Svelte Kathy loses 45kg
Actor Kathy Bates has revealed she lost about 45kg after her weight began to affect her stamina and mobility.
During a recent interview with Variety, the 76-year-old actor, who is starring as lawyer Madeline “Matty” Matlock in the reboot of Matlock, reflected on how she was able to endure the demanding filming schedule that comes with headlining a broadcast TV show.
“It’s helped me tremendously that, over the last six or seven years, I’ve lost 100 pounds (45kg),” the American Horror Story star said.
“I don’t think I’ve been this slim since I was in college,” Bates added.
Bates told Variety she reached her heaviest weight in 2011 when she starred in the lead role of lawyer Harriet “Harry” Korn in the NBC legal comedy drama series Harry’s Law.
“I had to sit down every moment that I could,” Bates recalled. “It was hard for me to walk. I’m ashamed I let myself get so out of shape, but now I have a tremendous amount of energy.”
During a 2019 interview with Extra, the two-time Academy Award winner opened up about losing more than 25kg and how her family history of diabetes motivated her to shed the extra weight.
“This is the best health I’ve been in years, and I’m so grateful. It’s a miracle,” she told the outlet.
“I was facing diabetes – it runs in my family — and I really didn’t want to live with that.”
In a 2019 interview with People, Bates shared that her then-28kg weight loss helped ease the symptoms of lymphedema, a condition she developed after battling cancer.
“I’m feeling great,” she told the outlet. “I’ve lost a lot of weight, and it’s really helped with my symptoms. I just still have to wear compression sleeves.”