What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.
I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way.
I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy - and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!
My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.
There was a time when I was 312 pounds. And I've been all different weights.
I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me.
I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.
It's a well-known fact that the TV camera adds 10 pounds. I don't want to say that I've been calling my Jenny Craig consultant a lot, but I'm pretty sure I'm the first spokesperson whom they've considered filing a restraining order against.
Weight is just not a hot button. In fact, during my life, it probably should have been on my radar screen a bit more. I look back at work photos and am shocked. Was I eating the people I was interviewing?! Good Lord, I was big.
You can't get any braver than going on national television to be weighed.