HAVING gastric bypass surgery isn’t the only reason Roseanne Barr dropped a gut-busting 200 pounds. The ENQUIRER was a big help too.
The truth is that after her 1998 operation, her weight continued to yo-yo until we published shocking photos of the funnylady on vacation three years ago. They not only startled Roseanne but they motivated her, said the source.
The pictures, taken February 2011, showed the comic’s tummy bulging and excess skin hanging from her arm as she walked out of the ocean off Maui, Hawaii, in a one-piece swimsuit.
At the time Roseanne told The ENQUIRER, joking: “I weigh 175!!!!! I’m hot as hell!! Young male stars are all over me!”
But, in fact, those pictures were a wake-up call, revealed the source. “Roseanne vowed to get slim and fit once and for all after she saw those photos.