CNN
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Richard Simmons is “very wholesome and pleased,” in response to his spokesman, after social media posts by the health movie star raised considerations about his present well being.
“I’ve some information to inform you. Please don’t be unhappy. I’m …. dying,” Simmons, 75, wrote in posts on Fb and X on Monday. “The reality is all of us are dying. Daily we dwell we’re getting nearer to our loss of life.”
“Why am I telling you this?” Simmons continued. “As a result of I would like you to take pleasure in your life to the fullest each single day. Rise up within the morning and have a look at the sky… rely your blessings and luxuriate in.”
When reached by CNN, Tom Estey, a spokesman for Simmons, clarified that the posts had been meant to be motivational in nature and never a private announcement associated to his well being.
“I can verify with 100% certainty that Richard is just not dying,” Estey informed CNN. “He’s, actually, very wholesome and pleased. The only real goal of the put up was meant to be inspirational.”
Within the thread of posts on his X web page, Simmons writes about wholesome consuming and inspired his followers to take a look at his exercise movies obtainable on his YouTube channel.
“An enormous hug actually goes a good distance,” he wrote on the finish of his put up.
Simmons grew a health enterprise and have become a tv common within the Nineteen Eighties, with a repute as a gregarious well being advocate.
He has remained out of the general public eye in recent times, however the circumstances surrounding his whereabouts and wellbeing has offered a justifiable share of web fodder.
Every now and then, Simmons will share private updates on his social media pages, writing in a January Fb post, “I simply attempt to dwell a quiet life and be peaceable.”