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Hairspray's Marissa Jaret Winokur has been sporting quite the new look lately. The actress recently lost 60 lbs, she tells The Insider.But Jaret Winokur says her dramatic weight loss wasn't a ploy to up her Hollywood star power or change her body for superficial reasons. She did it to improve her own well-being.
Hairspray's Marissa Jaret Winokur has been sporting quite the new look lately. The actress recently lost 60 lbs, she tells The Insider.
But Jaret Winokur says her dramatic weight loss wasn't a ploy to up her Hollywood star power or change her body for superficial reasons. She did it to improve her own well-being. "When I was a size 14, I was super happy," the Retired at 35star explains. "The Doctor [was] saying I'm not healthy...so I need[ed] to change my way of life. But, interestingly enough, there are moments in my life [where] I felt more comfortable in that body sometimes than in this body."