Kirstie Alley Bringing First 'DWTS' Outfit Back, Minus 38 Inches

By PopEater Staff Posted May 24th 2011 12:14PM

The incredibly shrinking Kirstie Alley will step into an altered version of her opening-episode dress on the 'Dancing With the Stars' finale Tuesday. How altered? The costume had to be taken in 38 inches since the last time she wore it to Cha-Cha-Cha to Cee Lo's 'Forget You.'

On Monday's episode, the fan favorite flaunted her new figure in a skin-tight catsuit that showed off the enormity of her weight loss. But just how much she's shed is still a mystery.

"There will be some reveal of that at some point, but I really didn't care," she told the AP. "As long as I kept changing and changing and changing, I really didn't care. It was like, keep whittling, whittling, whittling. And the other thing that's really more significant to me - I mean, I love the whittling, I like being skinny - I'm really strong and really agile and it gave me a new life."

In early March Alley told Us Weekly that she had lost 60 pounds on her current diet and wanted to shed another 30 or 40 on 'DWTS.'

Even while losing so much weight, she has still been the butt of fat jibes from comedians, most notably George Lopez and Chelsea Handler.

But she's having the last laugh and is a clear favorite to win the mirror ball trophy over actress Chelsea Kane and footballer Hines Ward. All her weight-losing has kept the show's designer busy.

"We are constantly taking in and altering Kirstie's costumes," said Randall Christensen. "Isn't she looking incredible?!"

She's also apparently wearing out her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who tells AOL TV that this season has left him "drained."

"I don't know," he shared. "It takes a lot out of you. When you invest that much of you into something that's supposed to be just work you [can] get misinterpreted. I don't know [if I'm coming back]. We'll see. Right now, I'm drained."

Tags: Dancing With the Stars, Kirstie Alley

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Thursday 26 May

By Nancy

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Why can't people just except the fact that she looks great and be nice? Is it too much to ask this day and time . Trust in the Lord and He will see you thru.

Wednesday 25 May

By pnut166

I don`t see a difference. And I BET her partner`s "drained" - he`s been flingin` that cow around for months !

Wednesday 01 June

By Sara

"She doesn't look skinny to me."

Sunday 05 June

By ms dee bryan

i lost 55lbs in aprox 6 months just do to being sick with tooth abcess and walking in my yard and leg lifts and twists for an hr 6days a week during the winter time i live in central fla hope to live california soon, dont know how many inches lost no tape measure, i want to lose another 40lbs then be at goal weight but first want to lose another 185 lbs if dont get joke, i ditchd the control freak hubby and know i looking forward to starting life over with or w/o my teenage kids. SO WAY TO GO KIRSTIE, dancing is really helpful and fun to do!!!

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