Tori Spelling Explains Why She Is So Thin
June 10, 2010 in Celebrity Quotes, Tori Spelling by Versus
Let’s see the details from the Daily Mail:
The 37-year-old mother-of-two blames her pin-thin frame on a recent bout of swine flu, saying she went through three rounds of antibiotics that left her weak and frail.
‘I was sick for months and had a hard time eating, so I was losing weight,’ she told America’s People magazine. ‘I did look too thin. I went from doctor to doctor trying to find answers.’
Spelling, who is 5ft 6in, plummeted to a dangerous 6st 9lb at her lowest.
She now weighs in at 7st 2lb and insists she is aiming to reach 8st 2lb.
‘Seeing those bones I was scared,’ she told the publication. ‘I did look too thin.’
She denies allegations that she was starving herself, saying: ‘I’m not anorexic, I don’t have an eating disorder.‘But when everyone’s like, ‘What’s the reason, then?’ I didn’t want to say I had swine flu. I was too embarrassed.’
Share your thoughts!
why would you be embarassed to tell someone you had the swine flu?
*too embarassed
My thoughts exactly.
Well for starters, it doesn’t exactly have the most appealing name.
Second of all, there is a stereotype that only people who lack hygeine get sick so that might be a part of it.
Third, people are likely to avoid you if you tell them you had the swine flu, even though you no longer have it.
“Second of all, there is a stereotype that only people who lack hygeine get sick so that might be a part of it. ”
– first time I ever heard of it. Flu is a virus. You get it if your immune system can’t handle it. Got nothing to do with uncleanliness, you mostly get it from OTHER PEOPLE, not dirt.
Please reread what I wrote. I said there is a STEREOTYPE that lack of hygiene gets you ill. And as we know, stereotypes are usually wrong.
I was just listing reasons why she might have felt embarassed to tell people she had the swine flu. Myself, I’m quite aware of how influenza is spread.
I got the swine flu last autumn. And I’m sure not one of those , who have a lack of hygiene. Swine flu is highly infectious , that’s why so many people got it so fast . My whole family got it at once .
there is no such stereotype when it comes to flu (any type of flu)….
LOVE her! glad she is feeling better…..
She’s so full of crap. First, the flu is a virus so she wouldn’t be on antibiotics for it unless she had some kind of severe bacterial infection as a result of the flu. And being on antibiotics for 3 months is really uncommon. On top of that, swine flu was all the news so I’m sure any celeb who got it would be have their publicist announce it so they could get tons of press. She’s lying.
She was probably on antiviral medication. There are some that work against swine flu. She probably used the word antibiotic because that’s a word most people are familiar with. I’ve found that words that mean different things in medicine can often be synonyms to average people.
And actually, she’s not incorrect. Antibiotic is a catch-all term to describe both antiviral medication and antibacterial medication. It’s just that it’s most commonly used to describe antibacterial medication.
Also, she didn’t say she was on it for 3 months, but rather, she went through 3 rounds of medication.
So I don’t see why you would jump to the conclusion that she is lying. I find her comments to actually sound quite genuine.
I had swine flu a year ago and took Tamiflu. It doesn’t kill the virus like an antibiotic does against bacteria, but it did help alleviate symptoms and speed up recovery. I lost weight because I had no appetite, but I was only sick for about 10 days.
I still think she’s not being honest. She lost all the weight after really ballooning with the kids.
I got it too, ended up sick for two weeks. I didn’t take Tamiflu though because the Doc’s didn’t think I was that badly off. In truth I wasn’t, just felt really crappy for awhile.
I don’t know why Tori is justifying her weight. She’s always been rather thin. I don’t get the fuss.
Sooo, Tori, you still have the swine flu? Oh and my 250 lb. hypothetical friend got the swine flu, yeah and he gained weight from bed rest. Her explanations are ridiculous.
swine flu was highly contagious and she was photographed constantly with her children… if she was really diagnosed with swine flu why was she always out and about with her kids?
Here i can see that we all thought the same thing here,why should be embrassed to say that she had swineflu?? this is insane. I think the reason she became so thin with all the stress about her mother cos she always causing trouble and about the proplems in her marriage
Well then why was she saying she weighed 107lbs like 6 months ago?
