Shrinking Star (B Walters May Document 'View' Co-Host Gastric Bypass Surgery) 8-25-03

NY Post ^ | August 25, 2003 | Richard Johnson

[prarie earth]

There may be soon be less of ABC's 'The View' Co-Host Star Jones to pass around.

Spies on the show say that the corpulent commentator is going to get gastric bypass surgery, which is now commonplace among portly celebs.

Jones who has battled her weight for years, has finally bit the bullet and hopes to shed the pounds like Al Roker and Carnie Wilson.

[prarie earth]

Please no posing for Playboy..

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Jones has finally bit the bullet

Along with everything else in reach. Could she and Al Roker become TV's hot new "luv couple"?

[zarf]

Star should cut back on the lard and try a little self control.

Amurika: a nation of fatty's.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Shrinking Star (Barbara Walters May Document 'View' Co-Host Gastric Bypass Surgery)

Don't shrinking stars become black holes?

[prarie earth]

'just dang' list ping..

[Damocles]

 

Bypass this, big boy...

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Star Jones always reminded me of a black version of Divine.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Document?

Heck, they could drive a tour bus through.

[StoneColdTaxHater]

It seems that gastric bypass is now the method of "convenience" for those who are rich and/or refuse to have self control.

[HamiltonJay]

Jones has been balooning ever since she joined the view... Not having to walk the courthouse steps and being paid to basically sit on her arse and espouse nonsense has taken its toll.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Star is due for a gastric bypass to match the cranial bypass she obviously had years ago.

[Revelation 911]

An aquaintance of mine had it done - but then didnt modify here eating habits - shes still a lard

[GraniteStateConservative]

Actually, Roker has been married to a trim and beautiful woman for a while now, since 1995-- ABC News' Deborah Roberts:

[Sangria]

Covering Star Jones' gastro bypass will be about as exciting as Katie Couric's televised colonoscopy.

[SpinyNorman]

LOL!! Oh my God!! I was thinking the exact same thought!! Now if we could only get her in a movie with a poodle............

[kylaka]

Starr is smart. Just ask her. She's a lawyer ya know.

[prarie earth]

roftlol! post of the day..

[SengirV]

She has no self control, so she has to surgically make herself have some self control. In fact she is totally out of control by endangering her life by eating two pounds of Oreo's a day. Kinda makes her 'know it all' attitude on the show look like a joke.

[sarasota]

Someone I know just had it done and she is HUNGRY! I thought they'd pop the bypass open if they don't behave?

[mhking]

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[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Hey, is that "Ursula" from The Little Mermaid?

[manic4organic]

Hmmm...Starr's gut or Katie's butt. Decisions, decisions.

[suncatinca]

I have to say, what gets me about Starr is that she is such a big fat hipocrite! "I am proud of who I am " you don't have to lose weight if you like your body, don't give in to hollywood blah blah blah...she is full of WAY TOOOOOO MUCH FOOOOOOD AND BULL DO DO

[Maigrey]

I dunno. My best friend had it done 4 1/2 years ago, and it's done wonders. She shed over 1/2 her body weight (pre-surgery) and has stayed within 5 lbs of her final weight (135) since she plateaued 3 years ago.

For her, it was a last resort, but since she was quite young, she could make the overall lifestyle changes easier and manage the lifestyle better. (and her husband says that she is stunning still!)

[losingside]

This is to let everyone on here that has posted (with the exception of one posting), that you are all uninformed, uneducated, and ignorant to peoples feelings and the facts of this surgery. I myself have had the sugery, and it is the hardest, scariest decision of anyones life. It is NOT a matter of "self control", and I have many doctors that can attest to this. I know I may not be able to change anyone's minds, but, you will never know unless you have had to live with obesity through out your life. Starr is in my thoughts, and I hope she makes the decision that is right for her. (By the way, you HAVE to have medical reasons to have this surgery, or it will not be done, not JUST that you have no self control). Your are all ignorant hurtful people. (funny, the rules say NO personal attacks, but, all these posts sure sound like personal attacks to me)

[Bob]

Pardon my ignorance but I've always wanted to ask:

I understand that gastric bypass surgery drastically changes your eating habits. If that's the case, couldn't you have been eating that same way without the surgery? If not, why not?

[renee84]

star Jones is making the best choice for her life I'm sure she can care less about what you think while she's riding in her Mercedes and eating at the finest restaurants. and if the weight loss helps her career go farther so be it. what easy for some is very hard for others and as I've read people can be so cruel and narrow minded you're probably the same people who talk about overweight people behind there back.as far as the eating changes go if your stomach is the size of a peanut instead of the size of a eggplant you can't hold as much food. which forces you to change your eating habit . if it was so easy to quit bad habits and behavior there would be no more smokers,alcoholics or drug dealers because we would just quit. food works the same as drug it is a comforting tool that is learned. i wish people could just have surgery to get off drugs .

[BunnySlippers]

Jones who has battled her weight for years, has finally bit the bullet and hopes to shed the pounds like Al Roker and Carnie Wilson.

I saw a photo of Carnie Wilson a couple of weeks ago and she appears to be well over 200 pounds.

