Fitness icon Susan Powter lost millions: How Raquel Welch, Jane Fonda, Suzanne Somers thrived [Video]

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, celebrities such as Raquel Welch, Suzanne Somers, Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger and more used their voices – and toned physiques – to kick-start what would become the beginning of a multibillion-dollar phenomenon. 

In a recent interview, fitness icon Susan Powter – who rose to fame as the face of the “Stop the Insanity!” infomercial, host of “The Susan Powter Show” and author of many diet and weight loss books – opened up about her rise to stardom and the financial strain that followed.

“Yes, there was money, but I never had $300 million in the bank account,” Powter, whose fitness packages grossed around $5 million, told People magazine. “I never made the money that I generated.”

Though Powter filed for bankruptcy in 1995, she’s still very grateful for the platform she had and is hoping to reignite that fire with her new book, “And Then Em Died… Stop the Insanity! A Memoir.”

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