Former CHEERS star Kirstie Alley has been celibate for over four years because she can't imagine any man finding her attractive after she piled on the pounds. The former model is set to poke fun of her weight problems in upcoming TV comedy FAT ACTRESS but she admits there have been moments of great sadness after she realised she was in fact a fat actress.

Speaking to pal Oprah Winfrey, who herself has suffered from weight problems in the past, on Friday's (12NOV04) OPRAH show, Alley says, "I have seen myself naked... For a while I would stand in really good light and go, `You look OK,' and then I just had this sort of cathartic experience about 10 months ago when I decided to do this show.

"I crumbled. I looked in front of the mirror and just thought, `Just really look at yourself,' and I was like, `Oh my God...' and I couldn't believe it. I just was crushed."

The realisation made her stick to her own promise not to get naked with a man.

She adds, "I don't want to have fat sex. I've been celibate for four-and-a-half years. I think I became like a born-again virgin. It's by choice.

"I've always been a little bit inhibited but now I sort of know what I look like and I just can't see some guy's eyes going, `Oh, my God...'"

13/11/2004 02:43