Jim Gaffigan talks weight loss with Mounjaro: ‘It kind of worked’

Jim Gaffigan gets honest about her weight loss journey – and how the decision to use the drug Mounjaro has helped.

“I was so paranoid that I was going to be nauseous that I kind of put it off, but then it kind of worked,” Gaffigan, 58, told Exclusive. Us Weekly while attending the 18th Annual Stand Up for Heroes Gala in New York City on Monday (November 11). “It’s weird because we live in this society where people who eat too much are told that they just have no self-control. … There are people who just don’t have an ‘off’ button to eat , right?

The stand-up comedian went on to explain that it’s “really fascinating” how people have “empathy” for those struggling with other addictions, but there’s “less sympathy” for someone struggling with “overeating .”

“I would eat when I was hungry and I would eat when I was happy and eat when I was sad and I just wanted to eat. That was my reward,” he shared Us, notes that it is “strange” that there is a “negative stigma” surrounding the decision to use medication for weight loss. “Of course it’s personal, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. But then again, anonymity is a thing around a lot of matches like that.

Gaffigan added that he was “probably 270” pounds when he realized he wanted to make a change in terms of his weight.

“I’m kind of like a boxy Midwesterner. I never want to look super skinny,” he joked Us.

Gaffigan plans to share more about her weight loss journey in her new Hulu special The skinny onewhich falls on November 22.

“We are a country struggling with the obesity epidemic,” he explained. “And then there are these appetite suppressants that work wonders, then The skinny one is a bit about processing society’s attitude towards it.”

While the thesis mainly focuses on weight loss, Gaffigan noted that The skinny one will also affect parenting. (Jim shares Marre, 20, Jack, 18, Katie, 15, Michael, 13, and Patrick, 12, with wife Jeannie Gaffigan.)

“The skinny one is kind of about being a parent at this point,” he shared. “I’ve always talked about my kids and the different kinds of insights I’ve gotten from them.”

In addition to keeping busy with his weight loss journey and his decades-long stand-up career, Gaffigan has also started selling small-batch bourbon — inspired by his wife.

“It’s not like a celebrity thing, but we just sell a couple thousand bottles of bourbon,” he shared Us. “We do it every six months. We’ve only done it twice.”

With reporting by Andrew Nodell