John Goodman Shows Off 200-pound Weight Loss At 'smurfs' Premiere

John Goodman is showing disconnected his 200-pound weight loss.

The erstwhile “Conners” star, 73, turned heads erstwhile he walked nan reddish carpet astatine nan Los Angeles premiere of nan “Smurfs” movie connected Sunday.

Goodman, who voices Papa Smurf successful nan animated flick, wore a navy bluish suit, achromatic shirt, achromatic necktie and brownish shoes arsenic he smiled for photographers.

John Goodman connected July 13, 2025 successful Los Angeles.Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic

Goodman’s quality astatine nan arena comes 4 months aft he sustained a hep wounded successful nan U.K. during accumulation of an upcoming movie directed by Oscar victor Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline reported successful March.

The Emmy victor reportedly received aesculapian attraction and was scheduled to statesman shooting again nan pursuing week.

Goodman’s slow and dependable weight nonaccomplishment has happened complete galore years. According to a 2023 question and reply pinch Rolling Stone, nan character has mislaid much than 200 pounds.

The character told People successful 2010 that he’d mislaid nan first 100 pounds aft deciding he wanted to beryllium a much progressive person.

“I cognize it sounds sappy, but it was a waste,” he said. “It takes a batch of imaginative power to beryllium connected your a-- and fig retired what you’re going to eat next. … I wanted to unrecorded life better.”

John Goodman connected July 13, 2025 successful Los Angeles.Matt Winkelmeyer / WireImage

Goodman told nan publication that he’d been moving retired six days a week and he’d besides trim retired sweetener from his diet.

“I’m breaking a sweat, but I’m not going nuts,” he said.

In 2018, Goodman told AARP that he had trained himself to devour little nutrient erstwhile he ate. “It was fundamentally conscionable information control, and ‘I don’t request it,’” he said. “I was conscionable shoving everything into my mouth.”

He added that that he wasn’t comfortable boasting astir his weight nonaccomplishment because of nan consequence of him gaining nan weight back.

“I don’t want to beryllium an illustration to anybody erstwhile nan weight comes thundering backmost connected — erstwhile I commencement eating Crisco retired of nan tin pinch a spoon and a broadside of confectioner’s sugar,” he joked.

In June 2023, Goodman told Rolling Stone that his workout regular astatine nan clip consisted of “getting retired and stepping nan dogs.”

The engaged character said he had go “lazy” since nan Covid pandemic and hadn’t devoted overmuch clip arsenic he wanted to moving out.

Goodman added that boxing was 1 of his favourite ways to break a sweat.

“I ne'er sewage bully capable wherever I would spot myself to spar because erstwhile I get whacked successful nan face, I don’t cognize if I wouldn’t suffer it,” he added.