VIDEO: Aretha Franklin Denies Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery
Posted on Mar 14, 2011 @ 01:59PM
A slimmed-down Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, confirmed to Access Hollywood Monday that while she recently underwent a surgery, it was not a gastric bypass surgery as widely rumored.
"Aretha, really, so you have not had gastric bypass surgery?" the show's Shaun Robinson asked the Chain of Fools singer, who replied, "Definitely not…and would not. And would not."
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"That's outstanding, because you know the rumors are out there," said Robinson. "Cancer. We heard that first … and then the gastric bypass surgery."
Said Franklin: "I heard that. I said, 'That is crazy. That is crazy.'”
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Franklin did admit that her recent weight loss was a result of a surgical procedure, "but it definitely was not the bariatric or what is it gastric by ... yeah, I can't even tell you the correct name of it!”
Asked what kind of surgery she did have, the Freeway of Love singer, 68, said "it's really not necessary…to talk about one's personal medical [on goings,] though she did concede "the doctor did say to me, he said, ‘Mrs. Franklin, you are going to feel better than you have felt maybe in 10 or 15 years…and the surgery that you had is going to add 15 years to your life.’”
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Franklin said she hasn't addressed any of the recent rumors about her "because you really can't control what people have to say, and you just can't control what comes out of people's mouths, so it will take care of itself.
"I am my own best example and that's where I leave that," she said.
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Watch the video on RadarOnline.com.
The full interview airs on Access Hollywood on Monday and Tuesday.
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My husband weighed 177 pounds 5 weeks after the "Whipple" surgery he weighed 132
pounds. 10 months later he is at 138. Look at Steve Jobs weight loss. She didnt get gastric w/o the whipple surgery she dies just like Patrick Swayze
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:18am
My husband and Aretha had the same surgery and its called the" Whipple" surgery. Google search it and you will see what it entail. Those who had this "Whipple surgery" include Supreme Court Judge Ruth Ginsberg
and Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:05am
That's a major surgery. I looked it up. I hope your husband is doing well.
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:56pm
I cannot RESPECT a person who lies! She had the lap band then or had her throat fitted with a strainer to keep food out. She did something that causes weight loss. Does she think we are blind?
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 8:50pm
Probably the same lap band implant surgery that Nadya Suleman didn't have. (Except that you could see the port for the thing in her bikini photos) It's ok Aretha if you had it done. Just no bikini shots please. We've had enough.
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 7:16pm
Who paid for Nadya's surgery? Since she wasn't overweight enough to qualify for insurance to pay for it, someone had to!
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 9:47pm
Maybe she did but it's nobodies bussiness if she did.
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 7:01pm
When she first took the stage she became a public figure. She makes it our business.
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 8:52pm
She's just getting hung up on technical terms. She definitely had some kind of stomach altering surgery to control her weight. Why lie about it. Seriously ....who cares. people thought she was dying. No respect for her fans.
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 5:47pm
Sleeve gastrectomy probably. Good for her. She looks great.
Posted Mon, 03/14/2011 - 3:03pm