Overview
- Feltz disclosed on Friday on Andrew Gold’s Heretics podcast that she deliberately ate and drank nothing the day before Celebrity Fit Club weigh‑ins so the scales would show a temporary loss.
- She described the practice as 'horrific' and said public scrutiny of contestants’ bodies led strangers to shame her for eating in public.
- Feltz explained the weight drops were short‑lived because rehydration and eating immediately restored the pounds celebrated on air.
- She links years of dramatic weight loss and regain to later medical interventions, saying a gastric band fitted in 2010 caused complications and she had a gastric bypass in 2019.
- Her revelation comes as early‑2000s weight‑loss shows are being reexamined and could increase pressure on broadcasters to review past formats and contestant aftercare.