# Kirstie Alley, Awesome or Too Much? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467 "2006-11-07T19:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/61 "2006-11-08T18:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] How odd. She says she bought “stripper hose” to flatter her legs, but does that mean she wore them up to the bottom of her bra? And if they are control top, that’s not exactly the same as appearing in a bikini. [/QUOTE] I found that funny. Strippers might wear stockings, but I’ve never seen one wear pantyhose. I think she looks great, but I wasn’t particularly fond of the bikini. She looks much thinner when clothed. She’s accomplished a lot with her weight loss, but I don’t think she’s quite ready to romp on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/62 "2006-11-08T19:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] How odd. She says she bought “stripper hose” to flatter her legs, but does that mean she wore them up to the bottom of her bra? And if they are control top, that’s not exactly the same as appearing in a bikini. [/QUOTE] Perhaps she just meant that it was very sheer hose, not that they were stockings. Stockings would still have been obvious in a bikini. I may be shorter than average but whenever I wear certain styles of pantyhose the tops do come all the way up to my bra, and they always have a seam like that _unless_ they are control top, which would be way more obvious. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/63 "2006-11-08T23:33:07Z")
According to Oprah’s [website](http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200611/20061106/slide_20061106_350_102.jhtml), Kirstie wore “low rise” pantyhose with no seam so the mystery about that line down her front continues. Or, maybe she just has a really long happy trail or landing strip. > [@](#): > > Kirstie says she searched far and wide for a pair of pantyhose to wear under her bikini. She finally found a pair without a center seam but didn’t realize they were “low rise.” ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/64 "2006-11-09T01:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lil’ Mahoney] According to Oprah’s [website](http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200611/20061106/slide_20061106_350_102.jhtml), Kirstie wore “low rise” pantyhose with no seam so the mystery about that line down her front continues. Or, maybe she just has a really long happy trail or landing strip. [/QUOTE] I’m sticking to my theory that it was a seam in the transparent middle part of the bikini (which would mean that it wasn’t really a bikini). ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/65 "2006-11-09T02:12:34Z")
Are there any pictures showing her from the back? What? ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/66 "2006-11-09T07:28:25Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] when was she bald? If you’re thinking Star Trek, the Motion Picture, that wasn’t her, that was Persis Khambatta [/QUOTE] You are, of course, right. I was remembering through the haze of a few decades. :smack: She was still way hot, though. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/67 "2006-11-09T15:39:37Z")
I figured that vertical line was simply the crevice between her labia, and rock-solid evidence that Kirstie had had more than a few facelifts. What? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/68 "2006-11-09T16:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Despite the fact that she’s a Scientologist (an automatic 5 point deduction), I find her to be warm and down to earth. I was proud of her for donning a 2 piece. It’s nice to see actual curves and body fat on a woman for a change. [/QUOTE] She was on Larry King or somesuch and she’s a great interview. I like her a lot. I wouldn’t get into a bikini at that weight (I won’t do it at 110, either) but more power to her for doing it! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/69 "2006-11-09T18:48:18Z")
Apparently, we won’t be seeing another season of _Fat Actress_. She probably isn’t finished with her fitness program or her contract with Jenny Craig. She’s a lot smaller than she was, and what she’s showing seems to be firm. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/70 "2006-11-09T18:56:00Z")
There’s no way in hell, she’s 150 lbs. Unless she’s only about 4 feet tall. When I was 150 lbs, my waist and legs were half that size. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/71 "2006-11-09T19:24:25Z")
hemina hemina hemina hemina! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/72 "2006-11-09T22:34:06Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Are there any pictures showing her from the back? What? [/QUOTE] Check out the YouTube video linked above. She even does a little dance. ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467/73 "2006-11-10T03:33:14Z")
Maybe the “stripper hose” was more like a body stocking made out of control/shaping net. A company called Sugar Petals makes things like that for dancers. Some belly dancers, for example, wear them. Here’s a link to the Sugar Petals body stocking page: > **[Sugar Petals Dance Accessories Custom Body Stockings](http://www.sugarpetals.com/body_stockings.asp)** > > sugar petals items If you scroll down, you can see illustrations of the different styles. Style 2 mentions a seam down the back. Is it possible that Kirstie was wearing that (or something similar) and had it on backwards? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirstie-alley-awesome-or-too-much/379467.md?page=3)