Jim Gaffigan opened up about shedding 50 pounds on The View, sharing a moment with co-host Whoopi Goldberg as they discussed their experiences using Mounjaro, a weight loss medication. As soon as Gaffigan, 68, sat down at the Hot Topics table to talk about his new stand-up special, moderator Goldberg, 69, instantly observed his leaner appearance. “The special is called The Skinny. You also have gotten skinny,” the Color Purple alum told Gaffigan.
Gaffigan then said: “I have gotten skinny. And it’s none of my own willpower. It’s a shot in the stomach. That works wonders. I don’t know why people are afraid to admit it. It seems strange.” The EGOT winner mentioned that she informs “everyone” about her use of Mounjaro. The comic then quipped: “We take blood pressure medicine, we’re not hiding that. It’s like, what’s the big deal?”
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Jim Gaffigan Discusses 50-Pound Weight Loss on ‘The View’ with Help from Mounjaro
Recently, Gaffigan shared with People that he has shed 50 pounds since he began using Mounjaro, the medication prescribed for type 2 diabetes that also aids in weight loss. “I feel good. I’m just grateful because it’s such a better life,” he dished to the publication. He went on: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. There’s people walking around that obviously do not have blonde hair — yet they do. I don’t think that’s weird, either. It’s just whatever gets you through.”
The father of two (who shares daughter Marre, 20, and son Jack, 18, with his wife Jeannie Gaffigan) confided to People that he was uncertain about the effectiveness of the medication at first. “I had very low expectations because I did know someone that had tried it and they were like, ‘Oh no, I was just nauseous for a week,'” he noted. “And then I thought my true joy of eating would overpower anything.”
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However, as soon as he noticed the numbers on the scale decreasing, he was convinced. Gaffigan has faced challenges with gaining weight throughout the majority of his adulthood. He remembers being in his 20s, when he “would work out twice a day just to be thin so I could eat.” He added: “And then as my metabolism slowed down, it became harder and harder, and then my knees started giving out, and then fatigue set in.”
Throughout the years, he steadily put on more weight. It was only last year that his doctor suggested he think about medication.
"She was like, 'Well, some people are against it.' And I'm like, 'I don't care, I'll try it.' My knees hurt and my cholesterol was kind of not great," Gaffigan recalled.
He continued: "And that's some of why I wanted to talk about it, because I almost thought it was kind of odd that people were resistant to talking about it. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. There's people walking around that obviously do not have blonde hair — yet they do. I don't think that's weird, either. It's just whatever gets you through."
