Somers is in her early 70s now and has aged remarkably well. She doesn't attribute this to plastic surgery though. Somers is an advocate for a medical process called 'Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy,' a form of hormone replacement which is purported to have many health and anti-aging benefits, but about which little medical evidence exists.
The lack of evidence doesn't concern Somers, who has written and published a book called 'Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones' in support of the procedures. She stoked particular controversy in 2013, when she suggested that the shooter in the Sandy Hook massacre may have been affected by the toxins in his diet and being exposed to household cleaning agents. When she's not advocating unusual health causes, she still sometimes appears on television. Her most recent major appearance was in the 2015 series of 'Dancing with the Stars,' in which she was eliminated during the show's fifth week.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.