Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Jesse Plemons is opening up about his 50-pound weight loss. In a new interview, the "Friday Night Lights" alum shared why he chose to kickstart his health and wellness journey and explained how he managed to lose a significant amount of weight.
"Well, I'm not lugging 50 more pounds around," he told " Entertainment Tonight ." He dropped the pounds "over the course of a year and a half or so," he shared. JESSE PLEMONS DENIES OZEMPIC CAUSED DRAMATIC WEIGHT LOSS Jesse Plemons lost 50 pounds through intermittent fasting.
(Getty Images) "I have much more energy [now] and, like I've said, I've got young kids, so I got to keep up with them," Plemons, who shares two young sons with wife Kirsten Dunst , added. Earlier this month, the 36-year-old actor denied using Ozempic, despite online chatter. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "It’s really unfortunate that I decided to get healthy when everyone decided to take Ozempic," Plemons told the Los Angeles Times .
"It doesn’t matter. Everyone’s going to think I took Ozempic anyways." The actor previously denied using Ozempic to lose weight.
(Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for FIJI Water) "But what it was, was getting older, and I hate even getting specific because then it turns into a whole thing. But there was a part that I did that, in my mind, I could not imagine him as the size that I was." Instead, Plemons chose a different route.
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