Harvey Fierstein
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The New YorkerMrs. Doubtfire star Harvey Fierstein He opens up about his body's transformation while taking weight loss medication.
“At most, I lost 120 points, then gained 15 points again, which is kind of where I stayed,” the 70-year-old Fairstein said. Page six In an interview published on Sunday, December 22.
Fairstein joked that he considers the COVID-19 pandemic years his “free years” because he is “on my Zoom screen.” During this time, Fairstein wrote his autobiography, I Was Better Last Night: A MemoirAnd I started quilting.
When he was at his heaviest, Fairstein shared that he was around 310 pounds. Now, he's at 200 pounds. While he was joking Blow in OzempicFairstein shared that he is taking a different type of weight loss medication called Zepbound.
Help is on the way! Mrs Doubtfire hit screens in November 1993 and instantly became a beloved cult classic with families everywhere. Based on Anne Fine's 1987 novel Alias Madame Doubtfire, the comedy follows voice actor Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), whose wife Miranda (Sally Field) files for divorce because she believes he is untrustworthy. For the purpose of (…)
“I was skinny before, and that's the sad part,” he said. “I've been skinny, I've been fat, I've been skinny, I've been fat.”
While explaining why weight loss takes a different time, Fairstein noted, “This is what the drug actually does for you.” Fairstein explained that he doesn't feel like he's “on a diet” while taking the weight-loss medication.
“I feel like a normal person,” he added. “I can go to dinner with friends and not have to eat every piece of bread on the table and then not go get ice cream when I'm done with dinner. I know what it's like to be as full as a normal person.
“People don't understand that obesity is not a choice,” Fairstein noted. “It's something that throws your body out of control and that puts your body into chaos. I'm a big believer in it,” he added.
Whoopi Goldberg is the latest celebrity to lose weight with the help of diabetes medications like Mounjaro and Ozempic. During the Monday, May 13, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Goldberg revealed that Mongaro helped her lose “about two people” in weight. Clarkson (42 years old) sparked talk about weight loss when she sarcastically said that Goldberg, (…)
Fierstein, who recently opened the Harvey Fierstein Theater Lab at the Performing Arts Library, is best known for playing Frank Hillard in Mrs. Shakfire.
The film it is based on Anne FineNovel 1987 Alias: Madame DoubtfireFollow Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), and his wife Miranda (Sally Field) files for divorce and decides to spend more time with his children by pretending to be elderly British governess Mrs. Eugene Doubtfire.
Frank Feierstein's character helped him create the film Mrs. Doubtfire like. He has since starred in films and shows including Independence Day, How I Met Your Mother, Nurse Jackie Bro. Fairstein reunited with Williams in 2002 Death to Smoochie.
Years later, Williams He died by suicide In 2014 at the age of 63. Before his death, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease with early symptoms that began in 2013. In the years since Williams' death, Fairstein has continued to work. I applaud the actor.
“We lost this precious gem 5 years ago,” Fairstein wrote. Instagram In 2019. “I miss him.”
