By ETonline Staff
6:40 PM PDT, March 15, 2017
These stars have noticeably slimmer physiques.
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Lena Dunham
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The Girls star said she was so sickened by Donald Trump’s presidential win that she couldn’t handle eating and ended up losing weight in the process.
“Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food,” she shared during an interview with Howard Stern in February 2017, crediting the controversial election for her slimmer figure. “Everyone’s been asking like, ‘What have you been doing?’ And I’m like, ‘Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.’”
“Donald Trump became president and I stopped being able to eat food,” she shared during an interview with Howard Stern in February 2017, crediting the controversial election for her slimmer figure. “Everyone’s been asking like, ‘What have you been doing?’ And I’m like, ‘Try soul-crushing pain and devastation and hopelessness and you, too, will lose weight.’”
Jonah Hill
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The War Dogs star, who's been known to shed pounds for roles before, was spotted leaving the gym in Los Angeles on March 11, 2017, looking notably trimmed down as summer approaches.
Mama June Shannon
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The former Here Comes Honey Boo star revealed on a 2016 episode of Botched that she lost "about 150 pounds in a year." She later went on to share her weight loss story on WE tv's Mama June: From Not to Hot, and shrunk down to a size four.
Wendy Williams
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The outspoken talk show host revealed to fans via a video chat on Oct. 19, 2015, that she lost an incredible 50 pounds over three years. Williams credited her strict diet -- no meat, dairy, refined sugars, or "eating after dark" -- and cardio workouts for the stunning slim-down.
John Goodman
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A suited up John Goodman was looking good when he hit the red carpet on Oct. 8, 2015. The acclaimed actor appeared significantly slimmer as he posed with his Trumbo co-stars -- Helen Mirren and Bryan Cranston -- at the BFI London Film Festival.
Shonda Rhimes
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In 2015, the TV showrunner revealed to Women's Health that she dropped 98 pounds in a year! "I realized I could either spend my life going, 'I wish I could lose weight,' or I could just do it," she said. "Nothing is 100 percent fun all the time, but I have never not done something with a pointed focus."
Rosie O'Donnell
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Rosie posted new before-and-after pics to her Twitter and gave an update on her recent weight loss. "Almost 50 lbs off - I can see it now," she wrote on April 17, 2014.
Abby Lee Miller
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The Dance Moms star told ET that her weight loss occurred when she was put on prescription medication, but noticed while shooting her Lifetime show in Australia in the summer of 2014 that their version of the drug was different. "I was taking some medication for thyroid this and that and I had to have the prescription refilled there," she recalled of her trip down under. "Well, it was the same medication but the pills are different. Our pills here are coated for your stomach and this and that, not there. No matter what I ate I was like sick everywhere."
Chaz Bono
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A noticeably thinner Bono was snapped at the Beverly Hills Farmer's Market on Dec. 29, 2013, giving us a glimpse of his incredible weight loss. In the past, he has made no secret of his fight with obesity, telling ET in 2012, "It's very personal for me and very difficult," In 2006, he appeared on Celebrity Fit Club.
Graham Elliot
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The MasterChef judge revealed his dramatic 128-pound weight loss via Instagram on Dec. 4, 2013, captioning his dramatic before-and-after pic, "Weight loss update: currently weighing in at 268lbs, down from 396 (128lbs total). Feel better than I ever had. Thanks everyone for the continued support!"
Ronnie Ortiz
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He got his Jersey Shore body back! Ortiz shared a shirtless before and after pic of his weigh loss transformation on May 28, 2014. "I really let myself go after I got sick last year," he wrote on Instagram. "It's been a long road. I am nowhere I want to be shape wise, but i feel better than i ever did. #DietingIsKEY #CardioSavedMyGoodYearTire #TransformationThursday #letTheAbuseBegin #WowYouGotFatAsFk #AllThatDrinkingAtTheShore #DoIneedToLookLikeICarryLugguageForALiving #ItFeelsGoodToWipeMyOwnAss."
Tom Arnold
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In 2014, Arnold said it was the birth of his son Jax the previous April that persuaded him to finally get serious about losing weight. "Something inside of me changed," he told People about becoming a dad. "I knew I needed to live as long as I could." Arnold also revealed that he now regularly does cardio, circuit-training and ab workouts.
Christina Aguilera
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The mom of two showed off her recent weight-loss in a curve-hugging white cut-out dress at the 2013 American Music Awards.
Austin 'Chumlee' Russell
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This reality star is often the butt of jokes on History Channel's hit series, Pawn Stars, but he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in September 2013 that he lost at least 75 pounds with a weight loss regimen. "I'm going to the gym six days a week," Chumlee told the newspaper. "I'm eating right -- well-balanced diet. I drink a juice smoothie every morning."
Janet Jackson
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Jackson has had a public battle with food for years. For decades her weight has yo-yoed, and in December 2011, she became the Nutrisystem spokeswoman. In an interview with Good Morning America, the singer said of her health regimen, "It’s a matter of learning how to keep it off, that maintenance and they have a program for that."
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi
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In December 2011, the pint-sized guidette tweeted, "So happy I’m at my goal weight I was when I was in high school. Feeling fit is amazing and can’t wait to tone up hardcore."
Ricki Lake
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Despite losing to J.R. Martinez on Dancing with the Stars, Lake won out in her war on the bulge. Since her time on Dancing, the actress lost between 20 to 25 pounds. While making an appearance on The View in October 2011, Ricki said, "I was on the Derek Hough diet and it works. I lost 20 to 25 pounds and I went down two sizes."
Lauren Alaina
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The American Idol alum has lost 25 pounds since stepping into the spotlight. "Changing my diet was the big thing," Alaina told Us Weekly in October 2011. "I had to learn correct portion control... I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch and chicken with asparagus for dinner."
Kirstie Alley
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Alley shed 100 pounds after doing Dancing with the Stars. She told ET in September 2011, "I feel like I'm back in my element. I honestly didn't even realize what I looked like."
Jenni 'JWoww' Farley
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JWoww surprised Jersey Shore fans when she displayed her new look on the MTV reality show in August 2011. Over seven months, the reality star shed 20 pounds and 2 dress sizes. When internet rumors circled about plastic surgery, Jenni told InTouch Weekly: "People are saying I got cheek implants, my chin shaved down and a nose job. If I got work done, I would be open to talking about it. I didn't." Rather, Farley said that diet and exercise helped her drop some baby fat she was apparently carrying earlier on in the series' run.
Jennifer Hudson
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The American Idol alum lost 80 pounds and became a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers in 2010.