?Why I think it's just great that Kristie is packing the pounds back on,? said Gerald Longfellow, 54, of Wichita, Kansas (Alley's hometown). ?Personally, I'm a big fan of the fat Kristie, much more so than the skinny Kristie but, I have to say, that bikini show she did on Opera was something else.?



After three years as Jenny Craig's spokesmodel, 57-year-old Alley stepped down under a flurry of uproarious gossip, theories and debate as to why. The biggest morsel of hearsay points to Alley's recent weight gain. Alley, who purportedly lost 75 pounds on the Jenny Craig Weight Loss Program, was actually fired for recent weight gain, according to some publications. Other media outlets claim she chose to quit the world's most popular weight loss system to try and start her own diet-based company.

Details are murky but one thing's for sure, Longfellow is happy. Longfellow, through chat forums and various websites, has been working to create a fan site that is dedicated to the bigger version of Alley. He said he has met hundreds that think fat is beautiful. Of those hundreds, he said there is an endless supply of fat lovers that are particularly infatuated with Alley's curvy shape and humorous outlook on life.

?I found out pretty quick that I'm not the only one out there who finds her to be smoking hot,? Longfellow said. ?There's a lot of people out there just like me.?

Alley, best known for her role on the hit TV sitcom ?Cheers? has also had a lengthy movie career including staring parts in ?Look Whose Talking? and ?Look Whose Talking Too.? She signed on with Jenny Craig as spokesmodel back in 2005 and stepped down on February 15 of this year.