David DeLuise, famous for his role in Wizards of Waverly Place, recently had an unexpected encounter with John Goodman, yet many fans struggled to recognize the familiar actor.
“He was my childhood hero!! ❤️ Legend!” DeLuise, now 54, shared on Instagram on Thursday, August 6. His post, which included a selfie with Goodman, was accompanied by the playful note, “I love that I get to say that to someone 😉 If you know, you know.”
The chance meeting happened in a grocery store, where Goodman, 74, kindly posed for a picture with DeLuise. As they smiled for the camera, DeLuise’s excitement was evident.
Fans were taken aback by Goodman’s transformation due to his significant weight loss, making it hard for many to recognize the once very familiar face of the Roseanne star at a first glance.
John Goodman is turning a new leaf in his career after wrapping up projects like The Conners and The Righteous Gemstones. The actor, 73, is showcasing his slimmed-down physique, the result of losing 200 pounds, most recently at the Smurfs premiere in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 13, where he confidently showed off his dramatic weight loss.
“Is that John Goodman???? @daviddeluise he’s unrecognizable,” one user commented while another replied, “I love John Goodman! Yes, he looks very different, but I bet he feels great!”
Goodman has been on a weight loss journey since the mid-2000s. During a 2010 interview with David Letterman, Goodman confessed he reached 400 pounds at one point.
“I’d get off of Roseanne every spring. I’d lose 60 pounds every spring,” he explained. “I’d gain it back and then some, every year. It’s going to be an ongoing process for the rest of my life.”
After struggling to keep the pounds off, Goodman decided to get serious about his wellbeing and make some lifestyle changes. Goodman previously shared that he struggled with overeating and alcoholism.
A noticeably thinner John Goodman showed off his slimmed-down figure during a recent appearance at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco. The Righteous Gemstones actor, 70, stepped out on Sunday, June 18, at the event, where he served as jury president for the festival. In photos obtained by Page Six, Goodman looked smart in a […]
“I was just eating all the time. 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 6-pack of Bud or whatever and just go back to my old habits,” he said in a 2016 interview with ABC News. “Then this time I wanted to do it slowly, move, exercise. I’m getting to the age where I can’t afford to sit still anymore. And it gives me the energy to work, ‘cause work is very draining.”
As the years have passed, Goodman has continued to put in the work. In 2023, he revealed that he was officially down 200 pounds after adding kickboxing to his exercise plan.
“I dug it. Yeah. Nobody’s going to get hurt, but it’s just hitting the mitts and trying to learn,” he said about boxing in a June 2023 interview with Rolling Stone. “I never got good enough where I would trust myself to spar because once I get whacked in the face, I don’t know if I wouldn’t lose it.”