John Goodman says his body is 'messed up' from 200lb weight loss… as he admits he is 'still trying to get used to my face'

John Goodman revealed that his massive 200lb weight loss has left his body 'messed up.'

The 74-year-old Roseanne actor, who weighed nearly 400lbs before undergoing stomach surgery and shedding weight, said he is still trying to 'get used to my face.'

While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Monday, Goodman said that he turned down doing a nude scene during his time on the HBO show Righteous Gemstones because he was concerned over how his body would look on camera.

'I thought I was going to have to be naked in it and I said, "I don't know. My body's too messed up losing all this weight,"' Goodman said.

He went on to say that they were eventually able to make the scene work and 'got it done.' The show ran for four seasons from 2019 to 2025.

The Digger star added that he is still trying to adjust to what he looks like.

'I'm still trying to get used to my face,' he shared. 'It's weird. I think of myself as one way and then I look at myself, "Oh, wow!"'

'It's strange. It's fun to get used to. There's a lot of stuff I'm getting used to.'  

Goodman also believes that his former appearance before his weight loss transformation could have negatively impacted his career, calling it a form of 'self-sabotage.' 

'I was working enough as I was. I wasn't crazy about it, but I wonder if I probably sabotaged myself.' 

As for people talking about his appearance, he said, 'I just ignore it. Since I'm in this business it is fair game, up to a point.'

Goodman previously said that transferring his addictive behavior from drinking to eating led him to hit nearly 400lbs at one point.

He explained to The New Yorker about how his weight would rise and fall after he got sober in 2007, when he was 55.

'I'd lose 60 pounds in a summer, gain it all back - 70 pounds, 80 pounds - and that got tiring,' the veteran actor told the outlet. 'I took steps so I wouldn't have to do that anymore.

'I was almost 400 pounds. I was eating alcoholically after I stopped drinking.'

Goodman said his decision to quit drinking came when he 'got sick and tired of being sick and tired.'

'The thing about instant gratification is you don't really care what's going to happen right after it - which always led to bigger hangovers or me getting the shakes, and having to drink to get rid of the shakes, and that vicious cycle,' he said.

Goodman said his drinking led to being in a position when he stopped in which he 'had to be hospitalized one way or the other.'

'I just was tired of it, and I wanted to stop. I was delaying my maturation by drinking, and I had a lot of catching up to do, just realizing how selfish it made me.'

The actor said that his vices led him to overlook 'real life,' as he 'wanted to live in Animal House the whole time.'

Goodman said that he eventually had stomach surgery to deal with his weight gain, but it led to complications.

'I also turned anemic and lost a layer of fat under my skin, and I'm cold all the time,' he said.

In another recent interview with The Sunday Times Culture Magazine he revealed he had to 'force himself' into the gym in a bid to lose weight after his relationship with food became 'dangerous.'

Goodman shared that it would have been a 'godsend' to have weight loss jabs when he was trying to slim down, as it would have helped him 'cut down' on his 'addiction' to food.

'It was dangerous. My joints were shot from the weight I was carrying,' he said.

Noting he's since had two knee replacements, the actor said he spends much of his time in the gym, adding: 'I mean, I have to force myself in there. If it was just me, I'd skip it.'

After Goodman gave up drinking and entered rehab in 2007, he embarked on a weight-loss process that had seen him shed more than 200lbs by 2023.

The milestone put an end to decades of alcoholism, during which he would even drink on set.

In the interview, Goodman added that he would welcome weight loss jabs, but confirmed he is not currently using them.

He said: 'No, because it's got to be co-ordinated with other things. But it would have been a godsend.'

'They cut down on the addiction part and I understand it works for drinking as well.'

He became world-famous for his endearing and layered performance in US sitcom Roseanne, as family patriarch Dan Conner, the husband of the show’s title character, played by Roseanne Barr.

His portly figure was the subject of frequent jokes and occasional plot points.

'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 revealed five years later. 'It was time to stop.'

By 2010, he had lost 100lbs, having cut out sugar from his diet. He also started working out six days a week with Serena Williams' trainer, Mackie Shilstone, according to People Magazine.

Being heavier, Goodman said, had 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.'