The late Kirstie Alley, who tragically died earlier this week, once revealed her regret after appearing in a bikini on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Cheers actress Kirstie died on Monday at the age of 71 following "brief battle" with colon cancer, her representatives confirmed.
She had lost 75lbs back in 2006 when she decided to showcase her new figure in a swimsuit on the hit-TV show, Kirstie revealed in an interview which has been unearthed after her passing.
Four years after the stunt, Kirstie had said she regretted doing it after thinking that no one would take pictures during her appearance.
She told Larry King in 2010 she forgot people would be able to take screenshots and recordings of the show, uploading them on the internet forever.
"Let me tell you something very stupid about myself," she said in 2010. "This is what I said when I did that: no one is allowed to take photographs."
"And I thought, well, there's no photographs, so this will be the end. I'll walk out, I go blah blah blah, and that's the end of that," she admitted.
"So stupid!" she told Larry. "All they have to do is take a frame [screen] shot…" Alley said. "Little did I know that this would be all over YouTube, it's had millions of hits. It was its own show."
In the unearthed conversation with the talk show host, Kirstie said the whole thing was her idea, claiming Oprah "doesn't have stupid ideas".
She explained: "I just thought if I could get myself to come out here in a bikini, then I know that I am liberated. And then I realized, Oh my god! Now I have to live with this, the rest of my life."
At the time, Kirstie admitted: "I made some errors in my life."
It comes after the tragic news of her passing, which was confirmed in a statement from the actress' family on social media.
They said: "She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead.
"As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother."
The statement went on to share the family's gratitude for those who had cared for her in her final days before praising Kirstie's attitude to life.
"We are grateful to the incredible team of doctors and nurses at the Moffitt Cancer Center for their care.
"Our mother's zest and passion for life, her children, grandchildren and her many animals, not to mention her eternal joy of creating, were unparalleled and leave us inspired to live life to the fullest just as she did."
They concluded by sharing their thanks for "your love and prayers".
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