Simmons is well known for his energetic and kind demeanor. He also released a calendar for 2019 and runs a newsletter, so he's not entirely missing, in the strict sense. Jason Kempin/Getty Images Reappearance on Social Mediaĭuring the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Simmons resurfaced on his YouTube channel to help people stay fit at home. However, the videos are old and there's no new footage of Simmons in them, leading to more speculation about who, exactly, is posting these videos. He is, after all, in his 70s, and pretty well known for his vanity, so perhaps he simply doesn't want to be seen as an old man. Simmons and his publicist have repeatedly said the concerns over his disappearance were unwarranted and that he is simply choosing to be less publicly visible. In April 2017, after hospitalization for severe indigestion, Simmons made his first public comment in over a year, posting a photo of himself on Facebook alongside the message "I'm not 'missing', just a little under the weather." The only problem was, fans quickly deduced that the photo Simmons posted was from 2013, leading to rumors that the message might not actually have been posted by Simmons. In March 2017, LAPD did a welfare check on Simmons and said the famous fitness guru was fine. The podcast Missing Richard Simmons launched in February 2017 to explore why he left public life so suddenly. Then, that November, his popular and long-running gym closed without any word from its very famous proprietor. Simmons quickly shot down that nonsense in an audio interview with the Today Show on March 14, 2016. Rumors and conspiracy theories about Simmons' disappearance started circulating in 2016 when it was reported he was being held hostage by his housekeeper. His last major public appearance was in early 2014. Richard Simmons has all but disappeared from public life. He taught exercise classes in shopping malls from coast to coast, he hosted the television show Slim Cookin' as well as the Emmy-Award winning talk show The Richard Simmons Show. Simmons was everywhere in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
His popularity in the media led to a recurring role on General Hospital playing himself for four years. Simmons later appeared on a number of game shows of the era including Match Game, Price Is Right, $25,000 Pyramid, and Hollywood Squares.
The show filmed him at his gym, where he introduced clients whom he had helped to lose a lot of weight. Simmons was filmed for a segment on the old news program Real People. Simmons closed his fitness studio abruptly in November 2016. His fitness studio catered to overweight women and men, making it unusual for the time (or for now in Los Angeles). Throughout the week, Simmons taught aerobics classes and motivational classes at his Beverly Hills studio. He then decided to open his own exercise studio focused on healthy eating, portion control, and enjoyable exercise in a supportive atmosphere. He lost 123 pounds by working out and eating healthy. After moving to L.A., Simmons began to get interested in fitness. Richard Simmons moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and found a job as the Maître d'hotel at Derek's, a restaurant in Beverly Hills. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette before transferring to and graduating from Florida State University with a BA in Art. He eventually reached a peak weight of 268 pounds at 5′ 6″ tall. At the age of 15, Simmons weighed 182 pounds as a student at Brother Martin High School.
When he was five, Simmons realized that he was looked at in an unfavorable light because he was fat. Simmons started overeating as a toddler and was overweight by the time he was four. Richard has an older brother, Leonard Jr. Later in life, his father worked in thrift stores and his mother was a cosmetics saleswoman. His father worked as a master of ceremonies. He was raised in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which probably explains his outgoing and flamboyant personality. Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons was born on July 12, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Leonard Douglas Simmons Sr.
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