"That's what the gas is about, that's what the bloating is about and that's what the fat storage is about"
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The subtext is older than wellness culture but perfectly adapted to it: control is possible, and you’re one explanation away from getting your life back. By naming bodily processes in blunt, almost mechanical terms, Somers strips them of intimacy and turns them into malfunctions. That’s comforting if you’re exhausted by self-blame, but it also sneaks in a different kind of pressure: if the body is a machine, then any ongoing problem suggests you haven’t found the right fix yet.
Context matters. Somers is an actress-turned-lifestyle brand, a pop figure who made her authority not through medical credentials but through recognizability and persistence across decades of talk shows, books, and infomercial-era persuasion. The line carries that era’s rhetorical DNA: conversational, anecdotal certainty delivered with the cadence of someone sharing a hard-won secret. It works because it flatters the listener as savvy enough to "get" the hidden reason behind everyday discomfort, while quietly nudging them toward the marketplace where that reason can be monetized.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Somers, Suzanne. (2026, January 15). That's what the gas is about, that's what the bloating is about and that's what the fat storage is about. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-the-gas-is-about-thats-what-the-153324/
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Somers, Suzanne. "That's what the gas is about, that's what the bloating is about and that's what the fat storage is about." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-the-gas-is-about-thats-what-the-153324/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"That's what the gas is about, that's what the bloating is about and that's what the fat storage is about." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/thats-what-the-gas-is-about-thats-what-the-153324/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.









