Rosie O' Talks 50-Pound Weight Loss: "It's Filled With Emotional Turbulence"
"I have a group that I go to, where women talk about how they feel," she continued. "A lot of marriages break up once one person gets healthy. Luckily, my wife is very healthy, [has] always been healthy, loves me and encourages me to be healthy." In fact, losing weight and taking care of herself was one of her wife’s requirements for marriage. Rosie O'Donnell returned to ABC's The View this week weighing more than 50 pounds less than she did the last time she co-hosted the show back in 2007. But it's been an emotional adjustment for the star. She suffered a heart attack in 2012 then earlier this year, underwent a vertical gastric sleeve procedure that helped her reach a healthier weight. 'The fact that I look so different has been difficult and unexpected,' she tells Salon.com . 'Everyone assumes that obese people would just be jumping for joy that they were healthier and thinner and able to fit into store-bought sizes, we don’...