Hollywood's 'funny fat guy' Josh Gad fears Ozempic will ruin his career after 40lbs weight loss
Hollywood's 'funny fat guy' Josh Gad fears Ozempic will ruin his career after 40lbs weight loss
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Josh Gad reveled anxieties over his career after recently losing 40 pounds with the help of a weight loss medication. Hollywood's 'funny fat guy', 43, appeared on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast on Monday, and shared he's been taking a 'miracle drug' for weight loss.
![[The Frozen star said the GLP-1 medication will help him 'be there for my kids', but admitted his fears over how it will affect his comedic persona; pictured in 2017]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/07/94585451-14332539-image-a-72_1738048229068.jpg)
The Frozen star — who shares daughters Ava, 14, and Isabella, 10, with wife Ida Darvish — said the GLP-1 medication will help him 'be there for my kids', but admitted his fears over how it will affect his comedic persona. 'I've always been the funny fat guy. Can I be the funny skinny guy? Can I be the hot leading man?' the actor — who recently recalled an unusual encounter with a bathrobe-clad Jeff Goldblum — questioned.
![[Hollywood's 'funny fat guy' appeared on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast on Monday, and shared he's been taking a 'miracle drug' for weight loss]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/07/94585565-14332539-Hollywood_s_funny_fat_guy_43_appeared_on_Dax_Shepard_s_Armchair_-a-83_1738050406670.jpg)
'I don't know that people would accept me as those things,' he went on, adding that his future roles are not as much of a concern as being present for his children. 'I'm not as worried about that because my primary goal is, I want to be there for my kids. Everything else is bulls**t.'.
![['I've always been the funny fat guy. Can I be the funny skinny guy? Can I be the hot leading man?' the actor questioned; pictured January 15 in NYC]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/07/94585445-14332539-image-a-84_1738050422092.jpg)
Josh Gad, 43, reveled anxieties over his career after recently losing 40 pounds with the help of a weight loss medication; seen January 14 in New York City. The Frozen star said the GLP-1 medication will help him 'be there for my kids', but admitted his fears over how it will affect his comedic persona; pictured in 2017.
![['I don't know that people would accept me as those things,' he went on, adding that his future roles are not as much of a concern as being present for his children; pictured in 2023]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/07/94585441-14332539-image-a-88_1738050475935.jpg)
Opening up about his weight loss journey, Gad shared: 'I'm on a GLP-1… this is the first time I've opened up about this. It has suppressed, in a great way, that noise... when I wake up, I feel hunger pains — and so much of that is psychological, right? — and what this does is it takes away that signal.'.
![['I'm not as worried about that because my primary goal is, I want to be there for my kids. Everything else is bulls**t'; pictured with daughters Ava, 14, and Isabella, 10 in 2018]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/07/29095322-14332539-Daddy_daughter_time_Josh_Gad_revealed_the_sweet_bedtime_ritual_h-a-91_1738050755624.jpg)
