Stars Slim Down: Lizzo, Jelly Roll & Tammy Slaton’s Unfiltered Weight Loss
Brace yourselves for a fresh round of celebrity weight-loss flexing, because apparently trimming down is a spectator sport. First on the chopping block is Lizzo, who proudly announced in January that she’d slashed 16 percent of her body fat—while somehow still dodging accusations of abandoning body positivity. “I’m not fat anymore,” the “About Damn Time” singer declared to Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s Love in Real Life this March (E! Online, March 2025), triggering a digital uproar from critics eager to brand her a traitor. According to Lizzo, true body positivity was never about maintaining a single silhouette but about defying a society that told her bigger bodies shouldn’t exist or take up space. Cue the mic drop.
Hold tight, we’re not done. Jelly Roll—aka Jason DeFord—has turned his own scale saga into headline fodder. At 6-foot-1, he kicked off at a hefty 540 pounds and is down to 357 as of Pat McAfee’s Big Night Aht in April (E! Online, April 2025). His next stunt? Shedding another 100 pounds, then skydiving over Sweden with his wife, Bunnie XO. To make the magic happen, he’s reportedly conquered his “food demons,” trading midnight pizza binges for disciplined meal prep (People, April 2025). If that sounds ridiculously heroic, welcome to celebrity culture: where personal health milestones become public spectacles.
Of course, blasting out raw weight-loss stats without acknowledging the emotional roller-coaster would be a disservice. Lizzo frames her journey as equal parts physical and mental therapy, insisting that feeling stronger inside is the real victory. Rosie O’Donnell echoes the sentiment from a different angle, crediting the diabetes drug Mounjaro for both glucose control and surprise pounds-shed—“I can’t believe this is me now,” she captioned in May (People, May 2025). Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey has also nodded in approval of medication-assisted weight loss, proving that even the richest and wisest among us can be tempted by a prescription pad.
Then there’s Tammy Slaton, whose rise to fame on TLC’s 1,000-Lb. Sisters hinged on her willingness to wear her struggles on-screen. When she peaked at over 700 pounds, the cameras rolled; now, after bariatric surgery in 2022, she’s slimmed down to 238 and counting, a 450-plus-pound plunge that her surgeon, Dr. Eric Smith, attributes to “small, daily lifestyle adjustments” (People, October 2024). Slaton’s story reminds us that sustainable change rarely happens overnight—even on reality TV.
At the end of the day, these headline-grabbing transformations underscore a simple truth: there’s no one-size-fits-all path to health. Surgery, meds, meal plans, or rare moments of sheer willpower—whatever works for you might not work for your favorite star. But if you were looking for a quick-fix miracle, step aside. And that’s today’s dose of reality. You’re welcome.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, Pat McAfee’s Big Night Aht, SiriusXM’s Love in Real Life, People Magazine
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