Is Harvey Fierstein dying?

Ozempic for Fat Whores!

I thought he was still in prison for all the bad things he done did to all those innocent women.

But I've never seen him look better.

R2…fail

If I had to guess, I'd say it was throat cancer.

His gravelly voice always made me think that he was a heavy, heavy, heavy smoker.

[quote] Is Harvey Fierstein dying?

Is that so wrong?

RIP.

He had become morbidly obese. He nay have had bariatric surgery.

I didn’t recognise him in Bros.

[quote] He nay have had bariatric surgery.

Neigh!

I hope his weight loss is medically supervised and for health reasons, to lessen cardiometabolic risk factors.

Separately, I try not to theorize about the health of older guys. I will be that age myself one day, and I’d feel bad if people made false assumptions about my health and lifestyle. It’s hard to be an “open window”, an aging single guy.

When older folks drop a lot of weight sagging is inevitable.

He looks gaunt and unhealthy.

[quote]He looks gaunt and unhealthy.

He looks very unhealthy. I would not recognize him if he hadn't been pointed out.

The weight loss seems severe . Its either Ozempic or some form of cancer.

Harvey Fierstein is GAUNT to me.

Aw, I always knew he and Jordan Peterson would wind up together...

Harvey is a sweet guy -I hope he is well.

He gets to age thin and rich.

Imagine if he leaves behind pets…”Forever home needed for audibly abused Bichon frize - Emphysema sufferers encouraged to apply”

Oh, no. I didn't even recognize him. Read his autobiography last year, which had many photos of him. He doesn't look long for the world.

Even if it’s Ozempic, is it normal to lose 75 pounds on it? I’m guessing bariatric surgery

I always loved this pic of HF - darkly handsome and just a tad plump - sultry. Love his voice, too.

My cousin’s friend who is a stylist to ALL the big names in podcast journalism says that Senator Graham paid Harvey to record European inseam conversion charts. The heavy breathing sounds,Mr. Fierstein makes as he reaches the 51-52 range is kind of hot.

He looks like a shorter Jeff Goldblum there. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

In a 2022 interview, he stated that he stopped drinking alcohol.

“To Brenda Vaccaro, I leave $1.00 for reasons known to her. She is to stay away from my beloved pets and the lanai.”

Wow. Harvey has been big as a house for years. He looks rather dire here, but maybe he got tired of being a big fat person?

Even if he dies and everyone acts like he was so talented, the truth is he has only ever recycled the "Gays aren't authentic unless they're drag queens" play to death. All of his writing is the same fucking thing over and over.

Either that, or the horror of Michael Urie's bizarrely awful performance in the otherwise dated and rotten revival of "Torch Song Trilogy" a few years ago finally hit him!

Which one is he? The GAY one?

Hopefully he’s okay.

[quote]Imagine if he leaves behind pets…”Forever home needed for audibly abused Bichon frize - Emphysema sufferers encouraged to apply”

All joking aside, r17, Harvey owns 2 or 3 enormous dogs.

I like Harvey. I hope he's all right.

He was actually pretty handsome when he was younger.

I loved Torch Song Trilogy when it came out - never saw anything that painted gay life and struggle so accurately.

Hopefully he's healthier.

He looks thin. He doesn't look unhealthy. This weight loss has been going on for awhile now. It appears drastic, but wasn't sudden.

I'm also with FNF/r25 here, plus a little more. He isn't an incredibly talented individual, nor is he a particularly nice guy. I worked with him 3 times, at 10 year intervals.

I certainly wish him well, but I'd be happy to never have to work with him on any level ever again. He wasn't necessarily a horror, but he sucks all of the air out of a room. Fucking exhausting.

He could be John Turturro’s brother.

Why is he fabric shopping? Is that Billy Crudup on the right? What are they sewing?

Harvey is a quilter, r33.

Per R1, I immediately thought Ozempic or the equivalent.

[quote] Harvey Fierstein is GAUNT to me.

G.A.U.N.T.

He looks like Sophia Petrillo

[Quote]Even if it’s Ozempic, is it normal to lose 75 pounds on it?

Oh yeah, the heavier people are when they start, the more they stand to lose on it.

That's a rough 69.

Hope he's ok.

He doesn't look ill when the photo is enlarged. I wonder if he has issues with osteoarthritis and the weight was just making life miserable.

Who’s the twink?

Sad last days?

He's a massive asshole. That being said, I do hope he's not sick. I also hope he's retired.

He sounded like someone who had lung cancer 40 years ago.

Doesn’t he have like double vocal cords or something? That’s the reason for the voice.

I don't think that's a particularly rough 69.

He's lost weight for a new movie role.

Many years ago on the Howard Stern show - Howard said( VERY homophobic - but I laughed anyway)

You’d think all that semen would clear up his throat.

