World's Heaviest Woman: ‘I Need Help’
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 @ 06:15AM
By Adam S. Levy - Radar Staff Writer
The world's heaviest woman says she needs help.
Pauline Potter told Dr. Drew Tuesday night, she knew that she needed help to lose weight, so she contacted television personalities such as Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz for aid, but "nobody would hear me or respond."
Potter said at that point, she contacted the Guinness Book Of World Records in hopes of getting the attention and assistance she'd need in her battle against the bulge.
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"I knew it'd be degrading," she said, "but it was the risk that I wanted to take to get my story out there so I could get some weight loss help... I have knee pain and I really want to take care of this while I'm still able to."
Potter, who tipped the scales at 643 pounds when she entered the record books in February, estimated she's "really close to 700 [pounds,] but probably not at 700 right now."
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She said, "I don't really feel like I eat a super super amount right now; I think my metabolism slowed down when I had my son."
Potter blamed her current physical status on "bad managing" and "bad scheduling.
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"It's a combination of things," she said. "I love candy, I love sweets -- if I could have dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, I would do it."
Potter, a 47-year-old Sacramento, California native, said she always wants "to eat or have something in my mouth" even if she's "not hungry," adding she has a particular fondness for Jolly Rancher candies.
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"It's a bad habit," she said.
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Go to a hospital. You need PROFESSIONAL CARE and MEDICAL ATTENTION! What do you hope to accomplish by joining those who already serve as a constant embarrassment to our "great" nation as the living worst possible examples of the American Dream?
Posted Thu, 01/12/2012 - 6:15pm
She does not want help. She wants to have her 15 minutes of fame and hopefully get some money out of appearing on the show. Because I doubt her fat a$$ has a job. .
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 4:50pm
Why not ask her own doctor. She doesnt want help, she wants money and publicity.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:57am
Why do we have to be responsible for finding help for this fat pig? Couldn't she have just stopped eating so much about 500 pounds ago?
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:27am
She has a point-I have a large growth on my hip with legs & it loves to tapdance. Mom said I should see a doctor, but I said 'no this needs to be treated by professionals' so I contacted Oprah, Dr. Oz, Ellen Degeneres, Dr. Phil & none of them cared!
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:16am
she's an azzhat.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:09am
Here's a thought - if you felt no one would help you - get the people that helped you get to 700 pounds to lose it.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 11:03am
What a whiner! It's not rocket science, stop eating so much and you'll loose some weight.
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:45am
Dr. Drew is addicted to hot dogs smothered in underwear!
Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:21am