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It is clear the elephant in the room (pun intended) --her WEIGHT, is now completely off limits for discussion, which is ridiculous. The badgering and embarrassing of Buddy was a waste of everyone's time and Jiya of course never "has time" ever for Whitney's nonsense. Her poor parents seemed sad, befuddled and embarrassed. Why wasn't she asked, "Do you think your weight will be a hindrance assuming you do tour with the Fitness Marshall?" And after the big fat non-pregnancy the doctor told her straight up that her weight AND PCOS was causing her hormones to be way out of whack. Never mentioned by anyone. My Big Fabulous Life without the "Fat" has devolved into standard reality-show dramatics. Whitney apparently is just "fabulous," not fat anymore. (And that black outfit was so "slimming" you could barely see her, right?)

Yeah--Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?-- the Victor Buono ("Edwin") character and his mother character, "Celia" who were at once dependent and resentful of each other. Celia thinks Edwin is brilliant and acts as his "secretary" and babies him while he is just another out of work musician in Hollywood willing to be (s)mothered. Victor Buono was quite large.

Re the video: I guess I would be impressed at Whit's level of movement if she was on a 600 Lb. Life "weight loss journey" to get below 200 pounds. Otherwise, she looks like a fat hausfrau "dancing" along in the living room of her cat crap apartment --oh sorry--her "own" home. She might as well be Sweating to the Oldies with the Richard Simmons (of the 80s) But yeah, that was the longest one shot of her dancing ever. I guess Fitness Marshall needed her to make his "brand" seem "inclusive" thus expanding it, like Whitney is doing (literally!) And get TLC exposure of course.

For some reason I only sporadically watched this show in its original run. Now I'm watching it in order for the first time, (Up to season 5 so far) It's truly funny and clever. Yes, they take great artistic license. The clothes are largely still in style 16 years later and quirky/cool. I don't know how anyone could manage that much pavement in heels! With that much booze! I never realized how beautiful the non-Carries were. Charlotte looks like Jackie Kennedy. Miranda has a delicate sweet face. I love her red hair, colored or not. Samantha has a rockin' bod (of course), and great comedic delivery. Carrie also has a great body. She has fabulous dancer legs. I like her hair any way she wears it. Long or short or straight or curly. Now for the men: Big--why couldn't they just call him John and be done with it? That overly cutesy mystery man thing they keep rehashing is ANNOYING! Also he's no prize in the looks department. Too red lips, down-slanting dark tired baggy eyes, too thick brows and TOO FEW WORDS/THOUGHTS! Although I did agree with him in the Moon River scene about that song. Steve: Reminds me of an old NYC boyfriend I had. Sincere but too cloying. Hate his voice and teeth. Aiden: I don't think he would live in Manhattan for a minute. Belongs in Austin, Texas. (The hip city of TX) Hate his name (AIDS) Trey: He was written to be disliked, the spoiled little rich mommy's boy. And that chin... Haven't got to season's 5 and 6 men yet. Slightly OT: Remember The View when Star Jones was on it? I think she fancied herself as the 5th SATC gal since she had "so much in common" (lawyer, Jones, shoes, hair, NYC, mid-30s then, looking for Mr. Big) Part of her (blech go away) "charm." Have not and will not watch THAT one again!

Even IF Steven had done everything in possible to to dig out of the grave he is somehow managing to exist in, he is too far in that grave to ever get out. No matter what, he would go back to pills and pizza and mean insanity. Even WITH a positive attitude. Even if he got to the WLS part. He could die on the operating table. He is just so far gone. On the show, Dr. Now does give these hopeless lumpy mountains of flesh, disease and mental damage a tiny window from which to emerge. Few to no doctors would take them on, show or no show. I do not think Dr. Now is in to the exploitation as much as TLC is. Lately they've only been "slimming down" to 500 pounds or so, but some do seem to see the light at the end. All the shows have been unsatisfying at best and horrible and nauseating at worst. Steven is the closest thing to a living black hole I have ever seen. TLC can't possible top this guy. Thank God.

Steven's dad (Sr.) smokes. He was smoking while moving Steven's stanky crap into the second apartment. I do not think he is evil. He's just a working class shmoe who is away from home, frustrated, angry and finds himself in the absolute worst of predicaments without real insight. Only God knows, but my little end scenario goes like this: Steven Sr. will die soon of a stroke or heart attack. His sons won't get to the hospital, let alone even plan or pay for a funeral. They will fall apart. Steven will subsequently die of about 15 or more causes (there are just SO many overwhelming things wrong with him). Justin will be alone in his haunted house and basement to continue his playing with his toys and collectibles. He will continue to gain weight until he too becomes immobile and dies of about 6 causes. He will end up in a potter's field maybe. Only dad should maybe have a small headstone/marker, but that won't happen. And who would even visit? The End. Five years or less. But strange things happen. Bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Look at Angelina Jolie or Carrie Fisher. Who saw their situations coming so soon? How many really nice people do you know that wind up with cancer or autoimmune diseases? Or are valiantly fighting their diabesity? I should not judge, BUT 4 FREAKING HOURS OF MISERY DISEASE ADDICTION INSANITY UGLINESS ANGER AND INACTION?

What happened to the fear of diabetes? It is a non-issue now. I haven't heard her BS (blood sugar) mentioned at all lately. And that is deliberate. I suspect MBBFL has way more in common with 600 Lb. Life than one would think. Everyone in 600 Lb. Life has some sort of childhood trauma or sexual abuse or both. In Whitney's case, I think there is a dark aspect to her rapidly gaining 200+ pounds that is decidedly NOT fabulous. I also think that is why she doesn't get a real job. There is something inside her that shames HERSELF and kills her true confidence. Only not on TV-- where she's a fat sassy hip gal with plenty of energy and friends (aka social barnacles). Arguably, it was ingenious of her to invent the "No Body Shame" as a defense along with all that "protective" fat that surrounds her body. Now, if she weighed, say 160 pounds, she would still be quite overweight (I am the same height--I know) and the shaming could still occur and maybe there would be some validity to her No BS platform. She could lose 200 pounds and STILL be overweight! WHY does she insist on holding on to every half pound despite her obvious disabilities? Despite all that "dance" and "werking out" and Crossfit? That is just psycho! It is up there with Dr. Now's desperate patients stuffed in the back of a van to get help for their morbid, deadly weight insisting on another trip to the drive-thru--and another. And pizza in the hospital. Is it simply the fear of losing the TV show? Did she sign a contract to follow TLC's script? I admit I started watching the show because THIS is what I wanted to see: Whitney getting smacked down by doctors and medical personnel, her actual diabetes diagnosis and being forced to manage/reverse it, then forced into losing A LOT of weight and dealing with all the physical and mental challenges that entails. I think IF she ever does lose 250 pounds, (and get skin surgery), she would be very pretty. She would have NO problem dancing seriously, NO problem finding boyfriends/mates, and NO problem talking herself into a good full time job. The show obviously dumped all the health aspects of her life. I don't know who pushed for that harder. Dance battles and Big Girl Dance Class and Will the Trainer's funny frustration and tattoos and gay male friends and lesbian weirdness and the radio station and dates and cats and Babs and Glenn are the TRUE BS of the show. Haha. So fun. There has got to be something real bad that happened to her beyond PCOS, and we will probably never know unless she gets a gig on 600 lb. life.