Comedian Jim Gaffigan says he lost 50 pounds on Mounjaro

Jim Gaffigan is the latest personage opening up astir his large value nonaccomplishment with the assistance of fashionable medicine medications.

The self-deprecating comedian revealed successful a People interrogation that helium shed 50 pounds with the assistance of Mounjaro, adrug utilized to dainty benignant 2 diabetes. It besides helps radical suffer weight.

“I consciousness good,” helium told the outlet. “I’m conscionable grateful due to the fact that it’s specified a amended life.”

Gaffigan, 58, says helium turned to the medication, a marque sanction for tirzepatide, aft tipping the scales astatine astir 270 pounds, but with immoderate skepticism.

“I had precise debased expectations due to the fact that I did cognize idiosyncratic that had tried it and they were like, ‘Oh no, I was conscionable nauseous for a week,'” the “Dad Is Fat” writer explained. “And past I thought my existent joyousness of eating would overpower anything.”

But erstwhile the slimming down started, helium had a alteration of heart.

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Jim Gaffigan successful 2018 (left) and past week (right). (Getty)

Gaffigan said helium battled with his value astir of his big beingness dating backmost to his 20s, erstwhile helium “would enactment retired doubly a time conscionable to beryllium bladed truthful I could eat.”

He continued: “And past arsenic my metabolism slowed down, it became harder and harder, and past my knees started giving out, and past fatigue acceptable in.”

Professionally, the joined begetter of 5 has go rather relatable delivering frank wit astir family, nutrient and being abdominous successful astir of his routines.

Gaffigan’s latest stand-up special, “The Skinny,” shares much penetration into his value nonaccomplishment journey.

“I don’t cognize if you know, I’m usually a abdominous guy. But since I’ve mislaid each this weight, I’m conscionable arrogant,” helium cracks successful a preview for the Hulu special, launching Nov. 22. “People—they won’t adjacent accidental thing to me—they’ll conscionable spell up to my woman and ask, ‘Is Jim OK?’ Because to them, it’s much apt that I’m sick than I would ever person immoderate self-discipline.”

In caller months, different celebrities specified arsenic chap comics Amy Schumer, EGOT victor Whoopi Goldberg and media mogul Oprah Winfrey person gone nationalist astir utilizing value nonaccomplishment drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound.

As 1 of the fewer antheral celebrities opening up astir his methods, Gaffigan hopes to shingle the stigma associated with value nonaccomplishment drugs.

“…that’s immoderate of wherefore I wanted to speech astir it, due to the fact that I astir thought it was benignant of unusual that radical were resistant to talking astir it,” helium told People. “I don’t deliberation there’s thing incorrect with it. There’s radical walking astir that evidently bash not person blonde hairsbreadth — yet they do. I don’t deliberation that’s weird, either. It’s conscionable immoderate gets you through.”