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Press

National TV, radio, podcast and print — curated by cultural reach. Featured pieces first; smaller and archival coverage tucked below.

On the mic

The long-form conversation.

One podcast, in full — an hour with Dr. Will Cole on cravings, midlife metabolism, and letting go.

  • Jorge Cruise with Dr. Will Cole for The Art of Being Well podcast
    PodcastDr. Will Cole · The Art of Being Well

    "Zero Hunger Water is the capstone of Cruise's publishing career." — the full hour with Dr. Will Cole on sugar and carb cravings, midlife metabolism, and the science and spirituality of letting go. Play the entire interview right here.

    Full episode · 1:00:32

    Listen to the full episode →

Television

The segments that reach midlife America.

Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, The Doctors, Steve Harvey, Dr. Oz and more — each entry opens the original clip or story.

  • Jorge Cruise outside Harpo, Inc. in Chicago beside the limousine sent for his 1998 Oprah Winfrey Show taping
    Harpo Studios, Chicago · 1998 — the car Oprah sent.
    TVThe Oprah Winfrey Show

    The moment that launched my calling — appearing on Oprah at 27, eight months after my mother passed away. My first and only time on her stage.

    Read the story →
  • Jorge Cruise with military wives in front of an F/A-18 at MCAS Miramar for Good Morning America
    MCAS Miramar, San Diego — the Good Morning America shoot in front of an F/A-18.
    TVGood Morning America — with Diane Sawyer

    The segment that launched my first book. Filmed at MCAS Miramar, the Top Gun base, with Navy and Marine wives whose husbands had deployed to Afghanistan — the first national segment for 8 Minutes in the Morning, which became a five-book series and an international bestseller in sixteen languages.

    Read the story →
  • Jorge Cruise with his coaching clients on The Steve Harvey Show stage
    TVThe Steve Harvey Show

    Five of Jorge's clients revealed on stage after dramatic weight loss — one of roughly five appearances with Steve.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise and Lacey Stone with Steve Harvey during the Fitness Face-Off segment
    Fitness Face-Off with Lacey Stone — Team Orange won.
    TVThe Steve Harvey Show · Fitness Face-Off

    The recurring Fitness Face-Off with Los Angeles trainer Lacey Stone — a dear friend and worthy opponent. Team Orange took it.

  • Khloé Kardashian introducing Jorge Cruise as a trainer on Revenge Body
    TVKhloé Kardashian · Revenge Body

    "I have an amazing trainer for you." — Khloé Kardashian on Revenge Body, where Jorge coached a young woman through a 50-pound transformation.

    Watch the segment →
  • Entertainment Tonight profile of Jorge Cruise on intermittent fasting
    TVEntertainment Tonight

    "Jorge is Hollywood's fast fix to losing weight!" — ET profiles Jorge's intermittent-fasting method.

    Watch the segment →
  • SiriusXM Radio Andy logo for the Make It Nice interview with Dorinda Medley
    RadioRadio Andy · SiriusXM — Make It Nice with Dorinda Medley

    "The amazing thing is how fast the weight comes off." — the Radio Andy interview with Dorinda Medley on intermittent fasting and Zero Hunger Water®.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise with Anderson Cooper and Carmen Electra on Anderson Live
    TVAnderson Live · with Anderson Cooper & Carmen Electra

    "Resolution Solutions" — the New Year segment with Anderson Cooper and Carmen Electra, demonstrating simple at-home exercises that need no gym and no equipment.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise on The Doctors discussing Zero Hunger Water
    TVThe Doctors

    "The water that turns off your hunger." — Zero Hunger Water® featured on The Doctors.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise with Dr. Travis Stork and Brooke Burke on The Doctors demonstrating summer body moves
    TVThe Doctors · with Dr. Travis Stork & Brooke Burke

    "10 Ways to Get the Ultimate Summer Body" — Dr. Travis Stork hands the stage to Jorge Cruise and Brooke Burke for the no-gym, no-equipment moves that tighten the midsection in minutes a day. Watch the full segment.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise training E! News correspondent Zuri Hall in a five-minute outdoor workout
    TVE! News · with Zuri Hall

