Celebrities' Weight-Loss Surgery Bounce Backs
Carnie Wilson was the first celebrity poster girl for weight-loss surgery, dropping half her weight and landing the cover of People way back when. Since then, lots of celebs have gone under the knife, folks like Al Roker, Aretha Franklin, Randy Jackson, Star Jones, Sharon Osbourne, Roseanne, John Popper (of the band Blues Traveler) and probably others who just aren't admitting it.
Any fan of American Idol has probably noticed that the return of Randy Jackson's preference for vertical striped shirts is heralding the return of some of those pounds. Now Carnie too is being extremely open about the fact that after her surgery, she replaced food with alcohol, and she's regained weight during her pregnancy and now finds herself working to drop 40 to 50 pounds.
There's not a lot of people admitting that they've regained weight after having surgery. Maybe some of it is embarrassment. Like, how much of a disaster must you be if you can defy a medical procedure that is often touted as "permanent weight loss"? Also, as a former fat person who supposedly conquered all of those stigmas, how does it make you feel to slowly creep back into the land of the overweight? Hey, at least being fat apparently makes you better at your job of being a funny celebrity.
I have nothing but good wishes for Carnie in her quest to be fit, but as Anne points out, they don't operate on your brain. It seems that Ms. Wilson is still running from some personal demons and they're still going to be there, even after she gets off the treadmill.
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