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07-05-2023, 08:14 PM
https://www.nickiswift.com/1328986/real-reasons-you-dont-hear-much-from-90s-sitcom-stars-anymore/
Delta Burke has found peace and privacy in retirement
https://www.nickiswift.com/img/gallery/the-real-reasons-you-dont-hear-much-from-these-90s-sitcom-stars-anymore/delta-burke-has-found-peace-and-privacy-in-retirement-1688321303.webp
Delta Burke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Burke) reached peak-fame starring as Suzanne Sugarbaker on the hit CBS sitcom "Designing Women." At the time, Burke was both beloved and brutalized by the tabloid media, her body image the target of vicious mockery by the culture-at-large, per the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-18-ca-42028-story.html). After a high-profile feud with the show's producers, Burke was fired from "Designing Women" (https://www.nickiswift.com/476016/the-real-reason-delta-burke-was-fired-from-designing-women/) in 1991. She went on to star in several '90s sitcoms, including "Delta" and "Women of the House." Later in the decade, she would relocate from Hollywood to New Orleans, but she eventually moved back to Los Angeles in the early '00s.
When she was working the sitcom circuit, Burke was diversifying her professional life. She launched a clothing brand, penned a memoir, and got into antiques dealing. She also took the stage in Broadway productions of "Steel Magnolias" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie." In the '00s, she also got candid about her personal life, publicly sharing her experience with severe depression, hoarding (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Depression/delta-burke-opens-depression/story?id=4358469), and diabetes. After a fall on the set of her sitcom pilot "Counter Culture" in 2012, sources close to Burke claimed to the National Enquirer (https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/delta-burke-wheelchair/) that it affected her ability to work. "Delta disappeared from Hollywood because the industry and the people in it were becoming detrimental to her health," another insider alleged to OK! (https://okmagazine.com/exclusives/delta-burke-ready-break-silence-good-place/).
While Burke is still occasionally photographed by paparazzi around LA, the now-retired actor rarely speaks to the press, but told EatingWell (https://www.eatingwell.com/article/290921/delta-burke-healthier-and-happier/) of her health in 2018, "I feel good, and I know I'll get better and better. To me, it's a time of celebration."
Delta Burke has found peace and privacy in retirement
https://www.nickiswift.com/img/gallery/the-real-reasons-you-dont-hear-much-from-these-90s-sitcom-stars-anymore/delta-burke-has-found-peace-and-privacy-in-retirement-1688321303.webp
Delta Burke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Burke) reached peak-fame starring as Suzanne Sugarbaker on the hit CBS sitcom "Designing Women." At the time, Burke was both beloved and brutalized by the tabloid media, her body image the target of vicious mockery by the culture-at-large, per the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-18-ca-42028-story.html). After a high-profile feud with the show's producers, Burke was fired from "Designing Women" (https://www.nickiswift.com/476016/the-real-reason-delta-burke-was-fired-from-designing-women/) in 1991. She went on to star in several '90s sitcoms, including "Delta" and "Women of the House." Later in the decade, she would relocate from Hollywood to New Orleans, but she eventually moved back to Los Angeles in the early '00s.
When she was working the sitcom circuit, Burke was diversifying her professional life. She launched a clothing brand, penned a memoir, and got into antiques dealing. She also took the stage in Broadway productions of "Steel Magnolias" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie." In the '00s, she also got candid about her personal life, publicly sharing her experience with severe depression, hoarding (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Depression/delta-burke-opens-depression/story?id=4358469), and diabetes. After a fall on the set of her sitcom pilot "Counter Culture" in 2012, sources close to Burke claimed to the National Enquirer (https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/delta-burke-wheelchair/) that it affected her ability to work. "Delta disappeared from Hollywood because the industry and the people in it were becoming detrimental to her health," another insider alleged to OK! (https://okmagazine.com/exclusives/delta-burke-ready-break-silence-good-place/).
While Burke is still occasionally photographed by paparazzi around LA, the now-retired actor rarely speaks to the press, but told EatingWell (https://www.eatingwell.com/article/290921/delta-burke-healthier-and-happier/) of her health in 2018, "I feel good, and I know I'll get better and better. To me, it's a time of celebration."