Post by CarolinaCutie on Jul 29, 2003 13:07:39 GMT -4
Rapper-Actor Heavy D Loses 135 Pounds
LOS ANGELES - Heavy D isn't so heavy anymore. The rapper-turned-actor says he's dropped 135 pounds in the last year. Heavy D, whose real name is Dwight Myers, said the weight loss wasn't prompted by health concerns but because he was losing roles.
"I went on a couple auditions and one director was kind enough to say, `Look, you would've had this part but you're not fitting, you're stifling yourself,'" he told the Television Critics Association last week.
"He was right. I kind of always knew it in the back of my mind, and I just woke up on a Tuesday and I just kept going."
Heavy D plays a mechanic in "The Tracy Morgan Show," a proposed show starring the former "Saturday Night Live" comic. It is not yet on NBC's fall schedule. Heavy D composed and performs the show's title theme.
Heavy D has no plans to lose the moniker he's used since he broke into the music business. Heavy D and the Boyz earned three Grammy nominations and scored a hit in 1989 with "We Got Our Own Thang."
"There's a lot of checks involved with 'Heavy D,' so that name stays," he said.
The Jamaica-born, Bronx-raised actor's credits include the movies "Life," "The Cider House Rules" and "Big Trouble," and the TV shows "Roc," "Living Single" and "Boston Public."
Yahoo News
Go 'head, Heavy!
Dang I feel so old now that I think back to the first time I saw him as a big fluffy cutie when I was around 13--lol! Anyway, whether he's 135 pounds heavier or lighter, he'll always be the "Overweight Lover" in my eyes. 
LOS ANGELES - Heavy D isn't so heavy anymore. The rapper-turned-actor says he's dropped 135 pounds in the last year. Heavy D, whose real name is Dwight Myers, said the weight loss wasn't prompted by health concerns but because he was losing roles.
"I went on a couple auditions and one director was kind enough to say, `Look, you would've had this part but you're not fitting, you're stifling yourself,'" he told the Television Critics Association last week.
"He was right. I kind of always knew it in the back of my mind, and I just woke up on a Tuesday and I just kept going."
Heavy D plays a mechanic in "The Tracy Morgan Show," a proposed show starring the former "Saturday Night Live" comic. It is not yet on NBC's fall schedule. Heavy D composed and performs the show's title theme.
Heavy D has no plans to lose the moniker he's used since he broke into the music business. Heavy D and the Boyz earned three Grammy nominations and scored a hit in 1989 with "We Got Our Own Thang."
"There's a lot of checks involved with 'Heavy D,' so that name stays," he said.
The Jamaica-born, Bronx-raised actor's credits include the movies "Life," "The Cider House Rules" and "Big Trouble," and the TV shows "Roc," "Living Single" and "Boston Public."
Yahoo News
Go 'head, Heavy!
Dang I feel so old now that I think back to the first time I saw him as a big fluffy cutie when I was around 13--lol! Anyway, whether he's 135 pounds heavier or lighter, he'll always be the "Overweight Lover" in my eyes. 
