:04AM
Leslie said...
Kirstie looks GREAT! Not for being 55, not for being on a diet, not for anything. She looks great period. If you think skinny is pretty take a look at Nicole Ritchie. And if your husband thinks being skinny is better tell him that "only dogs love a bone".
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11-11-2006 @ 2:24AM
Mary said...
I think Kristie looks great. I don't think just anyone would have the nerve to get up and show that they lost. You don't have to be super thin. She looks better with a little weight on her. There aren't very many women that can drop that much weight and it not show really bad. I'm proud of her. You go girl.
I've personally tried to lose but because of Chemo and radiation i gained more.
Way to go Kristy.
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11-11-2006 @ 11:10AM
Maria said...
I think Kirstie looked great. It takes a lot of courage to reveal yourself in a bikini at 55 years old. Cheers Kirstie!!! Great job!!!!!
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