Los Angeles Police recently visited Richard Simmons’s house on a welfare check after rumours persisted that his housekeeper was holding him hostage. Recently, interest in the reclusive celebrity has grown with the launch of “Missing Richard Simmons,” a new podcast hosted by former The Daily Show producer Dan Taberski. “I just sort of wanted to be a little bit of a loner for a little while,” he said. The Washington Post’s Dan Zak called the podcast a “loving invasion of Simmons’ privacy.”Taberski, though, claimed he wants to do more than merely find Simmons — or an audience. “What we’re doing is something of a grand gesture,” Taberski told Zak.

Source: National Post March 10, 2017 15:45 UTC