From birth, all of us are dying.

I've only heard rotten things from those who've worked with him.

“To Andrew Sullivan, I leave a vocal recording of, ‘Ew’”

Sad last gays!

What's he doing in a quilt shop in the picture in the OP?

It's not just the weight loss but the fact that he used to have a beard that's making his face now look sickly.

Maybe he should have kept the beard.

BTW who's the guy on the right in the picture?

I thought he had nodules on his vocal cords and that was why his voice was so gravelly.

Harvey was interviewed on NPR last year when his autobiography, "I Was Better Last Night" came out. I think it was Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" who interviewed him for a full hour.

I had to change the station. I couldn't listen to Harvey's gravely voice. It was so grating I really wanted to know what Harvey had to say, but just couldn't listen to his voice on the radio for 60 minutes.

I think he looks great. He was much much much too fat. A vast improvement.

Is he really into quilting?

He looks Rachel Maddow at 80.

R58 yes. Check out his Instagram.

[quote ] BTW who's the guy on the right in the picture?

Steven Skybell, Hot Tevye in the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof.

He only looks gaunt because we remember him as a fatty.

That's Steven Skybell? Damn, he cleans up well.

Has Harvey ever written anything else that was successful/memorable since the one-two punch of TST and La Cage?

I feel like he's been coasting for 40 years. Am I forgetting something? (Outside of performances, I mean.)

[quote]Imagine if he leaves behind pets…”Forever home needed for audibly abused Bichon frize - Emphysema sufferers encouraged to apply”

[quote]All joking aside, [R17], Harvey owns 2 or 3 enormous dogs.

You can see photos of Harvey's giant dogs that r28 mentions in r60's link.

“To Susan St James I leave a hearty Go Fuck Yourself! Sure you were thinner, prettier, with better hair, and you fucked McMillan. I had a sexier voice.”

[quote] Has Harvey ever written anything else that was successful/memorable since the one-two punch of TST and La Cage?

He wrote the libretto to the slick, yet dull and vacant hit Kinky Boots, and some play called Casa Susanna about straight transvestites at a Catskills resort...really.

I would love to write a libretto but no one has ever asked!

“If Bernadette Peters attends my funeral, I want her up front, seated in a vinyl chair. She pees when she cries, poor dear.”

Oh that's right, I totally forgot about Kinky Boots.

I wouldn't call Casa Valentina successful or memorable. What about Newsies? Could that be called either?

He co-wrote the book for Legs Diamond.

He wrote the book for A Catered Affair. And played Uncle Winston.

[quote]He co-wrote the book for Legs Diamond.

Now *there's* an oopsie for you.

I'd rather accidentally douche with Drano

Are you in the right thread, r74? Are you ok? Should we call someone for you?

Harvey has been dropping weight for some time. The loss is drastic, but wasn't sudden. This looks like a Kevin Smith or Penn Gillette? situation. He likely had a health scare and heeded it.

He's just grown into the little old lady he always was. He spends his time with his dogs, his quilting, and his antiquing.

[quote] Are you in the right thread, [R74]? Are you ok? Should we call someone for you?

That's a line from Torch Song Trilogy, hon.

*turning in my gay card and slinking away....*

I remember he had a part in the film Independence Day. I can’t recall much about it except being really annoyed by the character he played. I think it was really over the top.

Also..remember..fat people die younger than skinny people.

R79- True. ALL of the FAT people from

What’s Happening! have long since died.

Mabel King 1999

Shirley Hemphill 1999

Fred Berry ( he always seemed gay to me). 2003

He and his partner in Mrs Doubtfire were the first gay couple I remember ever seeing on the TV as a kid, so I will always have a soft spot for him for that alone.

[quote] Even if it’s Ozempic, is it normal to lose 75 pounds on it?

Depends on how much you have to lose, For people who need to lose 75 lbs, yes Ozempic or Mounjaro does that. Go over to reddit and look at the subs on semaglutide, Ozempic, tirzepatide, mounjaro. Lots of people losing 50/75/100 lbs.

What would you rather do? Be hospitalized, have painful abdominal surgery, eat restricted liquid diet? Or take a tiny subcutaneous shot once a week and eat vegetables, fruit, eggs, etc?

I’ve lost 40 lbs in 11 months on Ozempic. I’m not hungry and I don’t count calories. For people who say Ozempic is the “easy way out”….compared to bariatric surgery, yeah. It’s easier.

R82. Congrats on the weight loss! If I needed to lose a significant amount of weight I would choose Ozempic over surgery, too. My friend went through painful surgery, lost weight and put it all back on. What a waste.

Ozempic

Y'all are cunts.

Harvey and his dogs.

Is Harvey a nice guy or a somewhat typical entertainer?

He has a snarly reputation as a highly unpleasant person, though is admittedly a hard worker.