15 Celebs Who Dramatically Gained Weight After Becoming Famous!
Everyone has dealt with weight gain at some point in their lives. Putting on weight can greatly affect an individual’s feeling of self-worth and confidence. With the media fat-shaming everyone above 150 pounds and revering eating disorders nowadays, it’s no surprise why people see weight gain as a mortal sin.
Packing on some pounds can happen to everyone — even to our favorite celebrities too. Pregnancy, movie roles, love for beer — these are just some examples on why our Hollywood stars gain weight. Celebs could afford all the physical trainers, premium gym memberships and dietitians, but cutting down some inches can still be difficult. While some celebrities were able to bounce back to a healthier weight; others have not. Here are 15 of our favorite celebs who have dramatically gained weight.
#1 Britney Spears
In the 90’s, everyone lusted for Britney Spears — blonde hair, cherubic lips and an hour-glass figure. She then sabotaged her career with several run-ins with the law, rehabs, and unsuccessful marriages.
Since her comeback, she’s reportedly gained 30 pounds on her Las Vegas show. Nothing wrong with gaining some weight… Britney is still beautiful, but she could change her wardrobe and show less of her midriff.
#2 Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is one of the more famous stars out there to gain a lot of weight, although in her case, she pretty much managed to carry it well the entire time. Still though, even though some people don’t mind the curvier Mariah, the weight fluctuations that she went through were extreme, even for a list such as this. This has led a lot of sites, such as the National Enquirer to write things such as “Mariah Carey has shed a whopping 45 lbs. from her voluptuous body, sparking speculation she underwent liposuction to get rid of her thunder thighs and fat hips!” Okay, come on… thunder thighs? Really? That seems to be a little extreme. Mariah always looks pretty gorgeous in my humble opinion.
#3 Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson used to be known for two things, and when I say that she was known for them, I mean that she was very well-known for them. One thing that everyone knew her for was being the sister of Michael Jackson, who was one of the most talented and creepiest people in the entire world. She was also known for being an incredibly good dancer and someone who was very talented. Now, however, she isn’t known for either of those things. Her brother has passed away, and at 50 years old, Janet doesn’t look like she has the desire or the figure to do any dancing anytime soon. I guess the fact that she’s now middle-aged and worth around 15o million bucks probably has something to do with her figure. Who can blame her?
#4 Jessica Simpson
Although she looks slim now, she had gained 70 pounds during her pregnancy. This was mainly due to her obsession towards brownies. However, she said that her husband loved her equally even when she was fat and eventually, she struck to a strict weight loss plan to lose weight.
#5 Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson first rose to fame after becoming the first person to win American Idol. Today she has been criticized for her weight gain. She says she is comfortable about her body and shrugs off the nasty criticisms about her weight. “We are who we are, whatever size.” she said in The Ellen Show.
#6 Kirstie Alley
When she hit menopause in 2003, she started gaining weight and lost enough weight in the next two years. However, by 2009, she was back to 228 pounds and now is gradually losing weight. However, she is now fit enough to participate in “Dancing With the Stars”.
#7 Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal was a martial arts legend, action movie star, and a complete badass. Since the height of his career in the mid-90’s, Seagal has packed considerable weight.
#8 P!nk
Despite continued criticism from fans, P!nk says that she does not care about her weight and enjoys the food she eats. Also, her husband Carey Hart, believes that P!nk continues to look great. However, we must admit that she no longer looks slim and slender as she used to before.
#9 Hilary Duff
The singer and actress has gone through major changes after becoming a mother and didn’t really return to her original size. Pretty as ever, we still hope to see her seize control over herself and lose the extra baggage. Again, with only her health on our minds!
#10 Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, talk show host, producer, author, actress, singer and business woman. She began her career as a model at age 15 and rose to fame, becoming the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared twice.
#11 Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill a.k.a. Luke Skywalker has also fallen into bad eating habits. He gained weight but has since gotten back into top condition for Star Wars: Episode VII.
#12 Christina Aguilera
Way back in the ’90s she was considered to be one of the hottest women on the face of the planet. However, age and lack of self control brought pop singer Christina Aguilera to the state that can be witnessed above and we hope she’ll get over herself and return to her original size.
#13 Brendan Fraser
Sometimes, it’s just as simple as becoming middle-aged. It happens to all of us, when you think about it. There’s simply nothing that we can do; time marches on. A good case in point is Brendan Fraser, who for a while was a pretty big star mostly because of all of the different The Mummy movies that he did. He was pretty good-looking and was in good shape. There’s no doubt about either one of those things. Then he hit 40, and it all kind of blew up. Genetics are kind of an odd thing. Sometimes people keep looking good until they’re well into their 50s, and sometimes, they start looking like someone’s middle-aged dad as soon as they hit 30. Brendan has the middle-aged dad gene and the gut that goes with it.
#14 Raven Symone
Known for her famous role in That’s so Raven, Raven has been under the public eye every since she was young. The pressure from the public was and continues to be a lot to handle and she was restricted from living a regular life style from a very young age, “I remember not being able to have the bagel or anything at [craft services] — we call it crafty — where it’s just a table of food ready for you to eat whenever you want.”
#15 Alec Baldwin
For quite a while, Alec Baldwin was thought of as perhaps the very best-looking man in America. And then he got fat. Now let’s be honest: there are certain kinds of guys that can still be super good-looking even when they get a little chubby and even while they age, and there’s no doubt that Alec Baldwin is one of them. He can pull off the chubby handsome guy way better than most people, just like he can pull off his great Donald Trump impersonation on Saturday Night Live. So hey, Alec, keep on doing whatever you’re doing. No, you’re not drop-dead good-looking anymore, and yeah, you are pretty much overweight in anyone’s book, but you still look better than 99 percent of the people in the world.
