Aretha Franklin Says She's Lost 85 Pounds
Aretha Franklin says she's lost 85 pounds as part of an ongoing effort to drop weight.
The legendary singer said in a taped interview that aired Wednesday on ``The Wendy Williams Show'' that she's been trying to shed pounds ever since looking at pictures of herself and deciding she was ``entirely too fat.''
Williams interviewed Franklin on Friday at a Detroit-area hotel.
The 68-year-old Franklin underwent surgery for an undisclosed ailment in December and didn't go into detail about it during the interview with Williams.
The ``Queen of Soul'' did say a recurring pain in her side last year was her ``first inkling that something was not what it should be.''
The second part of the interview is to air on Thursday.
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