John Goodman Says His Body Is 'Messed Up' After 200-Pound Weight Loss: 'I Still Feel Like a Fat Guy'

John Goodman is opening up about the part of extreme weight loss nobody puts in the before-and-after photos. On Josh Horowitz’s“Happy Sad Confused”podcast, the 74-year-old said he turned down a nude scene on“The Righteous Gemstones”because his body is“too messed up”from losing around 200 pounds. He weighed 400 pounds at his heaviest and dropped half of that with a personal trainer, cutting sugar and training six days a week.

The mental side is where it gets really candid. Goodman said he tries to ignore public discussion of his transformation, that he’s still getting used to his own face, and that he sometimes wonders whether his weight fueled self-sabotage early in his career. In a separate Sunday Times interview, he confessed he“still feels like a fat guy,”even if the small victory of buying clothes in regular stores genuinely makes him happy.

Goodman’s story is a reminder that losing weight doesn’t automatically rewrite how you see yourself, especially at 74 and after decades in the spotlight. He’s doing the work, and he’s being honest about the rest. Have you ever made a big health change and still felt like the old you in the mirror? Tell us in the comments.