# You're too rich and famous to be that disgustingly unhealthy

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-too-rich-and-famous-to-be-that-disgustingly-unhealthy/432275 "2008-01-04T15:53:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-too-rich-and-famous-to-be-that-disgustingly-unhealthy/432275/61 "2008-02-08T16:34:05Z")

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What about Dom Deluise. He is now about 75 and has never been thin that I can think remember.

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-too-rich-and-famous-to-be-that-disgustingly-unhealthy/432275/62 "2008-02-08T18:15:18Z")

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One of my good friends is an executive in a large entertainment company and spends a lot of time working with these folks.

In addition to what everyone else has said I’ll throw out an observation of hers which is that being rich and famous does not mean you are smart. I do not mean that being overweight or addicted to drugs equals “stoopid”, however just having the MEANS to deal with a health issue doesn’t mean that you WILL deal with it. If you don’t think it’s a problem then all the money in the world isn’t going to help.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-too-rich-and-famous-to-be-that-disgustingly-unhealthy/432275/63 "2008-02-08T22:56:59Z")

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How about someone who is on the D list, not an entertainer and just porky? He is referred to as Gummi Bear on TMZ yeah, yeah, shut.up. and he is the son of some Uber Wealthy ( oil?) family.

Another one is Rosie O’Donnell. God, she is a cow in every sense of the word.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-too-rich-and-famous-to-be-that-disgustingly-unhealthy/432275/64 "2008-02-08T22:58:17Z")

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[QUOTE=gonzomax]  
What about Dom Deluise. He is now about 75 and has never been thin that I can think remember.  
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I have given up with him on a Dead Pool list years ago. I woulda thought he would have turned up his toes years ago.

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