John Goodman is checking out a fresh new look after a major lifestyle transformation
The Monsters, Inc. actor put his 200-lb. weight loss on display in a new selfie alongside Wizards of Waverly Place alum David DeLuise
In the photo shared to Instagram Aug. 6, Goodman smiled with DeLuise wearing a denim long-sleeved button down as the pair stood in the cracker aisle of a grocery store
“He was my childhood!!” DeLuise wrote in the caption. “Legend! I love that I get to say that to someone 😉 if you know you know.”
Though Goodman, 74, has kept mostly out of the spotlight in recent years, he has remained a household name since rising to popularity in the ‘80s as Rosanne Barr’s onscreen husband Dan Conner on Roseanne
But after starring in cult classics like The Flintstones in 1994 and The Big Lebowski in 1998, he kicked his sobriety journey into high gear in 2007 and addressed what he believed was causing his addiction to food and alcohol
“You’re trying to fill a hole that can’t be filled unless it’s filled with goodness,” he told ABC News in 2016, “some kind of spirituality, not saying religion, but just a belief in something higher than yourself, a purpose.”
The Righteous Gemstones star added, “Instead of filling it with booze or cocaine or food, you just acknowledge that it’s there. You can’t fill it. And you go on and live with it.”
And since beginning his physical transformation—confirming in 2023 that he had lost a total of 200 pounds—Goodman has been candid about how he keeps the weight off
“I just stopped eating all the time,” he continued. “I’d have a handful of food, and it’d go to my mouth. I was just eating alcoholically. In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a six-pack of Bud or whatever and just go back to my old habits.”
Now, his active lifestyle is part of his everyday life
“I’m getting to the age where I can’t afford to sit still anymore,” added the actor, 63 at the time. “I just got tired, sick and tired of looking at myself. You’re shaving in the mirror and you don’t want to look at yourself. It gets dangerous.”
For more stars who have undergone major weight loss transformations
Trevor Larcom
TheFresh Off the Boatalum used to weigh 300 pounds and lost 130, showcasing his journey on TikTok.
Tammy Slaton
Tammy Slatonmay be a star of TLC’s1,000-Lb. Sisters, but she didn’t want to be beholden to that title forever.“I’m down 500 pounds now, around 500,” the 38-year-old said in a confessional on an April 2025 episode of her show. “When I was at my heaviest, I was 700-plus pounds. Right now, I’m weighing in at 238.”She underwent bariatric surgery in 2022, a choice her physician has praised as the right one for her.“Tammy has consistently demonstrated her dedication to making sustainable lifestyle changes to maximize the benefits of her surgery,” Dr.Eric SmithtoldPeoplein October 2024. “I’ve emphasized the importance of making small, daily adjustments to ensure not only her continued progress but also her long-term success. She’s truly committed to her health journey.”
Jelly Roll
It seems as if every timeJelly Rollhits a red carpet, he’sdown a sizable slice of weight.“I started at 540 pounds and I was 357 pounds this morning,” the singer bornJason DeFordtoldPat McAfeein April 2025 during the ESPN host’sBig Night Ahtlive show. “I’m gonna lose another 100 pounds and go skydiving with my wife in Sweden, baby!”The 6-foot-1 artist admittedly needed to overhaul his relationship with food to get where he wanted to go. “I’ve always said that I believe obesity is directly connected to mental health,” he explained on an October 2024 episode ofOn Purpose With Jay Shetty. “I know how easy it is for people to go, ‘Just quit eatin’ so much, just work out, it’s so easy!’ I wish I looked at food that way.”Weight was still “the mountain” in front of him, Jelly Roll noted, but his lifestyle changes were working.”I’m learning, I’m being very diligent with it,” he said. “I’m taking it serious, I’m drinking a bunch of water, I’m cold plunging, I’m eating right, I’m doing good.”
Al Roker
Al Rokerwasn’t kidding around with the title of his cookbookRecipes to Live By.Becausehaving lost a hard-fought 100 pounds, the longtimeTODAYweatherman literally walks the walk (aiming for at least 10,000 steps a day), watching what he eats and fitting in some sort of exercise on a daily basis.“My mantra is ‘something is better than nothing,’” he toldPeoplein a June 2025 interview. “Maybe you’ll be running marathons or entering weight-lifting contests, but I think most people just want a level of fitness that improves their quality of life.”Roker underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2002 to get his fitness journey underway, but, he acknowledged, “There’s no magic bullet.”Surgery is “not the end,” he advised. “You’re still going to have to put in the work.”
Jason Kelce
While previously known for the tush push, former Philadelphia Eagles centerJason Kelcehas been busy showing off his buff bod.Not that the athlete wasn’t in fighting shape during his 13-year career in the NFL, buthe’s down at least 25 poundsfrom his playing weight of 295, sharing during the 2025 Truist Championship pro-am golf tournament in Philly that he weighed around 270.All of which is part of his retirement plan. “I feel like for some reason, 250 to 260 feels like I’ll be still big and be happy with the way I look without having a six-pack,” Kelce toldGQin June 2024. “But I’ll still be able to have that stature a little bit.”Really, the most important aspect for the father of four daughters with wifeKylie Kelcewas to be able to keep pace with his kids.Then weighing in at 277, “my back already feels better,” he shared. “My knees already feel better. So another 20 pounds hopefully will make that much more adept at playing with my children.”
