Richard Simmons And His Career As A Fitness Guru

Not many people know that the fitness guru Richard Simmons was actually overweight and frustrated by fad dieting during his formative years. His career as a fitness expert was well informed by his youthful experience and he has since created a handful of aerobic DVDs, books and above all, he founded the Richard Simmons Fitness gym to aid people who desire to lose weight. Throughout the duration of his fitness career, Richard continue preaching health and fitness through the few means he created, he started appearing on television shows and even launched his own private TV show known as the Richard Simmons Show. He experienced a shift in focus in 2008 and became active on the political front, Richard was all in favor of a political bill called No Child Left Behind Act which focus is for public schools to make physical education non-competitive.

Where is He Now, Dead or Alive? Richard made his last public appearance in February 2014 and after a couple of years in March 2016, people started speculating that the fitness dude was held hostage in his own house by his house keeper. Richard himself denied the rumors through an audio interview which was broadcast on Today Show on the 14 of March but then without any public announcement from Richard, Simmons Fitness Gym closed down in November that same year. His unannounced disappearance gave rise to a podcast titled Missing Richard Simmons which triggered investigations into his abrupt exit from the public eye in February 2017. The rumors and speculations brought the LAPD detectives to the fitness guru’s home in March 2017 and after carrying out a welfare check, they issued a statement with the claim that Richard was hale and hearty and whatever he wants to do with his time is absolutely his business. Sequel to his hospitalization for a case of severe indigestion, Richard made a post on Facebook on the 19th day of April 2017 with the caption "I'm not 'missing', just a little under the weather” but people claimed that the post might have been made by someone who is impersonating him since the photo used in the post was somewhat old. Another facet of the speculation claimed that he disappeared to undergo a gender reassignment which resulted in a court case between Richard and some media outlets. From all indications, the fitness freak seems to be alive and kicking because in June 2018, he made a law suit against a Los Angeles private investigator for planting tracking devices in his vehicle. He even surfaced the next month to amend the law suit claiming that the investigator was working for In Touch Weekly. Is He Gay The numerous questions surrounding Richard’s sexual orientation will surely find answers in his weird behavior and way of living.

According to the fitness boss, he has lots to offer lots of people but doesn’t have lots to offer a single person, that surely is equivocal. Besides, he lives alone with just two-house staff and three Dalmatians as company, his manner of living has called his sexuality to question, but on his own part, he has never disclosed his sexuality openly, so we cannot categorically say whether he is gay or straight. Apart from the fitness saint’s way of life, his age is another indication that Richard may not be straight after all. How come a septuagenarian is still single and has never had any past record of love relationship with the opposite sex, word on the street had it that in 1992, he was involved with a Swiss porn star called Daniel Holt. His name was also linked with gay hustler Bruce Headrick in the 80s. Even when Richard dropped out from the public eye in 2014, rumors ran rife that he was undergoing reconstruction surgery targeted at gender reassignment, In fact Richard had to sue American Media, Inc. , National Enquirer and Radar Online who championed the news for libelous publications, he later lost the suit when the court struck out the case ruling that misidentification of a person as transgender is not actionable defamation and has no damaging effect. Net Worth The fitness guru has amassed a mouthwatering net worth of $15 million as confirmed by some reliable sources. His salary is unknown but he his net worth is believed to have accrued mainly from his fitness business and the television and radio shows he had in the past 82%.