    "Get a Revenge Body with this 5-minute workout from Khloé Kardashian's trainer" — E! News correspondent Zuri Hall (now of Access Hollywood) takes the workout outside with Jorge Cruise: five minutes, no gym, no equipment. Watch the full E! News segment.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise interviewed on the EXTRA stage about The 3 Choices
    TVEXTRA

    Years as a contributor on the EXTRA stage at Universal Studios Hollywood — this segment covers The 3 Choices, Jorge's book on turning pain into power.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise and Dr. Mehmet Oz in front of the jumbotron on The Dr. Oz Show set
    On set with Dr. Mehmet Oz in front of the show's jumbotron.
    TVThe Dr. Oz Show

    The Skinny Muffin — the one-minute Morning Microwave Muffin Jorge created for Dr. Oz, across roughly 13 appearances. It returns in MORE TIME as the morning option for anyone who needs extra support getting to their eating window.

    Get the recipe →
  • Jorge Cruise with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on the Live set, Kelly holding The Belly Fat Cure
    With Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on the Live set, 2010.
    TVLive with Regis and Kelly

    Kelly Ripa held The Belly Fat Cure up on air in 2010 — Jorge's first appearance on the Live couch, and a rare moment with the late Regis Philbin.

    Read the story →
  • Jorge Cruise cooking chia seed pudding with Kelly Ripa on the Live set
    TVLive with Kelly

    Cooking in Kelly Ripa's kitchen — Jorge's Vanilla Chia Seed Pudding and Cinnamon Spice Coffee from The Cruise Control Diet, the two breakfasts that hold a fast without hunger. Watch the full cooking segment.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise cooking alongside Rachael Ray on The Rachael Ray Show
    In the kitchen with Rachael Ray.
    TVThe Rachael Ray Show

    Cooking the sugar-and-carb swaps live in Rachael's kitchen — healthy food that tastes like food.

    Read the story →
  • Jorge Cruise on ABC's The View with Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd discussing The Belly Fat Cure
    TVThe View · with Whoopi Goldberg & Sherri Shepherd

    Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd taste-test The Belly Fat Cure live on The View — the sugar-and-carb swaps that let you eat real food and still lose belly fat. Watch the full segment.

    Watch the segment →
  • Jorge Cruise with Tyra Banks on The Tyra Banks Show set
    Core work on set with Tyra Banks.
    TVThe Tyra Banks Show

    Multiple core-and-abs segments with Tyra Banks — the center of the body as architecture, not decoration.

    Read the story →
  • Jorge Cruise on The Wendy Williams Show presenting healthy snacks for intermittent fasting
    TVThe Wendy Williams Show

    Wendy Williams asked the question her audience actually wanted answered: how do you get through a fast without being miserable? The answer — healthy snacks that cheat the fasting window, with chia and fat. Watch the full clip.

    Watch the segment →
  • Apple Event · with Jay Blahnik logo
    TVApple Event · with Jay Blahnik

    An official Apple event — Jorge Cruise in conversation with Jay Blahnik, Apple's Director of Fitness for Health Technologies.

  • ABC News · Good Morning America logo
    TVABC News · Good Morning America

    The 3-Hour Diet — the primetime interview that pushed timing over restriction.

  • ABC News logo
    TVABC News

    'The 100' — the sugar-calorie diet ABC News profiled at launch.

  • CBS News · The Early Show logo
    TVCBS News · The Early Show

    '8 Minutes in the Morning' — the segment that took the method national.

  • AARP · Meet Our Experts logo
    WebAARP · Meet Our Experts

    AARP named Jorge to its national panel of trusted health experts — alongside Denise Austin — with a three-part fitness video series for midlife America.

