World’s Heaviest Mom Going on a Diet
Back in 2010, Donna Simpson – the World’s Heaviest Mom (according to the Guinness Book of World Records) – was attempting to fulfill her fantasy… hitting 1,000 pounds.
I guess reality proved to be more compelling than fantasy, since Simpson intends to convert her members-only website – where (among other things) subscribers paid to watch her eat – to a diet blog.
Until very recently, Donna Simpson — the Guinness World Record holder for “World’s Heaviest Mother” — made $90,000 a year from her members-only website, where fans paid $20 a month to look at pictures of her half-dressed and watch her eat. But now, Donna has broken up with her fiancé of five years. And she’s decided that she needs to lose weight.
…Simpson — who previously dreamed of being the world’s fattest woman — is 5’2″ and 600 lbs., and would like to get down to 370 lbs.
370 pounds may still seem like a lot (particularly for a woman who’s only 5′ 2″), but it’s certainly a start in the right direction.
September 5, 2011
I’m glad she is going to try to loose weight. I think it will be very hard for her to do. She will need a lot of support.
The thing that bothers me about this whole story is the fact that people actually paid money to watch her eat!!! Unbelievable and disgusting.
September 5, 2011
I hope she is receiving mental health care. She obviously needs it.
September 5, 2011
Simpson claims that she’ll be getting counseling, and hopefully she’ll follow through. Beyond the fetishism, even Fat Acceptance activists see “feederism” as a form of abuse (example here: http://www.womanist-musings.com/2010/11/fat-girls-and-feeders.html ).