The weight loss reality star, Ruby Gettinger is slowly but surely dropping the weight. At one time she was up to 700 pounds but has since dropped 400 pounds. Considering she’s still considerably overweight she felt the need to respond to the situation that occurred this week when film director Kevin Smith was kicked off of flight while he was already on the plane and waiting for take-off.

Ruby said that she remembers one time while flying and weighing 700 pounds the man next to her was very upset and she felt bad about it. She said,

“After that experience, I never flew without a friend to sit next to me, or I would buy two seats.”

Ruby admitted she doesn’t know the details of Kevin’s experience with Southwest airlines but she thinks that these issues need to be taken care of discreetly while inside the airport, not once everyone is on the plane. She explained her reasoning,

“We need to remember that we may have different shells, but we are still the same on the inside.”

Ruby has done a great job on her weight loss journey and it’s good to see that she’s gaining the confidence now to talk about current issues in regard to weight and obesity.
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Ruby Gettinger is back this week for the start of season two of her show, Ruby, which airs on The Style Network.  Originally she weighed 500 pounds and she has already lost over 100 pounds!  During the second season Ruby will learn some new ways to eat properly and get in some more exercise now that she is much more mobile.

Also this week, her DVD will be released:  Ruby: A Journey to Lose the First 100 Pounds which includes the season one episodes as well as mini-workouts and diet and fashion tips.  Ruby is so motivated, she is even hoping for a meeting with President Obama to discuss health issues:

“I’ve written a letter to him.  It’s my dream to have the President and First Lady come out and walk and talk to me.  I have so many ideas,” she says. “I have a program in my head that I want to go over with the President, because they talk about money and cost of things and that has a lot to do with obesity and health issues. I have to get to him. It will save the economy. It will save the American people. People are dying from this.”

Episode one of Ruby season two airs on July 5th at 8/7c.

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