# Richard Simmons 'missing'. Who knew? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790 "2016-03-12T21:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/41 "2016-03-15T17:10:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [He just wants to be let alone.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/03/14/richard-simmons-no-one-should-worry-about-me/?intcmp=hpff) That article appeared only a day or two after this thread appeared. Makes me wonder if Richard Simmons is a SD fan.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/42 "2016-06-04T22:30:50Z")
> **[Richard Simmons -- Hospitalized For 'Bizarre Behavior'](https://www.tmz.com/2016/06/04/richard-simmons-bizarre-behavior/)** > > Richard Simmons was taken to a Los Angeles hospital late Friday night after exhibiting bizarre conduct ... TMZ has learned. And now hospitalized for bizarre behavior… ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/43 "2016-06-04T22:43:31Z")
This doesn’t pertain to Richard Simmons per se, but I have followed a few healthy living/weight training figures online for a couple of years, and I’ve seen the pattern. They’re like horses… one serious joint injury and they’re gone. We’re fascinated by people losing weight and getting ripped… not so much by squashing an L4/L5 disk, gaining 50 pounds, and losing 30. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/44 "2016-06-04T23:05:03Z")
And other fitness experts fall into traps like this… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W1WFG50WJKk/hqdefault.jpg "al bundy meets Jim jupiter, the healthiest man in chicago") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1WFG50WJKk) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/45 "2016-06-05T15:22:32Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [Richard Simmons -- Hospitalized For 'Bizarre Behavior'](http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/04/richard-simmons-bizarre-behavior/) > > And now hospitalized for bizarre behavior… I’d love to know what constitutes “bizarre behavior” for Richard Simmons. Was he fully clothed and sedate perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/46 "2016-06-05T15:37:08Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’d love to know what constitutes “bizarre behavior” for Richard Simmons. Was he fully clothed and sedate perhaps? Well the article said “Simmons was acting in an unusually strange manner”, so some new kind of strange. Tuxedo for breakfast perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/47 "2016-06-05T16:14:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’d love to know what constitutes “bizarre behavior” for Richard Simmons. Was he fully clothed and sedate perhaps? Slumped on the couch while eating cheetos and listening to Metallica? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/48 "2016-06-06T17:27:36Z")
The official story on this is that he was severely dehydrated. I’ll take their word for it, because this can definitely cause bizarre behavior in elderly women, especially when combined with a urinary tract infection. I’m glad he’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/49 "2016-06-08T17:28:00Z")
There’s stuff floating around Facebook saying that he’s transitioning into a woman. Take that for what it’s worth (very little). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/50 "2016-06-08T17:34:05Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > The official story on this is that he was severely dehydrated. I’ll take their word for it, because this can definitely cause bizarre behavior in elderly women, especially when combined with a urinary tract infection. > > I’m glad he’s OK. Yes, except “severely dehydrated” isn’t the cause of the problem, it’s a symptom of the problem. People with normal bodily functions drink when thirsty. When musicians have to cancel concerts because of “dehydration” it’s because they’re severely dehydrated after binging on drugs and alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/51 "2016-06-08T17:48:08Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yes, except “severely dehydrated” isn’t the cause of the problem, it’s a symptom of the problem. People with normal bodily functions drink when thirsty. When musicians have to cancel concerts because of “dehydration” it’s because they’re severely dehydrated after binging on drugs and alcohol. Many people of all ages are chronically dehydrated and don’t know it. Also, as people get older, their hunger and thirst mechanisms don’t work as well. I also saw a story that he’s transitioning. If that is true, then I wish him the best. Chaz Bono and Caitlyn Jenner definitely seem to be much happier in their new lives; hope he can be too. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/52 "2016-06-08T23:40:31Z")
p.s. Ecstasy use can also cause dehydration in itself, because it can raise body temperature and it also blunts the urge to take fluids. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/53 "2016-06-09T01:37:59Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yes, except “severely dehydrated” isn’t the cause of the problem, it’s a symptom of the problem. People with normal bodily functions drink when thirsty. When musicians have to cancel concerts because of “dehydration” it’s because they’re severely dehydrated after binging on drugs and alcohol. Sorry, but that is BS. Maybe it has been used as an excuse sometimes, but it is a real thing. I was in DC with a bunch of High School aged Lacrosse players. It was over 100 and there is very little shade. I carried a couple of bottles of water with me, because I wanted to make sure my son remained hydrated. I kind of forgot about myself. At some point I mentioned to one of the boys that I couldn’t focus on him and the next thing I knew I was falling over backward. Only drugs involved were my blood pressure meds… closest thing to alcohol would have been my mouthwash. There were reports on the news of dozens of people taken to the hospital with severe dehydration or heat stroke. Trust me they weren’t a bunch of wacked out rock stars. Oh… I never really felt thirsty. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/54 "2016-06-09T02:00:04Z")
Come now the [transitioning rumors](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3631245/Richard-Simmons-living-woman-named-Fiona-taken-hormones-breast-surgery.html), which if true just prove what I have long suspected: that man is such a fool for poontang he will do anything just to get into the ladies room to look at more women. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Lebodnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@Mr.Lebodnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Lebodnik)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/55 "2016-06-09T05:56:10Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’d love to know what constitutes “bizarre behavior” for Richard Simmons. Was he fully clothed and sedate perhaps? I don’t know, that one just made me laugh out loud! Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/56 "2016-06-09T06:08:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Many people of all ages are chronically dehydrated and don’t know it. Do you have a cite for this? Most claims about the need to drink more water originate with the [del]selling snow to eskimos[/del] bottled water industry. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/57 "2016-06-09T06:27:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Come now the [transitioning rumors](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3631245/Richard-Simmons-living-woman-named-Fiona-taken-hormones-breast-surgery.html), which if true just prove what I have long suspected: that man is such a fool for poontang he will do anything just to get into the ladies room to look at more women. [False.](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907_21011522,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/58 "2016-06-09T06:54:22Z")
> [@Mr.Lebodnik](#): > > I don’t know, that one just made me laugh out loud! > Thanks! 🙂 It isn’t just you–I get the general drift–and I sweated to the oldies before they were cool again. But Poor Richard (sic); I suspect that he’s hit his limit. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/59 "2016-06-09T14:08:22Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > . . . Also, as people get older, their hunger and thirst mechanisms don’t work as well… . . . I remember this. It’s called losing homeostasis. One of my grandmas had fun playing with that. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790/60 "2016-06-10T12:48:46Z")
How do transition rumors get started? Is it just that people are finding out about trans people but still don’t get it’s different from gay people? Or is there someone spreading shit? Or what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-simmons-missing-who-knew/748790.md?page=4)