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MIKE and Molly star Billy Gardell looks unrecognizable after he lost 150 pounds.
Billy recently explained his weight-loss journey and how he shed the pounds in a new interview.
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Billy starred in the sitcoms Mike & Molly alongside Melissa McCarthy and Bob Hearts Abishola.
In 2022, Billy explained that he developed type two diabetes. When COVID-19 happened, he realized that he hit all the marks—except being over 65—that made him more vulnerable to getting the virus.
To prevent that, he admitted to Entertainment Tonight that he received bariatric weight loss surgery in July 2022.
“You have a small window to change the way you live, the way you eat, the way you exercise, and so far I’ve been able to do that,” he said.
“I do it a day at a time and I’m just so, so very grateful that that happened for me. No more diabetes, no more bad blood numbers.”
In 2011, the actor weighed over 370 pounds.
Fast forward to April 2023, Billy sat down for another interview with ET to give an update on his weight-loss journey.
In the new interview, he mentioned that he currently weighs between 205 and 210 pounds.
He also revealed he no longer has type two diabetes.
Billy also gave advice to people looking to lose weight.
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“I think you got to find peace with yourself and at some point, look in the mirror and go, ‘You know, it’s probably time to take care of you.’ And I didn’t get that note early on.”
“But I’m a big believer that when you get it, you get it. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you get it.”
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Billy believes that he is a good example for his son as he was Billy’s biggest motivator in taking better care of himself.
He said: “When you hit 50, you start doing that dad math, like, ‘If I can live 25 more years, and he’ll be 40,’ … You know what I mean? So I want to be here for him.
“I’ve been an example in a lot of good ways for my child, but I feel like I wasn’t a good example of health for him. And so I want him to see that. It doesn’t matter what age you are, if you are willing to do something a day at a time, you can change anything.”
WARDROBE “TORTURE”
While working on Bob Hearts Abishola, he praised the producers of the sitcom and said they were very “supportive” of his journey.
He did admit that there was some “torture” while dressing him for the show.
“I kept getting smaller and they kept having to go buy shirts, tape them up, you know.
At one point we were taping my neck because my skin hadn’t adjusted yet and stuff, so God bless them. They got me through it. They made me look good all the way through. And it was a nice progression to have the audience watch in real-time.”
Bob Hearts Abishola was recently renewed for a fifth season on CBS.
“I’m very, very grateful that we’ve been able to do this with the show. We found a nice audience, we keep getting a little bigger and bigger each year. I think we’re putting out a good message and I think people adhere to that,” he said.
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