Richard Simmons makes ‘coronavirus comeback’ on YouTube uploading workouts for the first time in six years
For the first time in six years, reclusive aerobics guru Richard Simmons has made a virtual comeback for his multi-generational 355K followers/subscribers in the age of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Three weeks ago, the 71-year-old flamboyant fitness expert began uploading weekly workout videos from his eighties hey-day as well as more semi-recent clips to encourage fans confined in quarantine.
‘The revival is due to fans clamoring for him to return and lead them through at-home exercise routines again,’ an insider told TMZ on Friday.
He’s back (kind of)! For the first time in six years, reclusive aerobics guru Richard Simmons has made a virtual comeback for his multi-generational 355K followers/subscribers in the age of the global coronavirus pandemic (pictured in 2014)
!['Get up and move!' Three weeks ago, the 71-year-old flamboyant fitness expert began uploading weekly workout videos from his eighties hey-day as well as more semi-recent clips to encourage fans confined in quarantine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/04/03/18/26781912-8185613-image-a-3_1585934444903.jpg)
‘Get up and move!’ Three weeks ago, the 71-year-old flamboyant fitness expert began uploading weekly workout videos from his eighties hey-day as well as more semi-recent clips to encourage fans confined in quarantine
‘Richard’s team obliged with the new video posts. Simmons’ team is also working on a new line of licensed products to be released later this year.’
The Sweatin’ to the Oldies star – who once topped the scales at 268lbs – continues to encourage his ‘clubhouse members’ with newsletters containing recipes and other tips.
The New Orleans-born personality – ‘who helped humanity lose approximately 12M lbs’ – quietly closed his Beverly Hills exercise studio Slimmons in November 2016.
![An insider told TMZ on Friday: 'The revival is due to fans clamoring for him to return and lead them through at-home exercise routines again'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/04/03/18/26781318-8185613-image-a-2_1585934428946.jpg)
An insider told TMZ on Friday: ‘The revival is due to fans clamoring for him to return and lead them through at-home exercise routines again’
![The cha cha! 'Richard's team obliged with the new video posts. Simmons' team is also working on a new line of licensed products to be released later this year'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/04/03/18/26781776-8185613-image-a-21_1585934998535.jpg)
The cha cha! ‘Richard’s team obliged with the new video posts. Simmons’ team is also working on a new line of licensed products to be released later this year’
!['How are all of you this week?' The Sweatin' to the Oldies star continues to encourage his 'clubhouse members' with newsletters containing recipes and other tips](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/04/03/18/26781696-8185613-image-a-20_1585934550186.jpg)
‘How are all of you this week?’ The Sweatin’ to the Oldies star continues to encourage his ‘clubhouse members’ with newsletters containing recipes and other tips
![Shuttered: The New Orleans-born personality - 'who helped humanity lose approximately 12M lbs' - closed his Beverly Hills exercise studio Slimmons in November 2016](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/05/21/4CF37FCB00000578-5809729-image-a-134_1528230514541.jpg)
Shuttered: The New Orleans-born personality – ‘who helped humanity lose approximately 12M lbs’ – closed his Beverly Hills exercise studio Slimmons in November 2016
Richard (born Milton) was last physically pictured in April 2017 returning from the hospital beside his live-in caretaker/driver Theresa Reveles.
Among Simmons’ last onscreen appearances were guest judging a 2014 episode of ABC’s Sing Your Face Off and playing a dramaticized version of himself on ABC soap General Hospital in 2013.
![Beneath the blanket: Richard (born Milton) was last physically pictured in April 2017 returning from the hospital beside his live-in caretaker/driver Theresa Reveles (2-L)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/05/21/4CF2791C00000578-0-image-a-127_1528230372325.jpg)
Beneath the blanket: Richard (born Milton) was last physically pictured in April 2017 returning from the hospital beside his live-in caretaker/driver Theresa Reveles (2-L)
![MIA: Among Simmons' last onscreen appearances were guest judging a 2014 episode of ABC's Sing Your Face Off and playing a dramaticized version of himself on ABC soap General Hospital in 2013 (pictured with Lynn Herring)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/05/21/4CF2A9D700000578-0-image-a-126_1528230347927.jpg)
MIA: Among Simmons’ last onscreen appearances were guest judging a 2014 episode of ABC’s Sing Your Face Off and playing a dramaticized version of himself on ABC soap General Hospital in 2013 (pictured with Lynn Herring)