Key Highlights
- In a new interview, Gardell, 56, opened up about his past relationship with food and how he finally made the decision to change his life for good and drop an impressive 170 pounds.
- "I was medicating my emotions and my fears with food, and I was also celebrating my victories with food," Gardell, who left home at 17 to pursue a career in comedy, told People magazine.
- "You’re eating to deflect your feelings when they’re bad or enhance them when they’re good, and both of those things are poison pills." "I had gotten so big and so stationary that it hurt to stand up," he added.
- ‘MIKE & MOLLY’ STAR BILLY GARDELL JOKES HE STILL BATTLES ‘FAT GUY IN THERE’ AFTER 170-POUND WEIGHT LOSS The "Mike & Molly" star opened up about his 170-pound weight loss.
- () By 2020, Gardell had reached 370 pounds and had developed type 2 diabetes.
