Susan Powter gets fully transparent about her struggles on welfare in her new documentary, Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter.

The film, which hit select theaters on Wednesday, November 19, shines a light on “fitness queen” Powter’s public disappearance after she lost her wellness empire and declared bankruptcy in the mid-’90s. The documentary, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis, follows the now 67-year-old as she details her job as an Uber Eats driver and recalls her days living in a weekly welfare hotel while struggling to make ends meet.

Powter rose to fame in the early ‘90s for her Stop the Insanity! infomercials, inspired by her personal story of being a housewife and mother who gained weight after a contentious divorce. Fans would call in to pay $79.80 for her program of workout tip

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