Rosie O’Donnell
It wasn’t just a change of scenery that did the trick forRosie O’Donnell, who relocated with her family from the U.S. to Ireland.”I’ve lost more weight here,” she shared in a March 2025 TikTok. “I am on Mounjaro for my diabetes and one of the side effects is you lose weight.”The formerViewcohost had recently gone shopping for better-fitting clothes in Dublin. “I’m one of those people,” she said, “who’s always had a weight issue and now that I’m a size large, instead of an XL or a 2XL, I find it shocking.”
Jazz Jennings
Jazz Jenningsembarked on a diet-and-fitness journey in 2022, explaining on Instagram two years later, “I finally care about myself after years of neglecting my health. I had truly let myself go when it came to eating. I am so proud of my weight loss, and I feel my confidence radiates through.”In August 2024, theI Am Jazzstarshared that she had lost almost 100 poundsand was “so proud” of her progress.
Christopher Schwarzenegger
It turns outChristopher Schwarzeneggeris a chip off the ol’ muscly block.The youngest ofArnold Schwarzeneggerand ex-wifeMaria Shriver’s four kids together laid low whilehe dropped 30 pounds, but now he’s back in action.“It’s not an overnight thing, but it took a lot of trial and error,” he shared in May 2025 at the Inaugural Beacher Vitality Happy & Healthy Summit, noting that just giving up bread made a big difference. “And even still to this day, when [I look at] before and after photos, I don’t feel like I’m an ‘after’ yet.”Meanwhile, Christopher did not let a certain seven-time Mr. Olympia in on his plan.“I could never go and say to him, ‘You’re overweight,’” dad ArnoldtoldThe Timesin June 2025. “We just kept introducing healthy foods. We introduced him always to the gym and all of that kind of stuff. And then, out of nowhere, he decided that he wanted to be lean. And now he is. So that is of course fantastic, the self-discipline and the self-motivation. I always felt one day it will have to come from him—and it did.”
Chrissy Metz
Chrissy Metzdoesn’t like to run “unless I’m being chased,” she quipped, but she’s a big fan of strength training—and working out is part of the regimen that resulted in her losing 100 pounds.“I want to age the best way that I can, and I want to be strong,” theThis Is Usalumtold DailyMail.comin April 2025. “And that’s really the impetus behind any of it.”To Metz, aging gracefully means “staying strong and flexible,” so she tries to be active every day.
John Goodman
Being a big teddy bear of a guy was part of the package whenJohn Goodmanstarred onRoseannein the 1990s, at one point “pushing 400” pounds, as hetoldDavid Lettermanin 2010. By the timeThe Connerspremiered in 2018, however, family patriarch Dan Conner had made a few lifestyle adjustments.Goodman quit drinking in 2007, the first step on his road to getting in better shape, while his favorite activities included boxing and walking his dogs.“I’m breaking a sweat but I’m not going nuts,” hetoldPeoplein 2010, sharing he had lost about 100 pounds working out six days a week and cutting sugar out of his diet.Overall, the 6-foot-2 actor haslost about 200 poundssince he was at his peak weight.“I just got tired, sick and tired of looking at myself,” Goodman toldABC News in 2016. “You’re shaving in the mirror and you don’t want to look at yourself. It gets dangerous.”
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfreyhas beensharing the highs and lows of her weight loss journeyfor decades.From donning skinny jeans and rolling out a wagon loaded with 67 pounds of fat to wow herOprah Winfrey Showaudience in 1988, tobuying a stake in WeightWatchers in 2015, she has used her platform to keep the conversation going.And taking on the topic du jour, she revealed in March 2024 onAn Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolutionthat, along with eating smaller portions and staying active, she wastaking medicationto help regulate her weight.”It’s not just one thing,” she said of her secret to staying fit, “it’s multiple things.”Her goal with the special, Winfrey explained, was to “start releasing the stigma and the shame and the judgment—to stop shaming other people for being overweight or how they choose to lose or not lose weight—and more importantly to stop shaming ourselves.”
Lizzo
Lizzosimply wanted to feel betterfrom head to toe.“Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself,” the “Good as Hell” singer explained in aMay 2023 TikTok, “exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body.”She acknowledged in a January 2025 TikTok that she was on an “intentional weight loss journey,” her goal was simply to be the best version of herself.“Even at the end of my weight loss journey, I’m not going to be considered thin by any means,” Lizzo said. “I will still be considered morbidly obese on the BMI and little bros on the internet are still going to call me ‘big backed.’ ButIwill be happy.”A second later, the video jumped to Lizzo exclaiming, “And I am happy,” as she showed off a screen showing her body fat had gone down by 16 percent and she’d shaved 10.5 points from her Body Mass Index (BMI).“Let this be a reminder that you can do anything—anything—you set your mind to,” she added. “Now I guess it’s time to set new goals.”
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