{"id":2239719,"date":"2026-01-18T14:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239719"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:39:05","slug":"wasnt-a-segment-on-that-show-i-didnt-hate-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wasnt-a-segment-on-that-show-i-didnt-hate-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wasn&#8217;t a segment on that show I didn&#8217;t hate&#8217; (exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Susan Powter has slammed her &#8217;90s talk show in an interview with EW.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fitness icon fronted <em>The Susan Powter Show<\/em> after her <em>Stop the Insanity!<\/em> fame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Powter recently starred in the documentary <em>Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8217;90s infomercial icon <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-8786962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Susan Powter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Susan Powter<\/a> tells<em> Entertainment Weekly<\/em> she only ever wanted to use her platform to spread vital knowledge on food and wellness \u2014 and, in hindsight, her short-lived, nationally televised talk show wasn&#8217;t a healthy place for her to do it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an exclusive interview inside one of her favorite restaurants in Las Vegas \u2014 where she&#8217;s lived for decades after losing her fortune due to bad business deals and what she calls a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-threatened-bite-manager-finger-off-11851993\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shady management team around her;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shady management team around her<\/a> \u2014 Powter reflects on how she went from being a pop culture fixture of a bygone era to an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-delivered-uber-eats-louie-anderson-death-11686231\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Uber Eats driver who currently makes ends meet delivering meals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Uber Eats driver who currently makes ends meet delivering meals<\/a> throughout the Nevada city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After hitting it big with her 1992 infomercial <em>Stop the Insanity! <\/em>(which was even parodied at the time by Kirstie Alley on<em> Saturday Night Live),<\/em> Powter went from being a Texas mother with a passion for wellness to a nationally renowned fitness expert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She describes her overnight success by saying <em>Stop the Insanity!<\/em> &#8220;blew the s&#8212; up,&#8221; leading to book deals, exercise videos, weight loss guides, VHS shopping guides, an interview on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>, and even a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-bored-stiff-filming-fresh-prince-will-smith-exclusive-11852882\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:guest role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opposite Will Smith;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">guest role on<em> The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<\/em> opposite Will Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.<\/p>\n<p> Susan Powter on &#8216;The Susan Powter Show&#8217; talk show<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But, after Powter reached perhaps the pinnacle of success with her syndicated daytime talk series, <em>The Susan Powter Show<\/em>, she admits the project made her realize that life in the spotlight wasn&#8217;t what she was after in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did that horrifying show for the length of my contract,&#8221; Powter remembers. \u201cI said, &#8216;I hate it, I hate the show. It has nothing to do with me, I\u2019ve done it,'&#8221; before telling those around her that she wanted out of the show altogether before it ended its single-season run in 1995.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Powter goes on to call the men behind the scenes &#8220;prehistoric&#8221; \u2014 specifically, a trio of unnamed producers (according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0108945\/fullcredits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:IMDb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">IMDb<\/a>, the show had four producers, and only one was a man).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, Powter calls the team &#8220;white men&#8221; who &#8220;had no idea about women\u2019s <em>anything,<\/em>&#8221; despite the show featuring segments aimed at women&#8217;s interests. She even alleges that one unnamed staffer &#8220;grabbed everyone&#8217;s a&#8211; that walked by,&#8221; calling the environment a &#8220;gross&#8221; one to work in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clips from the program are still available online in a limited capacity, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K4pzP7g2Oyw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one segment on YouTube showing a jovial Powter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one segment on YouTube showing a jovial Powter<\/a> sharing a recipe for low-fat fried chicken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In her 2025 documentary, <em>Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter<\/em>, the 68-year-old reflects on some of the cloying segments she was asked to do on the show. During a portion of the film that takes place in Powter&#8217;s apartment, the camera shows her rummaging through some of her old possessions, including VHS recordings of <em>The Susan Powter Show<\/em> \u2014 particularly an episode titled &#8220;How to Meet a Man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;d like to see the segment, because I&#8217;d never do a segment like that. I&#8217;d never talk about that. I don&#8217;t care if you meet a man, and I don&#8217;t think most women should meet a man,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-total-lesbian-doesnt-date-anymore-11852880\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Powter, who came out as a lesbian after her rise to fame,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Powter, who came out as a lesbian after her rise to fame,<\/a> tells the documentary crew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film then plays footage from the talk show, including Powter telling her audience, &#8220;There&#8217;s so many ways to meet a man, but what&#8217;s the best way?&#8221; before another clip sees her asking the studio crowd, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t want to go and do whatever you had to do in the past in the &#8217;80s, like go to a disco and listen to Donna Summer all night \u2014 although I love Donna Summer, I love her \u2014 but, if you&#8217;re not willing to do that, how do you meet a man in the &#8217;90s?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in her apartment in the present day, Powter asks the camera, &#8220;You want my opinion on it now? Lesbian, all the way!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Later in her interview with EW, Powter says she &#8220;never walked away from anything&#8221; in her life before exiting the talk show, and &#8220;of course&#8221; she tried to fix the program &#8220;with every production meeting&#8221; she could before deciding to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was my f&#8212;ing show. There wasn\u2019t a segment on that show I didn\u2019t hate,&#8221; she explains. &#8220;I did it, and I did a good job&#8221; while in the middle of &#8220;doing a <em>lot<\/em> of other things \u2014 I wasn\u2019t just doing <em>that<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere in her interview with EW, Powter says that the team around her also pressured her into taking on acting jobs that didn&#8217;t align with her wellness mission, namely the aforementioned <em>Fresh Prince<\/em> acting gig and a part on the ill-fated <em>Designing Women<\/em> spin-off <em>Women of the House<\/em> in 1995.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Susan Powter of 'Stop the Insanity!' infomercial fame\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MNhejs2sZea5i0IE.sKohQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/276580842f4a97a3c1cd8d86492c367b\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Susan Powter of &#8216;Stop the Insanity!&#8217; infomercial fame<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kevin-costner-susan-powter-waterworld-exclusive-8785814\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:also claims Kevin Costner called her to offer her a villainous role in his 1995 action film Waterworld,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">also claims Kevin Costner called her to offer her a villainous role in his 1995 action film <em>Waterworld<\/em>,<\/a> but she declined, much to the chagrin of her manager at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My manager was livid because she wanted the movie,&#8221; Powter says. &#8220;[She thought] it would&#8217;ve been a great thing for me,&#8221; adding that, at this point, she realized that some members of her team wanted to push her away from her core principles of health and wellness and into the vein of hollow, cash-grabbing celebrity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter<\/em> \u2014 produced by Jamie Lee Curtis \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/movie\/stop-the-insanity-finding-susan-powter\/umc.cmc.728ae43zj23zyvv6vt2feiy9s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:is now available;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">is now available<\/a> on digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/susan-powter-struggled-filming-90s-talk-show-11852884\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Susan Powter has slammed her &#8217;90s talk show in an interview with EW. 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