John Goodman turned heads at the Los Angeles premiere of Tom Cruise movie Digger this week, but it wasn't his latest role doing the work—it was his dramatically smaller frame. The 74-year-old, long associated with hefty characters like Fred Flintstone, has quietly shed around 200 pounds over the past decade-plus, and there's no sign that it was thanks to trendy injections like Ozempic, the Telegraph reports. Goodman has instead described a slow, disciplined reset: cutting out compulsive snacking, shrinking portions, and leaning into a Mediterranean-style diet heavy on plants and healthy fats.
He quit drinking in 2007 after three decades, saying it became "life or death," and built up a steady exercise habit that's included 10,000–12,000 steps a day, time on the elliptical and treadmill, dog walks, and bouts of boxing. His blunt motivation: he was "sick and tired" of seeing himself in the mirror. In 2016, he said he had stopped "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, per 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 the energy to work, 'cause work is very draining."
- Goodman plays the president of the United States in Digger, which opens in theaters Friday, the New York Post reports. Cruise and other co-stars, including Riz Ahmed, Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, and Michael Stuhlbarg were also at Monday's premiere.
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