Music producer Benny Blanco has embarked on an unusual culinary challenge: discovering if a pizza-only diet could lead to weight loss.
“Hey everyone, today’s Day 1 of my five-day journey of eating only pizza to show you can shed pounds on literally any diet,” Blanco, aged 38, announced in a TikTok video posted on Friday, August 21. Starting his experiment at 152.5 pounds, he declared, “I will have one pizza each day and still lose weight.”
Blanco’s experiment launched with a “large, thin crust” pizza from Domino’s. Throughout the week, he continued with similar pies. By the third day, however, he confessed to being “tired of pizza” yet remained committed to his quirky venture.
On Day 5, he humorously expressed his fatigue in another update. “Who am I now without pizza?” he joked. “Honestly, I’m feeling great, with a noticeable spring in my step.”
In other celebrity news, Selena Gomez has opened up about her experiences with self-love and embracing body positivity. “Being in the spotlight from a young age brings immense pressure,” she revealed. “When you think everyone is watching, judging, and commenting on your appearance, it’s tough to feel at ease,” she shared in a recent interview.
At the end of the week, Blanco hit the scale once again.
“You see that? 147.5,” Blanco quipped, reading off the new measurement. “I just lost 4.7 pounds in five days, eating only pizza. Nothing matters, you can do whatever you want. F*** failure, f*** everything, get my book right now.”
Blanco, who is promoting his upcoming memoir F*** Failure, did not publicly share whether he did anything else to aid his apparent weight loss. (Doctors often recommend a balanced diet coupled with plenty of exercise.)
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Blanco released his first book, Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends, in 2024.
“Cooking is scary,” he exclusively told Us in May 2024 in advance of his debut book release. “Throwing a dinner party … forget about it. But I promise you, Open Wide is gonna be the secret handbook in your back pocket. You can pull [my book] out any time you want to impress some guests.”
Blanco is also known to whip up tasty treats for his wife, actress and pop star Selena Gomez. The couple, who have been together since 2023, said “I do” two years later in September 2025.
“She’s my best friend. The second time we hung out, our second date, I was like, ‘Wait, does she like me?’ I was clueless. From then on, it was easy,” Blanco gushed to Interview magazine in March 2025 about his spouse. “You know when you think you met the right person, you’re like, ‘Oh my god.’ But it feels so different. The second we started hanging out, I was like, ‘This is my wife.’ I was telling my mom, ‘This is the girl I’m going to marry.’”