So did she have swine flu throughout her entire career then………
Exactly what I was going to say!
This ‘recent’ spout of swine flu doesn’t really explain a few years now of being very thin and the explanation is thus in this context b.s.
But it’s a real indicator that she doesn’t want to talk about it so i’ll take the hint
Yeah, right Tori.
You better shut up next time.
She wants the publics sympathy so why doesn’t she just be honest and admit that she is anorexic. It is so obvious and I really think we would have more respect for her if she would be truthful and admit that the anorexia was caused from the severe stress in her life. I have been there and it happens.
I call B-S on this for one reason: Tori is a publicity you-know-what and if she really did have Swine Flu she would have been all over every mag cover talking about it! “Embarrassed” my ass!
wow she is a perfect example of the “dumb blonde” stereotype — it really took her that long to come up with this explanation to why she’s skinny? lol
I’ve heard that explanation from celebs so many times i can’t decide when to believe it. They’re always sick for months or are so busy or whatever and don’t have any appetite bc of that. For some people it might be true, but in my experience in the real world it’s not that common. (to lose appetite over everything bad that happens, and neither are months long viruses) As for the swine flu, i know a few people who got it and they were sick for a couple of weeks or so, but maybe she really was unlucky with it.
Oh Tori,
I love you and your books. However, we all know you probably eat about as much as your children (who are adorable btw). She would look sooooo much better with about 10 pounds on her.
I’m more concerned with her boobs than her weight. I wish she’d get them redone or just have the implants taken out.
Hmmm… if you ask me I think she has a lot of insecurities. I wouldn’t be suprised if she had an eating disorder because for her being 97lbs makes her look better (really it doesn’t) but she probably thinks so. She knows she’s not the greatest looking woman around – but at least she can control her weight. She would be fine at 110lbs. 97lbs is extreame for her face and body type. It makes her look even more horrible…
She shouldn’t HAVE to explain to use why she was thin.
Even if she is a celebrity, that doesn’t concern us and anyone who calls her a liar needs to stop and think about why they’re worried over something as trivial as if some woman they’ve never met had the flu or not.
Man I thought someone would’ve converted this by now! Honestly, what is the point of measuring in stones? Why not just go with kg or lbs? Anyway, for others, if my math is right the weights were 93, 100, & 114 respectively.
Ive been watching her reality show on tv for some time now and it goes from liams birth to stellas first bday (so like last year?) i never really liked her but she grew on me since i saw how genuine and nice she is. Ok maybe its a little played but i think that she is.
You see her losing the weight. At first she wanted to lose the baby weight, to get fit again but also because the press kept saying she was fat (which is disgusting she was pregnant for two years) it must be hard to get critized that way in public and gets you messed up.
She also seems to be a very occupied woman between the kids, different events, her work (my gosh she does a lot of stuff!) moving all the time. Plus the stress of her family issues and she seems to be a anxious/nervous person. Maybe thats all, maybe she got depressed between time. Its not all that easy to admit you have an ed, so i understand why she might lie. All i can say is that i hope shes honest about the fact she wants to put weight back on, its a good goal and if she does have an ed its courageous to set yourself to that. i hope she gets through it.
this is the first time ive herd swine flu causes you to lose weight…if this is a lie then its very sad as she ovoiusly has a big problem with eating if she has to lie about it.
I honestly don’t think she looks bad, but those big ol’ balloons on her chest, oy.
mhmmmm okay tori. swine flu should only last AROUND 2 weeks and that’s a lot of weight she lost… so her story doesn’t make any sense. you can’t have swine flu for over a year? lol she’s been way too skinny for quite awhile now. i feel bad for her, she obviously has issues… i wish her the best. poor thing, her head looks huge on such a tiny body. i hope she finds the strength to become healthy.
Actually,a classmate of mine got hospitalized for a month because of the swine flu! But you are right,it can last for a year…
*can’t
She can’t be 7 stones 2 lbs.
I weigh 6 stones (I’m in recovery for anorexia, don’t worry)
and..she looks much thinner than me. But I’m also 5″6..
So, I don’t believe it. The swine flu..well, it seems just as if she has troubles with her food. Because after the antibiotics she WOULD gain weight – which she didn’t.
Such a terrible example for her kids though.
can anyone say bunch of bull??
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