John Goodman — who lost 200 pounds more than a decade ago — said he got “lazy” and “let everything go” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I haven’t been exercising, but I’m going to start a routine again this summer where I can get some stuff done,” he told Rolling Stone last week.
“I’ve just let everything go just because I haven’t had the energy.”
While the “Righteous Gemstones” actor, 70, has “routines” in place to support his weight loss and alcohol recovery, he said they fell to the wayside after the pandemic.
“That was just getting out and walking the dogs,” he said of what he does to maintain a healthy lifestyle. “I was boxing up until [the pandemic] and I haven’t been able to do that since Covid because I’m lazy.”
The comedian said he “dug” boxing even though he “never got good enough” to spar.
“Nobody’s going to get hurt, but it’s just hitting the mitts and trying to learn. … 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,” he explained.
Goodman most recently attended the 2023 Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco where he showed off his weight-loss transformation.
The “Roseanne” alum looked dapper at the event in a fitted navy blue suit jacket, which he paired with beige trousers and a white dress shirt.
The veteran actor, who served as jury president at the festival, added a pop of color to his outfit with a patterned yellow tie, sunglasses and brown loafers.
Goodman began his physical transformation in 2007 when he weighed roughly 400 pounds.
“In the old days, I would take three months out, lose 60 or 70 pounds, and then reward myself with a six-pack or whatever and just go back to my old habits,” he told ABC in 2017.
“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.”
The former “Saturday Night Live” comedian, who has also been candid about his struggles with alcoholism, quit drinking and hired a personal trainer to keep his exercise routine on track.
“It takes a lot of creative energy to sit on your ass and figure out what you’re going to eat next,” Goodman told People in 2010.
“I wanted to live life better,” he added.
The Emmy winner started following a Mediterranean-style diet and began increasing his baseline fitness by taking at least 10,000 to 12,000 steps a day.
He first revealed he had dropped 100 pounds at the “Trumbo” premiere in 2015.
“It was basically just portion control and [thinking], ‘I don’t need it,'” he explained to AARP in 2018. “I was just shoving everything into my mouth.”
