Key Takeaways
- Six years ago, Billy weighed 235 pounds due to excessive drinking.
- Billy cut out smoking and followed a ketogenic diet for a time, which further contributed to his slimmed-down 148-pound body.
- Billy cites his wife’s patience and support as crucial during the mood swings that came with maintaining his diet and giving up his bad habits.
Los Angeles: Persistent rumors have swirled about Billy Crawford’s dramatic weight loss being due to drug addiction, but the singer-television host is setting the record straight.
In interviews, the 41-year-old has been candid about his previous struggles with alcoholism and the lifestyle changes he has made to regain his health.
Six years ago, Billy weighed 235 pounds due to excessive drinking.
‘I was unhealthy,’ he admitted.
However, after getting sober, the weight began to drop off steadily.
“I started losing weight after I stopped drinking. And it [weight loss] continued because I never looked back—zero alcohol intake,”
Billy Crawford
Billy explained.
In addition to quitting alcohol, Billy cut out smoking and followed a ketogenic diet for a time, which further contributed to his slimmed-down 148-pound body.
‘I’m not sick,’ he stated firmly.
“I feel healthy and I feel good. I don’t necessarily exercise tremendously, but I eat right, drink enough water.”
Billy Crawford
The busy father, who has a 3-year-old son, Amari, with his wife Coleen Garcia, acknowledges the demands of parenthood can be tiring but emphasizes,
“I’m super healthy and I can’t ask for more.”
Billy Crawford
While dismissing ongoing rumors of drug use as ‘unfair‘ and ‘untrue,’ Billy tries not to let the intrigues get to him.
“I’m super unbothered,” he said. “My wife knows who I am and what I am… That’s what’s really important. What other people say about me does reach me, but I don’t care.”
Billy Crawford
Looking back, Billy cites his wife’s patience and support as crucial during the mood swings that came with maintaining his diet and giving up his bad habits like alcohol and sugar for months at a time.
“When you don’t have alcohol, Tito Boy, and for 6 months you don’t have sugar which is fruits, rice, pasta, bread, alcohol, you will shrink. You will lose the weight.”
Billy Crawford
Motivated by a desire to live a long, healthy life and be there for his family, Billy made a personal promise to God to turn his habits around after witnessing his own father’s health deteriorate due to smoking and drinking.
As he puts it,
“I want to be a father. I want to have a family. Gusto ko magkaroon ng pamilya in the future. And when God gave me Coleen, and everything started, I was like I was born again.“
Billy Crawford
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Billy Crawford is multilingual and fluent in two languages: one, his native Tagalog and Cebuano, and the other, American English.
- He won the 2023 Best Male International Artist award at the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, France.
- The multifaceted artist is well known for his songs ‘Never My Love,’ ‘When You Think About Me,’ ‘Bright Lights,’ and ‘Steamy Nights‘ around Europe and Asia.
