2024-12-25T21:36:53-0800

Billy Gardell had to put in a lot of work to lose over 150 lbs. in less than two years. The Bob Hearts Abishola star, 54, recently spoke to PEOPLE about his incredible physical transformation and why having bariatric surgery was “just the beginning” of his weight loss journey. “I chickened out from it a couple times, but at some point you get sick and tired of being sick and tired,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I was so big that I was at the point where it hurt to exercise. Then I d