Did Star Jones Have Weight Loss Surgery?

Star Jones is a television celebrity who was once on "The View". She was quite obese, but viewers couldn't help but notice she began shrinking after several years on the show. She avoided the topic of how she was losing the weight and refused to answer the question, "Did you have weight loss surgery?" for many months. Finally she admitted that she had undergone gastric bypass surgery, which is a bariatric weight loss procedure. Gastric bypass surgery carries a high risk for complications and is reserved for people who are severely obese and have exhausted all other weight loss options.