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Ethan Suplee, 300 pounds lighter, says GLP-1 drugs alone won't get you to your ideal

8/2/2026

Public sentiment around GLP-1 weight-loss drugs picked up a dissent as Ethan Suplee, the "Remember the Titans" actor who lost roughly 300 pounds through years of diet and lifestyle changes, said the medications are a useful tool but fall short for people chasing meaningful body transformation.

Suplee, 50, told Fox News Digital he would not discourage anyone from using them. But he argued the drugs alone do not close the gap between where users start and where they want to end up.

What Suplee said about the drugs He acknowledged the medications produce real results. A person can watch the scale move week over week on a GLP-1, he said, without changing any other behavior.

For people whose goal is basic health improvement, he called that worthwhile. "A small amount of weight loss provides a huge health benefit," he told Fox News Digital.

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