Slimmer, Fly and Claiming Omega Psi Phi, Does This Black Man Have It Going On? So, Steve Harvey finally ditched that toupe and told the word it's okay to work the sexy... even when you're over 50.
In a Jet magazine article, the actor-comedian says he began his transformation after talking to a listener on his radio program, "The Steve Harvey Morning Show."
"The girl said to me, `Steve, you're 50 and you are over the hill,'" Harvey recalls. "I started thinking, `Wow, I am over the hill?' I said `OK, I got to do something to stop this line of thinking. Because at 50, I should not be thought of as over the hill. At 50, a man ought to feel that he is on top of the hill.'"
So Steve hired a personal trainer and now works out five days a week at his Atlanta home. "I had a potbelly and love handles," says Harvey, who's lost 13 pounds. "I've been telling people you can be 50 and fly, but when I took my clothes off, I wasn't looking fly."
Harvey, who celebrated his 51st birthday Thursday, defines "fly" as looking great, but also being healthy and spiritually strong. "Shaving my head was more of a spiritual thing for me. I wanted to be free," he says.
Harvey starred with Bernie Mac and Cedric the Entertainer in 2000's "The Original Kings of Comedy." His Jet reveal hits newsstands Monday. We can't wait to hear what Mary Harvey, who's been slamming the brotha from every direction, has to say about the new Steve.