KIRSTIE ALLEY isn't the only curvaceous celebrity cutie creating commercials for Jenny Craig. Former "One Day at a Time" star VALERIE BERTINELLI has joined the cause as she attempts to get back to the weight that is on her California driver's license.
"I drove by the Jenny Craig center so often, I'm like, 'I should do it. Kirstie did it,'" Valerie tells ET's JANN CARL of her involvement with the weight-loss program at a photo shoot for People magazine, on newsstands nationwide Friday. "She did such an amazing job and she's so funny. She made it look like it was fun to do, and I should do it."
As well-intentioned as Valerie was, she resisted actually joining the Jenny Craig program -- even when she got up to a size 14 -- until she got a call.
"My first thought was, 'Why does everyone know that I'm fat?' I never went out, so they can't see I'm fat," explains Valerie, who actually admits she pays to go to the movies to avoid photographers taking photos of her on the red carpet at premieres.
The American sweetheart traces her first difficulties with food back to the days when she first began dating former husband EDDIE VAN HALEN, and was so in love, she only ate tea and toast for breakfast.
"I came back to 'One Day at a Time' super-thin and they were, 'What happened to you?,'" she recalls. "I just lost the weight and then I gained it back and then I lost it again and gained it back. That's been my life basically."
Working with Kirstie on the commercial was a blast for Valerie, who compliments her co-star: "That woman is whip-smart quick. Her brain is always moving, and she's got ideas. I just wanted to keep up with her."
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