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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
I saw on ET or one of those shows earlier today that Randy Jackson had the by-pass type of surgery. It may not have been the gastric by-pass, but you know one of those techniques. And he will be on hand for the auditions CT4 mentioned previously.
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"American Idol" Dawg Slims Down
Fri Jul 18, 1:15 PM ET
By Lia Haberman
Randy Jackson is faced with weighty decisions every week as a judge on Fox's talent search American Idol.
Now the music industry vet is getting serious about his own heft, undergoing gastic bypass surgery in an attempt to shed some pounds before returning to work on the third Idol installment in January, reports Inside Edition.
While Jackson wouldn't confirm the surgery, he did release a statement to E! News Live Friday saying, "I have taken serious steps to improve my health over the past few weeks, so I may appear lighter very soon.
"I want to resume my Speedo modeling career."
The Idol judge reportedly underwent a procedure called the Fobi Pouch last week at the Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity in Southern California.
"The patients who undergo this kind of procedure are usually morbidly obese," surgeon Dr. Basil Felahy told Inside Edition. "By giving [the patient] a small pouch which is going to be his stomach from now on, the main stomach and bowel attached to it is bypassed."
A onetime bass player with Journey in the 1980s, Jackson served as an A&R exec for Columbia Records and MCA Records before his Idol stint. He has also produced, recorded, toured and performed with such dawgs as Bob Dylan (news), Mariah Carey (news), Madonna (news - web sites), Elton John (news), Destiny's Child, 'N Sync (news - web sites) and Aretha Franklin (news).
Last March, Jackson claimed to have already lost 20 pounds the natural way by cutting back on portions and working out several time a week, according to an interview in People magazine.
So what do Idol's fellow experts think about a slimmer, trimmer Jackson? No reaction yet, but Simon Cowell will no doubt approve, judging by his recent comments to Us Weekly about next season's contestants. "I would like better-looking people this time. I don't want this to turn into American Ugly Idol," opined the acerbic Brit.