Slightly less sad than the Anna Nicole Show
Posted on July 23, 2004 @ 11:46 am
From the New York Post (including their rather ghastly headline), via Wizbang:
BURSTIE ALLEY HITS IT BIG
July 23, 2004 — Former “Cheers” star Kirstie Alley has a new cable comedy loosely based on her life — “Fat Actress.”
“They don’t give a damn how much I eat or how many men I sleep with, as long as it’s on camera,” says the Emmy-winning Alley.
Alley has allegedly tipped the scales at nearly 300 pounds.
Friends of the obese actress, whose transformation from curvaceous TV sex siren to hefty heifer has been well publicized, say the Showtime comedy will star Alley as a fictitious version of herself, like Larry David on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Poor Kirstie. First, Thom from Queer Eye replaces her as pitchman for Pier 1 and now this. I know they’re aiming for self-deprecation, but why do I get the feeling we’ll end up with train-wreck exploitation?
Meanwhile, I can’t help but wonder if things might have turned out differently for Ms. Alley if she had just decided to return as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Maybe Bill Shatner could have introduced her to a good girdle consultant…
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Hehe. Soon the Obesexuals will take to the streets and protest something or other.
I’m crying on the inside.