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What's happened to Jason Lee. He looks unwell


I just saw a behind the scenes interview of Jason Lee at Memphis Beat official website and the man looks so ill. He looks like he's lost so much weight and has the shakes going on. Hope he is ok. I love him in Memphis Beat.

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yeah your right he has lost a lot of weight! the shakes? i think thats him fumbling in his chair !

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I think he looks great. He looks like he started running or something and got in better shape.

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BETTER SHAPE?? He looks sick. Head is almost a skull now, and all the boyish charm and down-home sweetness is GONE !

He's starting to look MEAN!

Also, what happened to the big Indian cop??(the one with the ponytail)

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I noticed it too. DJ Qualls almost looked fat standing next to him!

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My first thought when I saw him on the season premiere was alcohol. Alcohol, or the 'Hollywood diet' of coke and cigarettes (or both). I googled 'Jason Lee alcohol' and came up with this:

http://www.xomba.com/jason_lees_karma_and_linsay_lohans_pharmaceuticals

Another alleged boozie, Jason Lee, who until now has been seen as the world’s nicest actor, has his ex-wife calling him out. According to his ex, Carmen Llywellyn, Lee is a “drunk who beat her”


Ex wife claims are always to be taken with a grain of salt, but, between these claims and the way he looks, a liquid diet premise seems possible.

Whatever is going on, this is NOT the look of a guy who's working out and getting in shape.

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I thought that too when I saw the first episode this season. Blut in the second ep this week he did look a little better. I don't know why we now think of skinny as attractive. A little weight on a man is more attractive than skin and bones.

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I noticed he was much thinner this season, too, but I certainly don't think he looks "sick". Doesn't have a 2 or 3 year old to chase after these days? Maybe he's losing weight from being much more active.

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He's losing his hair. That makes him look aged.

All rain dances are appreciated.

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I was just going to comment on his hair too. Not to mention that he's losing it, because I don't care about that. But I've noticed that it looks like he's stopped dying it, which is good news. It was way too dark last year and didn't look right.

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I know my reply is a bit late, but he was not sick. I saw an interview with him where he explains that he saw himself in season 1 and found himself to big. So he decided to start running in order to lose some waight.

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Thanks for reporting that - I thought he looked heavier in Season 1 than the way I remembered him in other roles. It's to be expected as people age, but actors are particulary sensitive to the way they look in front of the camers.

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