# What Happened To Susan ("stop the madness") Powter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176 "2005-03-12T10:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/1 "2005-03-12T10:07:54Z")
Remeber this chick? She was some kind of minor celebrity, whose ticket to fame was dieting and butch haircus. She also claimed that she was raped, sexually abused, etc…and dieting (with her patenetd methods) were the road backto self-esteem. So, anybody know what circle of hell she now inhabits? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/2 "2005-03-12T12:15:46Z")
There’s a fairly recent interview with her at [retrocrush.com](http://retrocrush.com) I don’t know why I read it but from what I remember she and her singer girlfriend tour the country in an RV. To be fair she looks pretty good for a woman in her 50’s. Marc ---
**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:** [March 12, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/3 "2005-03-12T13:28:18Z")
Her website > **[Susan Powter Stop The Insanity Weight Loss Diet, DVD & Recipes](https://susanpowteronline.com/)** > > My Latest books Where is Susan powter now? Don’t complicate it Keep It Simple EAT The number one way to lose weight is eating less calories. Fats have twice as many calories as carbs or protein. Make sure to eat way more vegetables then anything else... ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/4 "2005-03-12T14:50:49Z")
Aww, she doesn’t have _that haircut_ anymore. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/5 "2005-03-12T16:40:43Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Aww, she doesn’t have _that haircut_ anymore. From the pics provided on the link, how can you tell? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/6 "2005-03-12T16:52:08Z")
She’s shown up as a commentator on VH1’s **I Love the '90s** , even louder and more obnoxious than she was in the '90s. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/7 "2005-03-12T18:01:03Z")
Nitpick - it’s STOP THE INSANITY! Not madness. Now thanks, I hadn’t thought about that in years and now it’s just like it was yesterday. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/8 "2005-03-12T18:13:58Z")
> [@TV time](#): > > From the pics provided on the link, how can you tell? The biggest pic on that page shows she has a lot of blonde hair streaked with pink, clearly not the buzzcut she used to have. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/9 "2005-03-12T18:21:05Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The biggest pic on that page shows she has a lot of blonde hair streaked with pink, clearly not the buzzcut she used to have. I don’t know if that’s all hers, though. It looks like it’s artificial (it’s very ropey looking). It may just be hair props for the photo. I used to like Powter…from the photos on the website, it looks like she’s started doing cheesecake or something. Ew… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/10 "2005-03-12T18:40:15Z")
It looks like some kind of extensions woven into real hair–I don’t think it’s all a wig. If you click the “contact” link, there’s a picture of her with normal hair. It’s short, but nothing like the trademark platinum buzzcut…though I see she still uses that spiky hair logo. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/11 "2005-03-12T18:58:02Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t know if that’s all hers, though. It looks like it’s artificial (it’s very ropey looking). It may just be hair props for the photo. > > I used to like Powter…from the photos on the website, it looks like she’s started doing cheesecake or something. Ew… It’s not the cheesecake. It is the other things she is eating… Susan is out of the closet and trying to salvage her career on the Womyn’s Music Circuit. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/12 "2005-03-12T19:42:03Z")
I think I’m going to start a rumor that Susan Powter is really the same person as Billy Idol. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/13 "2005-03-12T20:14:43Z")
The ropey hair picture screams “I’M LIKE ANI DIFRANCO” to me. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/14 "2005-03-12T20:36:25Z")
Eeeeewww…she has a section entitled “monthly flow.” Those words and Susan Powter don’t mesh well together. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/15 "2005-03-13T00:13:33Z")
Incidentally, she claims that she never had a buzz cut. She says it was short and since it was so light in color it looked like a buzz cut on television. Marc I know way to much about this person for some reason… ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/16 "2005-03-13T00:22:16Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > The ropey hair picture screams “I’M LIKE ANI DIFRANCO” to me. Yeah, she seems to be directing her marketing toward the same “screeching feminism” crowd as Ani. The hair, the edgy look, the “monthly flow” thing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/17 "2005-03-13T00:55:16Z")
> [@MGibson](#): > > Incidentally, she claims that she never had a buzz cut. She says it was short and since it was so light in color it looked like a buzz cut on television. Seriously? I’d call [this](http://www.blogography.com/photos4/SusanPowter.jpg) a “buzz cut,” and there’s no mistaking exactly how long the hair is. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/18 "2005-03-13T04:06:55Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I think I’m going to start a rumor that Susan Powter is really the same person as Billy Idol. Who are two people who have never been in my kitchen, Alex? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/19 "2005-03-13T04:18:04Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Seriously? I’d call [this](http://www.blogography.com/photos4/SusanPowter.jpg) a “buzz cut,” and there’s no mistaking exactly how long the hair is. Picture didn’t come up. [This link came up instead](http://homepage.mac.com/daveweb/DumbassTheif.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176/20 "2005-03-13T05:17:54Z")
When she was the infomercial queen I recall reading an article that she had bought a rambling house in Beverly Hills, a beach home in Santa Monica, a fleet of Mercedes, etc., and I remember thinking “even with a bestselling diet how can she afford all of that?” This was answered when she filed for bankruptcy and it was revealed she couldn’t. Then her second husband left her and things generally fell apart, so it hasn’t been a good few years. Since then she’s [come out as a lesbian](http://www.baywindows.com/news/2004/02/26/Arts/Queen.Of.Controversy-618681.shtml) (which I don’t think caused any deaths from shock) and now is some type of [advocacy author](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0972499202/qid=1110691849/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-0250601-7760707?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) who tried unsuccessfully to start her own Dr. Phil/Chopra/Coulter type franchise of half-thought statements and media whoring. The main two things I remember from her infomercials are: 1- how that sweatpant-up-the-asscrack was like the traffic accident I can’t look away from when I was channel surfing 2- how she would pose questions she never answered (a question in “how long before I see some results?” gets an extended rant on how her thighs didn’t rub together anymore) and get applause for unfunny jokes about the diet industry So to answer your question, she’s probably currently on the phone to the producers of SURREAL LIFE trying to get a spot on next season’s show (“I’m at least as disgusting as Brigitte and I’ll make either of the Two Coreys my bitch on your show! I promise!”) or else being fitted to cut a plug out of Erin “Joannie Cunningham” Moran on the next episode of “FOX TV’S CELEBRITY KNIFE FIGHT”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176.md?page=2)