Interview · moment 22 of 24
Celebrating Addiction and the Coming Homeless Celebrity
from #293 - Fat Activism with Jessica Kirson | The Tim Dillon Show · #293
5 min
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Tim extends the fat-celebration riff into predicting reality shows celebrating heroin addiction and homelessness, and debates with Jessica whether extreme obesity can really be "healthy."
- Tim pitches a reality show idea: a homeless celebrity star living in tents.
- Cities offer beds and homes to homeless people, but can't force them to leave the streets if they refuse.
- The culture now celebrates everything, but Tim has never celebrated his own mistakes like cocaine use and staying in the closet.
- Tim explains he doesn't want addiction celebrated because he wants to be an example and help others avoid the same pain.
- Tim won't celebrate obesity because it's not healthy, pointing to his own experience with high blood pressure and physical illness at 500 pounds.
- Some people on the internet claim you can be 300-500 pounds with no negative health effects, which Tim calls dangerous delusion.
- Tim argues people stuck in false beliefs can't be convinced otherwise and there's no point trying.