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The Complicated Legacy of Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me’

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Roadside Attractions and Getty ImagesMorgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me documentary hit the

Sean and I were talking about this again tonight for some reason, and I wanted to make sure people knew that when Morgan Spurlock was filming Super Size Me, he was a heavy alcoholic who was hiding his drinking from at least the audience and the doctor who was evaluating him.

Specifically, this moment from the documentary is very important:

At one point in the doc, Spurlock’s doctor tells him he’s “pickling” his liver, which he said resembled an “alcoholic’s after a binge.”

It wasn't the fast food making him feel so shitty, and it wasn't the fast food causing all his medical issues. It was the heavy levels of drinking.

I want to be very clear: I grew up and still have to deal with a very alcoholic parent. It fucking sucks. And almost worse than the drinking is the lies that get told to cover the drinking. To pretend it isn't happening. To act like it's not that bad. When my mother ended up with literal bone death in her hip, she said, "It's so odd that I had this happen; it usually only happens to people who abuse steroids." Years later when my right hip started hurting, I looked up the issue my mom had because I wanted to know if there was a genetic chance I'd gotten it. No genetic chance. There is a second thing than can cause it, though. Severe alcoholism. My mother will tell you she's not an alcoholic with a straight face but then adjust her medical information so she can keep the lie up. In fact, I'm certain she didn't go to the doctor about the pain until the bone death was well on its way (an excruciating experience) because she was afraid she'd be asked about her drinking.

Spurlock made a documentary they literally showed in high schools to teach kids not to eat fast food knowing full fucking well it wasn't the fast food that was doing those things to his body. But he chose to not only lie for a documentary, but to continue the lie while that documentary was used as "proof" that fast food is terrible for you. Spurlock's work in Super Size Me made fast food a bigger stigma than it already was and the result of the lies in that movie affected policy decisions while being not just misleading by accident or on purpose (on purpose example: Michael Moore getting the rifle at the bank) but 100% a known lie from the filmmaker himself.

[behindthesefangirleyes]

Rest in peace, Morgan Spurlock. The director of 1D’s 2013 “This Is Us” documentary & his 2004 “Super Size Me” documentary passed away at age 53 yesterday due to complications from cancer. 🕯️

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morgan spurlock is dead

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R.I.P. Morgan Spurlock

[liam-93-productions]

liampayne: Rest in peace Morgan Spurlock it was a pleasure working with you ❤️

[estellamiraiauthor]

The guy who made Super Size Me died and it didn’t have a damn thing to do with that one time he ate a shit ton of McDonald’s, and I guess my takeaway is: Life is short. Have the Big Mac or the beer or the slice of chocolate cake if it makes you happy. Why the fuck not?

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