John Goodman shows off staggering weight loss in rare red carpet appearance with wife

John Goodman has shown off his impressive 200lb weight loss as he made a rare public appearance with his wife Anna Beth.

Wearing a navy suit, he posed with his wife Anna Beth, who donned a maroon dress and matching heels.

John Goodman showed off his weight loss at the Digger premiere on Monday

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Goodman has previously said that Beth, whom he has been married to for 36 years, has been instrumental in helping him with his alcoholism, and in turn, his weight loss.

The Hollywood star, who shot to fame for his role in Rosanne, has lost more than 14 stone after giving up drinking back in 2007, and has remained sober ever since.

“It was 30 years of a disease that was taking its toll on everyone around me, and it had got to the point where, every time I did it, it was becoming more and more debilitating. It was life or death,” Goodman said.

John Goodman and his wife Anna Beth Goodman attend the Los Angeles premiere of Digger

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“It was time to stop.”

His astonishing weight loss was further aided after cutting sugar out of his diet, hiring a health coach, and working out throughout the week and by 2023, he had lost most of the weight.

Goodman later told AARP that he considered the key to his successful weight loss to be “portion control”.

“I was just shoving everything into my mouth,” he said. “But I don’t want to be an example to anybody when the weight comes thundering back on — when I start eating Crisco out of the can with a spoon and a side of confectioner’s sugar.”

John Goodman first began his weight loss journey in 2007

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Goodman has said that being obese has been “a waste”.

He added jokingly: “It takes a lot of creative energy to sit on your a** and figure out what you're going to eat next.”

Goodman plays the President of the United States in Tom Cruise’s new satirical film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which premieres in cinemas on Friday, October 2.