Famous Fat People

Actor Kevin James is on our list as one of our famous fat people. He's gotten more popular in recent years here with his likable on screen persona. We first saw Kevin in his TV show called The King of Queens. He was funny in the successful movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop. He also teamed up with Adam Sandler and a bunch of former Saturday Night live actors for the movie Grown Ups. Kevin has down well for himself and there is no reason to believe that he will slow down anytime soon.

John Goodman has got to be one the most successful actors around. He came to fame in the situation comedy Roseanne. That got him rilling on a ling string of movie roles. In fact, for a while there, it seemed to me like it was a surprise if he wasn't in a current movie. Goodman has been in movies like Everybody's All American which was filmed in my hometown of Baton Rouge. He's been in the very entertaining movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Raising Arizona. Goodman has lived in New Orleans, Louisiana for a long time and the people of Louisiana really like him. I even saw him once in person when he was at an LSU football game, He was friends with a man that used to sit next to me before he passed away. That man was Jack Serio of New Orleans. Anyway, during a daytime LSU game in Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, John Goodman walked up the stairs and came and sat right down next to Jack to watch some of the game. That was pretty cool. He was just a regular guy in jeans and a t-shirt watching the game.

I decided to put Ruben Studdard on our list of famous fat people. He's a successful singer that first came to fame from the hugely popular TV show American Idol. Now, I really don't know very much about this man but he is famous and doing well for himself after winning the top prize on that TV show.

If Santa Claus is not the most famous fat person in the world, then who is? Santa is certainly a busy man. Preparing toys for children all over the world at the North Pole and running this huge operation of working elves at the North Pole is a big job. You would think that Santa would stay trim with so much work to do. I believe that there is a perception that fat people are somehow more jolly or happy. I'm thinking of the term "fat and happy" right now. Perhaps, the idea of Santa being slimmed down doesn't sit right with people's perceptions of what he should look like. Regardless of why Santa is considered to be fat, he's got to be on our list here for sure. Don't you agree?

Kirstie Alley is a famous actress that rose to fame replacing Shelly Long on Cheers. While on the Cheers show she was always a curvaceous actress. As she has gotten older she has had problems with her weight. She lost weight through Jenny Craig or something and was even on a paid spokesperson for one of these companies. She seems to go back and forth now with her weight but she is still popular and is currently appearing on the popular television show "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC>