Published: 18:58 BST, 7 August 2026 | Updated: 04:59 BST, 8 August 2026
Roseanne star John Goodman was completely unrecognizable from the height of his fame when he surfaced on Instagram this week.
During the sitcom's original run from 1988 to 1997, he won a devoted fanbase for his endearing and layered performance as family patriarch Dan Conner, the husband of the title character played by Roseanne Barr.
His portly figure was the subject of frequent jokes and occasional plot points, and he subsequently revealed that at his largest he weighed 400lb.
After Goodman gave up drinking in 2007, he embarked on a weight-loss process that by three years ago had seen him shed more than 200lb.
He had evidently slimmed down even further by this week, when Wizards of Waverly Place actor David DeLuise bumped into him at the supermarket.
DeLuise, whose parents Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur were comic actors famed for their work in Mel Brooks's films, excitedly posted an Instagram selfie with Goodman that left viewers flabbergasted by the TV icon's change in appearance.
The Daily Mail has contacted Goodman's representative for comment.
His portly figure was the subject of frequent jokes and occasional plot points and he subsequently revealed that at his largest he weighed 400lb
DeLuise, whose parents Dom Deluise and Carol Arthur were comic actors famed for their work in Mel Brooks's films, has gushed of Goodman: 'He was my childhood!'
Clockwise from bottom right, Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Michael Fishman, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Laurie Metcalf on the original run of Roseanne
'He was my childhood !!' DeLuise gushed on Instagram with a heart emoji. 'Legend ! I love that I get to say that to someone 😉 if you know you know.'
Goodman began to lose weight after he entered rehab in 2007, putting an end to decades of alcoholism during which he would drink on set.
'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,' he told the Guardian five years later. 'It was time to stop.'
By 2010, he had lost 100lb, having excised sugar from his diet and begun working out six days a week with Serena Williams' trainer Mackie Shilstone, per People.