Skinny shaming point aside Yoga Nerd (I’m skinny and I don’t think skinny shaming is any more real than reverse racism or male oppression) so no beef there...but these tops look dreadful on skinny people too! Loads of fashion discriminates against women who have visibly been through puberty but this style is…

what is the point of this comment? to brag to a big chested woman that you can, in fact, wear a bralette because you dont have big boobs?

Also,

Preach

“Social isolation and loneliness have been associated with major negative health effects in study after study”

Is that voluntary social isolation? Because there are plenty of people that lead happy and healthy lives by their own choice to live like that.

There’s no (good) excuse to be lonely. I live by myself. I am a bachelor. I would say a confirmed bachelor, but I know the connotation associated with that term and it’s nothing like that. Sometimes people will ask “don’t you get lonely?”, well, actually no. I’m not housebound, nor am I Agoraphobic. I get out and do…

My club, Misanthropes United, would beg to differ with the conclusions in this article. You can hear all about our perspectives at our next meeting, which will be taking place never.

If she’s been his housekeeper for 40 years, it’s very likely that she is a very, very close friend/confidant. They’re probably more like platonic life partners or really friendly roommates. I’ve seen it happen.

I’m only two years younger than Richard. I’ve always been a strong extrovert, which served me well in my career. After retiring in 2015, I’ve become very happily more introverted. My doctor, who is my age, observed the same thing; that some extroverts become much more introverted as they age. This could be what’s…

His true fans don’t care. Besides, he’s not in the best shape to begin with when you think of trainers. It’s the bedside manner that makes his weight irrelevant.

Completely agree. It’s really horrifying to hear him speak about himself pre-weight loss. This is a man who’s never stared down his demons; he ran from them. I feel really bad for him and the podcast seems so voyeuristic, but I CANNOT stop listening.

The LAPD is hardly going to assess for Svengali-like mental manipulation, that’s all I’m saying.

Am I the only one that listened to this podcast and thought it was actually terrible? I don’t mean the production quality — that was very good — but like, this whole shit about Richard Simmons owing any of these people anything like they deserve a piece of him? Like, sure, it would be nice if a friend who wanted to…

I just don’t think it’s really strange or notable that a housekeeper of multiple years is also a social friend during their off-work hours. Even if you’re a domestic employee, you (should) only work for max. forty hours a week, so why would you be cooking and cleaning for your employer in those off-hours? It’s kind of…

Why is that? The woman who the podcaster was talking about is Simmon’s maid who has been with him for decades and has lived with him for years. And it is odd for her to be sitting at the head of the table. And the guy making  food with Richard is a Latino who was his masseur. Wyd?

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Sheesh, interwebz, just leave the guy alone! What a bunch of silliness.

Is this the same police force that assured everyone they saw Shelly Miscavich and she’s just fine?

Richard Simmons took a lot of shit for the work that he did. I’m not surprised that he stopped wanting to be everyone’s performing monkey and butt of the joke. I’m nowhere near his age and I’m already exhausted from having to deal with people and the world in general so I really can’t blame him for wanting to hole up…

I have no idea why I’m so intrigued by this story but damn if that isn’t a freaking enthralling podcast. I really hope he is OK, he deserves to be.