{"id":299920,"date":"2024-05-06T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/richard-simmons-posts-audio-message-first-time-weve-heard-voice-in-years"},"modified":"2024-05-06T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:48:12","slug":"richard-simmons-posts-audio-message-first-time-weve-heard-voice-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/richard-simmons-posts-audio-message-first-time-weve-heard-voice-in-years","title":{"rendered":"Richard Simmons Posts Audio Message, First Time We&#039;ve Heard Voice in Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"48.9507785033\">\n<section id=\"cb-14bc1519583b48db67b172a96d854718\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a36cfcf7-96d0-49c8-bb39-9a4876ed5073-2088797875-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a36cfcf7-96d0-49c8-bb39-9a4876ed5073-2088797875-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d3\/16by9\/2024\/05\/06\/d3f90671b33a42f78555d30688e06e67_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-14bc1519583b48db67b172a96d854718--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9070f61f7bbe6b57a670558fa5cd7bf7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.6271186441\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/richard-simmons\/\"><strong>Richard Simmons<\/strong><\/a> seems to be poking his head out from where he&#8217;s been hiding for about a decade now &#8212; &#8217;cause he just let the world hear his voice anew &#8230; and he hasn&#8217;t changed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9070f61f7bbe6b57a670558fa5cd7bf7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e11c98ac7ee6b7877f8eee0e8e2b73d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The legendary fitness instructor threw up an audio clip Monday to his personal YouTube page &#8212; and while he normally posts dance remixes and other throwback clips of himself &#8230; on this particular occasion, he decided he wanted the world to hear from him directly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e11c98ac7ee6b7877f8eee0e8e2b73d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4df4f879adb9d75c3b9962170e08e51b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4df4f879adb9d75c3b9962170e08e51b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-deb3b4f352abb2411b954d672c22b5e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Check it out &#8230; the snippet is fairly brief, with RS noting the date (5\/6\/2024) and then offering up a thank-you to his fans who read his inspirational notes\/messages on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-deb3b4f352abb2411b954d672c22b5e8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-75cd7221c685fc9b0c31fe0fa5978fb1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Richard then dives into a little roses-are-red poem where he declares his love for his base &#8230; and caps it off with a sweet farewell, almost seemingly teasing the notion he&#8217;ll be back. That certainly jibes with him chirping up these days &#8230; more than he&#8217;s done in a very long time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-75cd7221c685fc9b0c31fe0fa5978fb1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1eb4e8e8a243e5eae62089e595f5db74\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-733a7ff9-572e-4ca9-92e3-60e965b295f9-1975370497-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-733a7ff9-572e-4ca9-92e3-60e965b295f9-1975370497-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/75\/16by9\/2022\/08\/29\/75eaaf05c6fc4f34a6a503eed54b2e0a_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1eb4e8e8a243e5eae62089e595f5db74--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-877ff0ed1b1ef692454090ed5da8fe37\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.7586206897\">\n<p>You&#8217;ll recall &#8230; TMZ did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/tmz-investigates-what-really-happened-to-richard-simmons-05884e73-38d6-45aa-915b-be187fbefca8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a documentary<\/strong><\/a> that examined where Richard Simmons was today, and why he vanished from the public eye &#8212; as it turns out, he never really liked fame.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-877ff0ed1b1ef692454090ed5da8fe37--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5814e4212be43e7ae8ed9cf6cb52cc3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>He did address the public when we dropped our doc &#8212; and even outside of that, he&#8217;s repeatedly made clear over the years he wasn&#8217;t being held against his will, and that there weren&#8217;t any bad actors in his orbit &#8230; despite rampant speculation to the contrary.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5814e4212be43e7ae8ed9cf6cb52cc3b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6b8db3fdaaa3f3e30d39bb6e4170ff1e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-00039f1c-26d9-50c1-87c5-fbcf3f29d5bf-233946881-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-00039f1c-26d9-50c1-87c5-fbcf3f29d5bf-233946881-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7b\/16by9\/2024\/05\/06\/7bc0df5ffc454383be49cb4d4f2a66e9_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">JANUARY 2014<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6b8db3fdaaa3f3e30d39bb6e4170ff1e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-db00ab2027d92a36bcdb57593d3f1330\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>As everyone knows &#8230; Richard disappeared in 2014 when he didn&#8217;t show up to one of his fitness classes, without any explanation. Since then, he&#8217;s lived a very reclusive life.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-db00ab2027d92a36bcdb57593d3f1330--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f7e8259093e47532fe5aaa0c8ac26ec1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.5777777778\">\n<p>The latest with him actually pertains to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/pauly-shore\/\"><strong>Pauly Shore<\/strong><\/a>, who&#8217;s making a biopic about the guy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f7e8259093e47532fe5aaa0c8ac26ec1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3420f093cd233590678cf6e188cbd9eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3420f093cd233590678cf6e188cbd9eb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a3a8ea26a3a7b214e46b748008fcdbe2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.9398907104\">\n<p>Of course, Pauly is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/04\/pauly-shore-make-richard-simmons-biopic-support-court-jester\/\"><strong>forging ahead<\/strong><\/a> with the movie without Richard&#8217;s blessing &#8212; and despite his repeated attempts to get him onboard and to help &#8230; RS has rebuffed him time and again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a3a8ea26a3a7b214e46b748008fcdbe2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-85942eda6c554b2c7aa8f6fa42b718f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>With this latest development though &#8230; ya gotta wonder if we&#8217;ll see Rick in the flesh soon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-85942eda6c554b2c7aa8f6fa42b718f1--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/06\/richard-simmons-posts-inspirational-audio-message-first-time-voice-years\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content Richard Simmons seems to be poking his head out from where he&#8217;s been hiding for about a decade now &#8212; &#8217;cause he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}