[retrokitten]

Hmmm...I don't know- what do you think? Signed up today, has really bad punctuation, randomly puts words in caps, and is telling us to be nonjudgmental in a round about way....

what easy for some is very hard for others and as I've read people can be so cruel and narrow minded you're probably the same people who talk about overweight people behind there back

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Seeing articles like this, the left reminds me of the "Great Leader" from this sketch;

Kids In The Hall

[Wolfie]

Gastric bypass success proves one thing: Calories count.

[Bob]

Take a flying leap. You seem to have a reading comprehension problem.

I was asking a question, not 'attacking' anyone nor talking behind anyone's back. If that makes me 'cruel and narrow minded' in your mind, get over it.

[Bob]

Hmmm...I don't know- what do you think? Signed up today, has really bad punctuation, randomly puts words in caps, and is telling us to be nonjudgmental in a round about way...

Also, just happened to find a 7-month old thread to reply to.

[texastoo]

After gastric bypass surgery, the person can only have 30cc or one ounce an hour otherwise they get sick and vomit.

[Bob]

After gastric bypass surgery, the person can only have 30cc or one ounce an hour otherwise they get sick and vomit.

I understand the physical implications of gastric bypass surgery. My question, though, never seems to get answered.

If a person, after the surgery, eats less because he has to, what reasons are there for them not to eat that same reduced amount without resorting to surgery?

[hellinahandcart]

Also, just happened to find a 7-month old thread to reply to.

Seven months? I could have had a baby since this thread was originally posted.

[hellinahandcart]

The part about the caps threw me until I saw the previous "resurrection" by losingside.

Oy...

[hellinahandcart]

(sigh)

Well, it's a slow week. Might as well come on over and mock the Star Jones fans on this thread.

[Howlin]

[najida]

What is it with all these Lazurus threads?

First it was the Stevie Nicks one,
then a bunch of others,
now this.

Someone out there is bored.

[kittymyrib]

Who said fat people were jolly?

[IslandJeff]

Nice catch - golly, I love these...!
[Um, who is Star Jones?]

[Bob]

Seven months? I could have had a baby since this thread was originally posted.

Good point, I hadn't looked back to see the original posting date. It may be that losingside and renee84 are one in the same person. I don't know.

[Bob]

Interesting coincidence - 'losingside' and 'renee84' have exactly one post each and they're both on this thread.

[retrokitten]

Also, just happened to find a 7-month old thread to reply to.

D'oh! I always forget to check the date! LOL

[retrokitten]

That is interesting.

[RedWhiteBlue]

You're right. Signed up today, and posts #25 AND #27 I would bet are the same person. One of the MO's of our troll population is that they sign up and pull up and comment on threads that are months or even years old. Their comments usually include the accusation that we are all so mean, and that we don't understand, etc., etc. In this case, I think the troll tried to resurrect this old thread not once, but twice. Why would a brand new poster go to all the trouble to pull up a thread that is several months old to make a comment, when there are hundreds of newer ones on current events upon which to make a comment? One answer: TROLL!

[JoJo Gunn]

I'm sorry, but the World Record for spelling and punctuation errors has already been bestowed for 2004.

But hey, how about a hug?

[Owl_Eagle]

you don't speak for star jones and you Obviously don't know her like I do.  Star couldn't care less about her career, her health or her appearance.  her all consuming passion is competitive eating and her time on the view and other tv shows is just to raise money for her next eating stunt.  i sat next to star jones on a san fransico to raleigh north Carolina flight recently and found her somewhat aloof, indefensably porcine, and beligerantly drunk.  in fact, if it weren't for her celebrity status, i'm sure she would have been kicked off the plane.  as it was, she was calmed only by airline employees feeding her the crew's meals, 7 first class entres, 9 coach meals, a garbage bag full of smoked almonds, and inexplicably, several hot towelets.  "Bring me another box of wine!" she roared, and the crew submitted to her demands.  Shortly, she fell asleep, a rumpled, crumb covered mess, with hair akimbo, and an industrial strength girlde badly askew.  shortly before our decent into Raleigh, she awoke with a a thunderous belch.  however, her demeanor was completely different.  it takes superhuman effort and ability to metabolize that much alcohol, but indeed she'd done it.  the star Jones i knew from watching endless episodes of the view was back.  We chatted beguilingly about the carolina pulled pork eating contest she was going to be participating in the next day.  she confided in me that on more than one occasion she'd eaten an entire pig in one form or another, and also sadly relayed to me that her days of competitive eating could soon be over.  it seems that an incident that took place aboard a peter pan bus from new york to akron ohio in which she was falesly accused of stealing all the other passenger's food through strong armed tactics had led a draconian judge to sentence her to have a gastric bypass operation.  i hope you will all join me in praying for ms. jones' court mandated surgery to go well and for her to enjoy her new career as a competitive eating analyst.

 

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[najida]

Oh my!

Like the threads about someone who killed their kids and then the mystery newbie pops up (sans caps and punctuation) to claim "she is my best friend" or "i am a close family member".

Busy little troll.