How Kirstie Alley Will Make More Money Than Any 'Dancing' Star

By Rob Shuter Posted Apr 26th 2011 10:30PM

As long as they're still standing and not voted off, all the celebs on 'Dancing With the Stars' make the same amount each week (the winner makes most, naturally), so when it comes to extracurricular earning, insiders tell me Kirstie Alley is poised to profit most from this experience.

"The weight loss business is worth hundreds of millions of dollars," a friend of Kirstie's tells me. "She has already lost 70 lbs dancing and hasn't wasted one minute to capitalize on it."

The actress, who recently launched her Organic Liaison Weight Loss System, appeared on QVC a few days ago and sold out in less than 15 minutes. And she's just getting started.

"Kirstie is no fool," the pal tells me. "She used her over 800,000 Twitter followers to make sure they tuned in and bought her product and has no plans of stopping any time soon."

"I will be on QVC this Saturday morning around 10:30 ... presenting my Organic Liaison products ... I've lost 70 lbs on them!! Woo hoo," Kirstie tweeted before arriving at QVC. Moments before her appearance, she tweeted, "Go on QVC in approx FIVE minutes ... woo hoo ... Get lean with me!!!..... Together we can do this and stay lean forever!!"

Many celebrity competitors have used the heightened profile they get from being on 'Dancing' to endorse products or book personal appearances, but observers in the industry believe Kirstie is taking it to a new level.

"She's creating a brand of product that can be sold around the world 24/7," a QVC insider tells me. "It's like what Joan Rivers did with her jewelry collection."

Looks like the former 'Cheers' actress will be dancing all the way to the bank!

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Tags: Dancing With the Stars, Kirstie Alley, Organic Liaison Weight Loss System

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Wednesday 27 April

By LyMan(Nature Boy)

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Id love to see Joan or even Melissa Rivers appear on DWTS. Put your money were your mouth is. OK lets throw in Donald Trump as well!

By Debi Drecksler

Kirstie...You are dancing for every voluptuous 60 year old woman out there and we LOVE you!

By Hey Tom

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do'nt make her feel to good ...she will start eating..

By Ernie D.

And shaking that fat off her body too.

Kirstie Alley has it all. The looks, charm, wisdom, you name it.

She may be the oldest contestant on the show but right now she is the best.

That tells you that age is just a number.

By Melba Ann Williams

Kirstie has not lost but 30lbs since she has been on DWTS.. She had lost some before she began. This is proof that when you move on a regular basis--the weight will fall. Her product will sell like hot cakes on QVC until she loses her place on the show and her exercise diminishes. Dancing is the best workout on the planet.. until I quit dancing--mine was a 23 inch waistline. If I had a guess Kirstie is a size 16-18.. She began at size 26--we need to cheer her on.. Her metabolism does not work as hard as Joan Rivers--that is a gift from God..

By joy

Joan,.... you wouldn't know beauty if it was staring you in the face. So,.. Kirstie is a little overweight, big deal. She's a beautiful, smart, funny woman who actually looks like a real woman should. Deal with it. Nobody will ever say that about you or Melissa. Get a life,... team Kirstie,... you go girl!

By I Learned How to Poop

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"Cash Cow" BahHAhahahah. oh, that AOL!

By smrg12

A perfect description and a perfect choice of words......cash COW!!!!

By mepa

I NOTICED LAST MONDAY THAT KIRSTIE HAD LOST WEIGHT, BUT NOT THE 70 LBS. AS REPORTED. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER WEIGHT LOSS SYSTEM, AND THE COST ON QVC?

By greatgrandmom

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KRISTIE, DANCE, DANCE YOU HAVE IT GOING ON
WE ARE ALL PULLING FOR YOU ALLOUR VOTES ARE FOR YOU

Friday 29 April

By connie

Dearest Joan,Why cant we all just get along!What happened to the old saying ,if you dont have something nice to say,dont say anything at all.I bet we would never hear anouther word out of your mouth if this was a trueism for yours truly.TRY A LITTLE NICENESS FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH & DINNER AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK,IT WONT KILL YOU!GOTA LOVE YOU!HAVE A NICE DAY!

By john schauer

I love DWTS but I'm feeling things are fixed. How can Alley the Rhino still be in the running? Petra eliminated, a beautiful dancer for one along with Jericho, and even Sugar Ray are gone and the Rhino is better? Then to have Bruno says Ally's was sexy..his taste is you know where while a really sexy Kendra Wilkenson whose dance was a wow and the judges picked her to repeat as the best dance BUT got a lower score than the Rhino.

By gique900

I agree. I've only watched the show a couple of times, but I do pay attention to the results when I hear about them and I often see performances on new blips and it's obvious that the show is for entertainment value and not a real contest. Sort of like back when they did quiz show and people got all upset because they thought it was a real contest and not rigged for entertainment value. I am in Kirstie Alley's corner for losing weight because it really seems to bother her so very much. For that, I hope she stays on the show. I think if she would ever get down to 140 or 150 and could find a boyfriend, she might actually be happy.

By luke1969

I got a little overweight once I kicked speed. Taking the weight off didn't take someone else to show me how to do that...I just reversed the process. I went from eating too much and not exercising...to exercising and not eating so much. Sugar and carbohydrates ARE addictive...and they're CHEAP...and they're everywhere. Kirstie knows the weight game and she plays it like a violin.

Thursday 28 April

By GIQUE900

Eat less. Move more. As they say on SNL. :-)

By joenie

My husband was a professional dancer and teacher. He ruined his back by carrying around overweight women. Kirstie doesn't look good doing these wonderful dances and it is not fun to see the suffering going on with her and her partner. There are other ways to lose weight. But, if she truly wants to do it by dancing, fine, she can afford dance lessons. Let her go for it. I love the program when it adheres to its beginning premise - dancing with the stars. Many of the amateur dancers are not stars, such as the Palin daughter, whose only claim to fame is her glory hound mother. Also, Len's cruelty is not at all entertaining. Please have him knock it off.

By Elyse Giles

Kirstie, I think you're amazing. It takes a lot of courage to be on DWTS and being a bit over weight and 60 to boot I have to hand it to you. I couldn't do it in a million years. You're an inspration to all of us. Keep it up. You're doing fantastic.

She's not going to make any money. Nobody is going to buy her product. She never lost a pound on that stuff. She was fatter than she has ever been when she started DWTS and exercise is how she lost the weight she lost, not diet supplements. Plus, who is going to believe anything she says on her infomercial since she is spouting lies about her weight and has always lied about it. I would never believe anything she said about anything. History tells us she embellishes a story. She looks like she's about 170 or 180 now and I believe she was around 240 or 250 so yes, she may have lost 70 pounds, but it's been from exercise not from a diet drink. Surely the public will realize that and won't be suckered into buying her diet drinks.

Sunday 01 May

By Patti

Kristie is great. She is a real women. Not everyone can be a size 0 or want to be. You have to like yourself no matter what you look like. Size 0 looks boney. I like have some meat on me. Kristie you go girl.

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