# Star Jones Reynolds... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808 "2007-07-31T13:19:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/1 "2007-07-31T13:19:13Z")
…had gastric bypass surgery!!! And in other news, Generalissimo Franco is _still_ dead. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap\_en\_tv/people\_jones\_reynolds](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_en_tv/people_jones_reynolds) Not news to us who had GBS; I have an identical set of 5 tiny scars (they showed on her early bikini pictures). Nice of her to finally admit it. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/2 "2007-07-31T13:41:57Z")
Damn, you beat me to it. I note her husband still isn’t gay, though. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/3 "2007-07-31T15:27:34Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I note her husband still isn’t gay, though. [/QUOTE] Pssst - didya hear that Rosie is, though… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/4 "2007-07-31T17:33:46Z")
I wonder if she was “scared at what other people would think of her” when she sold corporate sponsorships for her wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/5 "2007-08-01T22:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I wonder if she was “scared at what other people would think of her” when she sold corporate sponsorships for her wedding. [/QUOTE] Learning that doesn’t diminish my opinion of her in the least. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/6 "2007-08-01T23:29:01Z")
Frankly, of all the things that one could criticize Star Jones about, I never felt this was one. She had a surgery to help her improve her health, she didn’t want to talk about it, what’s the big deal? I don’t believe she ever actually denied it, she just didn’t talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/7 "2007-08-02T01:42:41Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Frankly, of all the things that one could criticize Star Jones about, I never felt this was one. She had a surgery to help her improve her health, she didn’t want to talk about it, what’s the big deal? I don’t believe she ever actually denied it, she just didn’t talk about it. [/QUOTE] Actually what she did was write [this book](http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061117640/Shine/index.aspx), where she shared her personal diet and exercise secrets. Nowhere was the surgery mentioned. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/8 "2007-08-02T02:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=supervenusfreak] Actually what she did was write [this book](http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061117640/Shine/index.aspx), where she shared her personal diet and exercise secrets. Nowhere was the surgery mentioned. [/QUOTE] Okay then, criticize away! ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/9 "2007-08-02T02:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Okay then, criticize away! [/QUOTE] LOL. I don’t really care to criticize her, just to note that what she wrote, and what she actually did to lose the weight were not the same thing. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/10 "2007-08-02T03:01:05Z")
[QUOTE=supervenusfreak] LOL. I don’t really care to criticize her, just to note that what she wrote, and what she actually did to lose the weight were not the same thing. [/QUOTE] Well, I’m sure she still had to diet and exercise even with the surgery so it’s not a total lie. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/11 "2007-08-02T03:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Well, I’m sure she still had to diet and exercise even with the surgery so it’s not a total lie. [/QUOTE] Just a partial one, by omission. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/12 "2007-08-02T12:31:29Z")
My first instinct upon hearing this was “No shit” :rolleyes: and it made me pissed that she felt she had to hide something she did to improve her health, when (as gigi pointed out) she was flaunting her corporate wedding sponsors (and her greed) with pride. Then I stopped to think about it and realized that I did the same thing when I started this job a year ago. These people never knew me when I was fat and didn’t know I had gastric bypass 4 years ago. I chose not to tell them because I didn’t want them always looking at my food and asking me if I “can really eat that”. I didn’t want it to be part of my identity. If anyone found out I was fat and asked me directly, I’d tell them. That’s where we differ. I think she’s got a lot of balls pretending that \*all \* she did was diet and exercise. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-jones-reynolds/413808/13 "2007-08-02T15:32:25Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Learning that doesn’t diminish my opinion of her in the least. [/QUOTE] When it’s already at the bottom, or nonexsistent, where does it have to go, maybe?