‘Mean Girls’ Star Reveals 135-Pound Weight Loss Transformation
Shocked fans remarked that the actor looks like a “totally different person.”
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A Mean Girls star is showing off his incredible physical transformation in a set of shirtless snaps.
Daniel Franzese revealed on Threads that he lost 135 pounds over three years.
The 48-year-old comedian replied to a thread titled “Show your weight loss transformations. Let’s motivate and inspire someone today” with a shirtless photo from 2023 and another from 2026.
Daniel Franzese posted two photos of himself showing his physique on Threads: one from three years ago and a more recent snap.
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In the caption, Franzese wrote that he had slimmed down his figure by giving up alcohol and sugar.
Daniel Franzese showed off his current physique in a shirtless snap.
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He also said he worked out at least four times a week and had started counting macros.
Tracking macronutrients means monitoring your calorie intake and where those calories come from.
Daniel Franzese said he had lost 135 pounds in three years. Pictured here in October 2023 and in May 2023.
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In the comments, fans called Franzese an “inspiration.”
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“Bro you look great,” one person wrote. Another said his progress was “impressive.”
Fans were shocked by Daniel Franzese’s transformation.
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“Oh my God, I would not have recognized you,” one person wrote. “You’re [a] totally different person. Wow.”
Daniel Franzese portrayed Damien Leigh in the 2004 hit comedy “Mean Girls.”
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The transformation was significant compared with Franzese’s best-known role as Damien Leigh in the Tina Fey-written 2004 hit teen comedy, Mean Girls.
In the star-studded film, Franzese played an outcast high schooler who spent his time with Janice Ian, portrayed by Lizzy Caplan. Together with the school’s new girl, Cady Heron, played by Lindsay Lohan, they plotted a scheme to take down the school’s popular girl, Regina George, portrayed by Rachel McAdams.
Daniel Franzese at the “Mean Girls” Los Angeles Premiere in Hollywood in 2004.
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Franzese has spent the last few years touring as a stand-up comedian. But even with his impressive wellness journey, he doesn’t always make the right call.
During one of his August sets at LA’s The Comedy Store, he abruptly exited the stage.
“Turns out doing stand-up on 30 minutes of sleep with no food or water is not the wellness journey I thought it was,” He told the Daily Mail.
Adding, “Sometimes you get so busy working and taking care of everything and everybody that you forget your own body needs taking care of too.”
Lizzy Caplan as Janice Ian and Daniel Franzese as Damien Leigh in “Mean Girls.”
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Franzese keeps his fans updated on his career and wellness journey on social media.
In an August Instagram post, he wrote that he “felt good” about his fitness process, and said he was “Doing a lot of kettlebell stuff and enjoying it.”
Still, Franzese said he wasn’t done with his transformation yet, writing, “Still got work to do.”
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