14 DAY TRIAL // Actor Jorge Garcia, whom fans probably remember from the hit TV series “Lost,” is eating his way to an early grave. He is now tipping the scales at 400 pounds (181.4 kg) and his friends are terrified that he doesn’t have much to live unless he does something drastic to lead a healthier life, it has emerged.
The claims come from the latest print issue of The National Enquirer (via the Daily Mail), so that should give you some pause for thought before starting to mourn for him.
The actor, who was overweight when he starred on “Lost” too, is said to be paying even less attention to his diet, which means he continues to pile on the pounds. Those close to him fear the worst, insiders dish for the tabloid.
“We're talking Type 2 diabetes or, worse, a heart attack. No one wants to see that happen to him. Jorge is one of the nicest, gentlest souls you'd ever meet, but he just can't keep the pounds off,” says a spy.
Another insider claims that gastric bypass surgery “could be his only hope,” if only he’d consider it.
Celebrity gossip lovers must remember that this isn’t the first time that the Enquirer runs a story about a celebrity having only months to live: it did the same with Macaulay Culkin, saying he was so hooked on heavy drugs he would not live beyond 6 months, and with Chaz Bono, who was also grossly overweight.
In both cases, the reports turned out to be inaccurate, but a change in the stars’ lifestyle was noticed: Culkin was recently photographed looking healthier and heavier, with insiders claiming he was no longer doing drugs, while Chaz took it upon himself to lose weight and keep it off with a combination of regular intense workouts and a strict diet.
Voices are calling the tab’s propensity to such macabre stories a form of bullying – but one that, in these two cases at least, seems to have worked.
Sadly, the Enquirer gets it right every once in a while: it was the first media outlet to run the story of Patrick Swayze’s terminal cancer.
In Garcia’s case, only time will tell, but let us hope this one is just an unfounded rumor.