  • Jorge Cruise seated in a hotel lounge with a cup of coffee, from the 24Life feature on his morning routine
    24Life · Fuel, 2019 — photo courtesy of Jorge Cruise.
    Web24Life · 24 Hour Fitness

    "How Celebrity Fitness Expert Jorge Cruise's Morning Routine Sets His Days Up for Success" — 24 Hour Fitness's 24Life magazine walks through the morning, hour by hour: 16 ounces of mineral water first, then Cruise Control coffee with healthy fats, a fasted workout for autophagy, and a big power-lunch salad as the first meal of the day.

    Read it on 24Life →

Print features

Covers, spreads — and one comic book.

The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah’s Guide to Life, The Costco Connection, Dallas Voice — and The Amazing Spider-Man.

  • San Diego Magazine, May 2009 cover — 8 Hot Fitness Trends, featuring Jorge Cruise
    San Diego Magazine, May 2009 — the hometown cover.
    PrintSan Diego Magazine

    "8 Hot Fitness Trends" — the May 2009 cover of Jorge's hometown magazine, the annual fitness issue built around what actually works past week three. San Diego is where the first clients were trained and where nearly every book was written.

    Read the full story →
  • The New York Times Sunday Styles feature, Feeding the Hunger for the Next Diet Book, on Jorge Cruise and The 3-Hour Diet
    The New York Times · Sunday Styles, 2005 — the full spread, page by page.
    PrintThe New York Times · Sunday Styles

    "Feeding the Hunger for the Next Diet Book" — the Sunday Styles cover feature on The 3-Hour Diet, the book that put eating every three hours into the national conversation.

    Read the full spread →
  • O, The Oprah Magazine, January 2005 cover — Let's Lose Weight Fast, featuring Jorge Cruise's 8-Minute Moves
    O, The Oprah Magazine, January 2005 — cover feature and pull-out centerfold.
    PrintO, The Oprah Magazine

    "Let's Lose Weight Fast!" — the January 2005 cover feature, with Jorge's 8-Minute Moves printed as the centerfold workout Oprah's editors chose for their readers.

    See the cover & centerfold →
  • O, The Oprah Magazine Guide to Life book, which includes Jorge Cruise's 8-Minute method
    O's Guide to Life — the 8-Minute method, in print for keeps.
    BookO, The Oprah Magazine — Guide to Life

    Oprah's Guide to Life — the keepsake book collecting O's best advice, with the 8-Minute method printed inside for millions of readers.

    Read the story →
  • Dallas Voice, January 8, 2016 — The Body Issue cover with Jorge Cruise flexing in a New year, new you t-shirt
    January 8, 2016 · Vol. 32, Issue 35 — cover feature, story on page 20.
    PrintDallas Voice

    "The Body Issue" — the January 8, 2016 cover of Dallas Voice, the paper of record for LGBT Texas since 1984. Inside on page 20, the "Vegging Out" interview by Lawrence Ferber on the part-time-vegan breakfast method from Tiny and Full, fatherhood, and coming out.

    Read the full story →
  • The Costco Connection, January 2010 cover — Beating the Bulge, with Jorge Cruise and Costco members
    January 2010 · Vol. 25, No. 1 — cover feature, story on page 34.
    PrintThe Costco Connection

    "Beating the Bulge — Costco members shape up for 2010." The January 2010 cover: real Costco members who ran the Belly Fat Cure challenge, each holding their own before photo. The story ran on page 34 and the members were featured in the book itself.

    Read the full story →
  • The Amazing Spider-Man issue 638, One Moment in Time, Marvel Comics cover
    The Amazing Spider-Man #638 — click through for the interior page and the panel.
    ComicsMarvel Comics · The Amazing Spider-Man #638

    Jorge gets name-dropped by Spider-Man. "One Moment in Time" — the Quesada, Rivera, Miki and Isanove issue — works Jorge Cruise into the dialogue. Joe Quesada, Marvel's longtime Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer, has been a friend for years, and being written into a Spider-Man book by name is one of the strangest, most delightful honors of my career. I'm a lifelong fan.

    See the panel where Spidey says my name →
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