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Richard Simmons breaks long silence after health scare: 'Hope to see you all soon'
NBC's The Today Show ^ | April 19, 2017 | Gina Vivinetto

Posted on 04/29/2017 3:35:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Richard Simmons is back!

The beloved health and fitness guru, 68, is speaking directly with fans for the very first time since mysteriously vanishing from the spotlight three years ago.

Simmons, who was hospitalized on Monday for "severe indigestion," took to his personal Facebook page on Wednesday to share a hopeful message with his fans.

"Hello to everyone who has shown concern for me and sent their good wishes. You will never know how much it means to me," the reclusive diet and exercise expert wrote next to a 2014 photo of himself....

(Excerpt) Read more at today.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: fitness; simmons
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Wasn't there a rumor that he'd gone Bruce Jenner?
1 posted on 04/29/2017 3:35:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought he was a tranny a long time ago.


2 posted on 04/29/2017 3:41:39 PM PDT by Enchante (Libtards are enemies of true civilization!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does he have any hair left..?

I remember seeing lots of BROWN PAINT atop his head some years ago.

He probably painted it entirely brown, by now..?


3 posted on 04/29/2017 3:46:32 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Problem discovered...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Jt_g10Jug


4 posted on 04/29/2017 3:47:33 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.va)
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To: gaijin
PAINT


5 posted on 04/29/2017 3:47:34 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought he was gay decades ago.


6 posted on 04/29/2017 3:49:30 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: gaijin

His persona is basically that of a clown, so there’s not much to lose by wearing a ridiculous wig.

He should go full Phil Spectre / Liberace.


7 posted on 04/29/2017 3:50:12 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Countries without Islamic immigration are countries without Islamic terrorism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Having worked in a major hospital for decades I can guarantee that he wasn't hospitalized for "severe indigestion".Cancer? Perhaps.AIDS? Perhaps.
8 posted on 04/29/2017 3:57:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Impacted gerbil.


9 posted on 04/29/2017 4:03:54 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you ate that horrible health dood all the time you’d get severe indigestion too. That s*** will kill you.


10 posted on 04/29/2017 4:07:58 PM PDT by Seruzawa (I kill you filthy Vorga.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t know don’t care.

Met him on a flight years ago and he was one of the nicest most genuine celebrities I have ever met.

He has made so many positive changes in people who need someone in their life who genuinely cares.

He is a good man.


11 posted on 04/29/2017 4:08:32 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Never said he wasn’t, just asking about a rumor that was floating around in the press.


12 posted on 04/29/2017 4:09:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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It was quite a drama. Hope he’s better.

http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2016/03/richard-simmons-disappeared-twisted-mystery/


13 posted on 04/29/2017 4:14:22 PM PDT by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My Mom used to have one of his exercise records but it wouldn’t work on her record player. Yep, it skipped too much.


14 posted on 04/29/2017 4:15:41 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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That picture looks like he could suck a golf ball through a garden hose....Just sayin’.


15 posted on 04/29/2017 4:42:19 PM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Heh, heh!

;^)


16 posted on 04/29/2017 5:22:32 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Agree. He could be the biggest flaming homo out there but at least he keeps his sexuality private,

He comes across to me as a genuine humanitarian, who really does care about the unfortunate. And besides, he enjoys laughter, sometimes about himself. That makes him a rare commodity in Hollywood.


17 posted on 04/29/2017 5:22:39 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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Simmons, who was hospitalized on Monday for "severe indigestion,"

Must have been a bad wiener.
18 posted on 04/29/2017 5:27:10 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He made big changes in some peoples lives.
He reached people who had given up on themselves, told them not to give up.
That’s pretty good


19 posted on 04/29/2017 5:31:30 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

When I was a teenager, we would make jokes about Richard Simmons.

Looking back at it, he was really just some really effeminate gay dude who seemed to genuinely try to help people with a weight problem.

Richard Simmons is all right in my book. He seems to have spent a lot of his life trying to help other people.


20 posted on 04/29/2017 5:34:04 PM PDT by Ueriah
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