GERARD DEPARDIEU is in a death spiral after packing on a whopping 46 pounds – and sources close to the former French superstar warn he’s eating himself into an early grave. A recent refugee from France because of tax issues, Depradieu was enbraced by bear wrestling Prez Vladimir Putin as Russia’s new citizen but even THAT may not save the calorie challenged star.
The 5-foot-10, 340-pound star was recently spotted looking beet-red and bloated as he rolled out of Ciampino Airport in Rome in a wheelchair and needed the assistance of two men just to get into a waiting car.
On Nov. 29, Gerard, 64, the party-hearty performer was detained by Paris police for allegedly driving drunk on his scooter. After falling off the motorbike, he failed a sobriety test.