Susan Powter

Promoting:  herupcoming feature documentary, Stop the Insanity: Finding SusanPowter, and her new self- published memoir is available on Amazon. And ThenEm Died...: Stop The Insanity! A Memoir: Powter, Susan: 9798343467246:Amazon.com: Books.

 

Susan Powter ... Australian-born American motivationalspeaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, andauthor, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catchphrase "Stop theInsanity!", the centerpiece of her weight-loss infomercial

 

STOP THEINSANITY 2.0 By Susan Powter

SusanPowter, 66, was one of the most famous people in the 1990’s and helped millionsof women to get healthy with her ‘Stop The Insanity’ program. At the height ofher popularity, it’s been reported the company made close to $300 milliondollars. How did she lose it all? It’s an extraordinary story! ‘Stop TheInsanity’ was one of the most successful brands both in the US and worldwidemaking her in today’s terms, the original influencer.

Knownas The Queen of Infomercials, Susan sold tens of thousands of workout tapes,merchandise, etc. breaking QVC’s record of the number of units sold in oneshow. Susan's also a three-time NY Times Best Selling author and seven-timePlatinum Time Warner Video selling personality. She had her own talk show, TheSusan Powter Show, in 1994 and was a regular guest on countless late night anddaytime talk shows. She became a cultural icon and was spoofed by SNL and namedone of PEOPLE's 25 Most Intriguing People of 1993.

However,all that changed with a bankruptcy case, multiple lawsuits with businesspartner Jerry Frankel and her break up with management leaving her pennilessand alone. In 2015, she relocated to Las Vegas and began driving Uber Eats tosurvive.

ZeberiahNewman and Jamie Lee Curtis are Executive Producers on her upcoming featuredocumentary, Stop theInsanity: Finding Susan Powter, andher new self- published memoir is available on Amazon. And ThenEm Died...: Stop The Insanity! A Memoir: Powter, Susan: 9798343467246:Amazon.com: Books.