{"id":890288,"date":"2026-10-22T03:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890288\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T03:18:08","slug":"john-goodman-reveals-what-led-him-to-weigh-nearly-400-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890288\/","title":{"rendered":"John Goodman reveals what led him to weigh nearly 400 pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Goodman admitted that \u201ceating alcoholically\u201d led him to weigh nearly 400 pounds when he quit drinking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actor told The New Yorker<\/a> in an interview published Sunday that he began his weight-loss journey before getting sober in 2007 at age 55.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d lose 60 pounds in a summer, gain it all back \u2014 70 pounds, 80 pounds \u2014 and that got tiring,\u201d Goodman, now 74, said. \u201cI took steps so I wouldn\u2019t have to do that anymore. I was almost 400 pounds. I was eating alcoholically after I stopped drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Goodman (poctured above at a 2009 photo call for \u201cPope Joan\u201d in Berlin) admitted that \u201ceating alcoholically\u201d led him to weigh nearly 400 pounds when he quit drinking. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Goodman told The New Yorker that he began his weight-loss journey before getting sober in 2007 at age 55, adding, \u201cI\u2019d lose 60 pounds in a summer, gain it all back \u2014 70 pounds, 80 pounds \u2014 and that got tiring.\u201d (Goodman is seen above at LAX in 2011.) WireImage<\/p>\n

He told the outlet he decided to get sober because he was \u201creally immature\u201d and drinking only \u201csustained that immaturity,\u201d adding, \u201cI wanted to live in \u2018Animal House\u2019 the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI got sick and tired of being sick and tired,\u201d Goodman added. \u201cThe thing about instant gratification is you don\u2019t really care [about] what\u2019s going to happen right after it \u2014 which always led to bigger hangovers or me getting the shakes, and having to drink to get rid of the shakes, and that vicious cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in a position when I quit where I had to be hospitalized one way or the other. I just was tired of it, and I wanted to stop,\u201d he continued. \u201cI was delaying my maturation by drinking, and I had a lot of catching up to do, just realizing how selfish it made me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman (pictured above in a portrait taken at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival) said he decided to get sober because he was \u201creally immature\u201d and drinking only \u201csustained that immaturity.\u201d WireImage<\/p>\n

\u201cI got sick and tired or being sick and tired,\u201d Goodman (seen above at the world premiere of \u201cPope Joan\u201d in 2009) said, adding, \u201cI was delaying my maturation by drinking, and I had a lot of catching up to do, just realizing how selfish it made me.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

The \u201cRoseanne\u201d alum said he had been \u201coverlooking real life,\u201d adding that it was \u201cgreat to see there was a life where [he] didn\u2019t have to use anything to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman underwent stomach surgery to address his weight gain after giving up alcohol, but the procedure led to other health struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also turned anemic and lost a layer of fat under my skin, and I\u2019m cold all the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Goodman (pictured above in Season 5 of \u201cRoseanne\u201d) said he had been \u201coverlooking real life,\u201d adding that it was \u201cgreat to see there was a life where [he] didn\u2019t have to use anything to enjoy it.\u201d Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Goodman (seen above at the London premiere of \u201cDigger\u201d last month) underwent stomach surgery to address his weight gain after giving up alcohol, but the procedure led to other health struggles, including anemia. Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

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The \u201cBig Lebowski\u201d actor has since lost 200 pounds and recently showed off his slimmer figure<\/a> at the Los Angeles premiere of \u201cDigger.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

He posed solo on the red carpet and alongside his wife, Anna Beth, wearing a black suit, a striped button-down shirt and a gray tie.<\/p>\n

Goodman had fans doing a double take in August, with social media users calling him \u201cunrecognizable\u201d in the comments of a selfie<\/a> shared on Instagram by \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d star David DeLuise.<\/p>\n

Goodman has since lost 200 pounds and recently showed off his slimmer figure at the Los Angeles premiere of \u201cDigger\u201d on Sept. 29 (pictured above). BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Goodman (seen above at a SAG-AFTRA Foundation event in New York City earlier this month) previously detailed his weight-loss journey, revealing that he hired a personal trainer, cut sugar from his diet and began exercising six days a week. Getty Images<\/p>\n

In 2025, he turned heads with his dramatic weight loss<\/a> on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of \u201cSmurfs,\u201d smiling for photographers in a navy blue suit, white collared shirt, patterned black tie and brown loafers.<\/p>\n

The \u201cMonsters, Inc.\u201d star previously detailed his weight-loss journey, revealing that he hired a personal trainer, cut sugar from his diet and began exercising six days a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it sounds sappy, but it was a waste,\u201d Goodman told People in 2010<\/a> of his time as a couch potato. \u201cIt takes a lot of creative energy to sit on your ass and figure out what you\u2019re going to eat next \u2026 I wanted to live life better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Goodman admitted that \u201ceating alcoholically\u201d led him to weigh nearly 400 pounds when he quit drinking. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1508,5867,1122,3172,91,1124,88,3173],"class_list":["post-890288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actors","tag-alcohol","tag-celebrity-bodies","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-weight-loss","tag-entertainment","tag-john-goodman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}