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Van Lathan Jr.'s memoir, "Fat, Crazy, and Tired," explores his weight loss journey, his relationship with his father, and his experiences at TMZ, offering a vulnerable and revealing look at his life and the stigmas surrounding health and social acceptability. He discussed how the book evolved from a focus on his weight loss to a broader exploration of the reasons people find themselves in difficult situations.
So, initially, like part of my story has always been my weight loss, right?
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Van Lathan Jr.'s memoir, "Fat, Crazy, and Tired," explores his weight loss journey, his relationship with his father, and his experiences at TMZ, offering a vulnerable and revealing look at his life and the stigmas surrounding health and social acceptability. He discussed how the book evolved from a focus on his weight loss to a broader exploration of the reasons people find themselves in difficult situations.
So, initially, like part of my story has always been my weight loss, right?
I was around like 370 pounds, right?
And I know people are looking at me right now and they're going, well, wow, he's fat.
That there's something wrong with me saying, hey, I was this one way that people for no good reason, excoriate you and make you feel, you know, shameful. And look how I became one of you.
And so for me, I want to make sure that I have things in my life in order to where I feel good, peaceful and reassured about where I'm going, who I am and how the people around me feel supported and encouraged.