‘Bob Hearts Abishola’s Billy Gardell Tells ‘Live’ About His Bariatric Surgery and 170 Lb Weight Loss: “I Went From A Young Jackie Gleason To An Old Paul Newman”

New York Post ^ | April 19, 2024 | Alex Vena

[nickcarraway]

SNIP

“I had to make some changes because when COVID hit, in the words of Richard Pryor, ‘I went in the House,'” he continued. He explained that he “had a lot of the dangerous” high-risk conditions, telling Live, “When they made that list of, you know, ‘overweight, Type 2 diabetes, smoker, asthma,’ I’m like check, check, bingo.”

After Consuelos deemed it a “wake-up call,” Gardell added, “I said to my wife, I said, ‘If they just find some medicine where this thing won’t kill us, I’m going to change everything.'”

“And as soon as they did, I went and got that bariatric surgery, and then I just follow a routine everyday and I got free. I got free,” he continued.

[nickcarraway]

I wonder if he will lose his job pitching diabetes medication now. I looked it up and here is his Ozempic commercial:
Ozempic commercial

I also found articles saying he is no longer diabetic, but all the ones from the U.S. were disappeared. They only remain in the U.K.:
Mike & Molly's Billy Gardell reveals he no longer has diabetes following 150-pound weight loss... two years after gastric bypass operation

[al baby]

old paul newman in your dreams

[DarrellZero]

Dude’s 55 and looks 75.

But glad he got thin, even though GBP surgery is pretty harsh and basically ruins your ability to eat normally.

[C210N]

Some fatso images that come to mind:

[DAC21]

He probably should have called it a day after about 130 lb. of weight loss. 170 lb. looks a bit much.

[Dr. Zzyzx]

Having never heard of this show, that was one tricky headline to decipher!

[Gay State Conservative]

Just look at “Reverend” Al...or Fat Bastard...after *they* lost a lot of weight.

[Gay State Conservative]

“Hey,Norton...what does icky mean?” “Must mean fat!”