By Jonathan Klotz
| Updated 2 days ago

LEGO has been making incredible licensed playsets for years, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, both Marvel and DC, and, you know, any other nerd franchise you can think of. Thanks to Brent Waller, an inventive Australian fan who happens to work as a 3-D artist, The X-Files made it through the LEGO Ideas process and will soon become a reality. To celebrate, LEGO brought back Gillian Anderson as Agent Scully for a fun sneak peek trailer:

Recreate Mulder’s Office In Your Office

The X-Files LEGO set clocks in at 1,478 pieces, and includes eight minifigs: Mulder and Scully, Skinner, The Cigarette Smoking Man (or Carl Busch to get around the whole “Smoking” thing), Mr. X, Agent Krycek, a Gray Alien, and best of all, The Flukeman. It’s a two-layered set with the FBI office on the bottom, and then a forest up top complete with a hovering UFO. As evidence that this was designed by a fan, Mulder’s office includes pencils sticking out of the ceiling and sunflower seeds. There are also new tiles that show the “I Want To Believe” poster and “The Truth Is Out There.”

Waller explained in interviews that he first put together Mulder’s office back in 2014 while watching the show. Trying to capture The X-Files in a single LEGO diorama is impossible, but when you think about it, the office and a UFO encounter do hit the high points. The minifigs changed from the original LEGO Ideas submission, and there’s no Tooms trapped in a vent, but it looks fantastic.

The LEGO Ideas Program Is Filled With 90’s Nostalgia

The X-Files set went through the LEGO Ideas program, where fans upload their designs, and if they earn over 10,000 votes, LEGO designers will take a look at it and see if it can become an official set. Also in the works from the program are the Griswolds’ House from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and the Megazord from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, while past sets were made including E.T., Jaws, Seinfeld, and Friends. To say that the LEGO Ideas program has been a hit would be an understatement.

Anyone who buys The X-Files set from August 4th through the 10th will also receive a bonus gift: Scully’s Lab from the FBI Academy. It’s significantly smaller, only 221 pieces, but can combine with the main set to add to the diorama. As for the price, The X-Files set will be available for $199.99, proving that, again, nostalgia comes with a price.

It’s great to see Gillian Anderson back as Dana Scully, even if it’s only for a commercial, but then again, The X-Files revival series wasn’t exactly beloved by fans of the original run. A new, updated take on the series is in the works by Black Panther writer/director Ryan Coogler. Recent rumors point towards it being a movie rather than an ongoing series. Until we know for sure, fans can finally enjoy putting together their favorite FBI field agents in LEGO form, and who knows, if the set does well enough, maybe we’ll get a LEGO version of the Peacock’s house from “Home!”

You can buy The X-Files set directly on LEGO.com.

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 10 seconds ago

Back in the ‘90s, Deep Space Nine seemed like an insane idea for a spinoff of The Next Generation. Like, there’s a space station instead of a ship? And it just sits there instead of boldly going anywhere? Plus, some of our most important characters include a spy, a terrorist, and a Space Jesus? On paper, all of this sounded like it would be a disaster. But DS9 ultimately became something far better than a TNG spinoff. It became, in fact, the best Star Trek show ever made. That didn’t happen right away, though, as it took the show some time to find its voice.

Fittingly enough, the biggest early challenge was differentiating DS9 from what came before. The commanding officer of these shows is always the de facto main character, so it was important to make sure Sisko was very distinct from Picard. Season 1 made a token effort to do this; we see how much Sisko actively dislikes the Enterprise captain in “Emissary” and that he has a much more direct way of dealing with Q in “Q-Less.” However, it wasn’t until the Season 2 episode “Second Sight” that the writers established that Picard was “the explorer” and Sisko was “the builder,” which helped them transform DS9 into Trek’s best show.

Humanizing Star Trek’s Most Complicated Character

The plot of “Second Sight” is that Commander Sisko meets and falls in love with a mysterious woman. He can’t find much information about her, and he is suitably shocked to meet another woman who looks exactly like his new gal but who has no memory of ever meeting him. With the help of Dax, Sisko learns that the woman he fell in love with is actually a telepathic projection from this other woman; she is unhappy with her marriage to an egotistical terraformer, but her people mate for life, so she feels stuck. The psychic projection is killing her, and her husband ultimately sacrifices himself so she can be happy.

One of the most interesting things about “Second Sight” is that it was (according to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) originally written to be a Bashir story, with the horndog doctor being the one who falls in love with a mysterious woman. It was then-showrunner Michael Piller’s idea to make this a Sisko episode instead. His primary concern was that Deep Space Nine had made the commander a very aloof figure, and he wanted to humanize his character. Along the way, he hoped to more fully define Sisko in a way the show never had before.

Sisko The Builder

Piller’s partner in crime was Deep Space Nine writer and future showrunner Ira Steven Behr. He and Piller “had conversations about making Sisko the builder, on establishing the difference between him and Picard, the explorer. Sisko is a builder, he stays with a project until the finish.” This had a transformative effect on the writing staff and helped them craft better stories for the commanding officer. “That helped us to see Sisko in a whole lot of different ways. He’s a guy who’s solid and real and human,” Behr said.

Honestly, this insight is quite brilliant. What they said about Picard was perfectly in line with the captain we saw in The Next Generation. Why didn’t Picard stay to work on the family vineyard with his brother? Later, why didn’t he take the underwater research facility gig after recovering from assimilation? Because, like Kirk before him, Picard’s first, best destiny is exploring the final frontier. By contrast, Sisko is a family man. He was hesitant to take the Deep Space Nine assignment, but once he was there, he could never leave because he wanted to build a better world for his son, his crew, and the people of Bajor.

What The Worlds Need Now, Is Love, Sweet Love

So, where does “Second Sight” come into these revelations about who Sisko is as a character? Simple: giving Sisko a new romance develops his character, showing how he’s attempting to move on from the tragic death of his wife. Additionally, this plot helps viewers identify with the character. We may not know what it’s like to be a Starfleet officer or a Space Jesus, but everyone watching at home knows what it’s like to fall in love. After this, Sisko progressively became the emotional center of Deep Space Nine, anchoring killer stories like “Far Beyond the Stars” with the sheer weight of his relatable humanity.

None of that would have happened, though, if the show’s best writers hadn’t gone out of their way to make Sisko as different from Picard as they possibly could!

By Jonathan Klotz
| Published 27 seconds ago

You’ve heard of The Netflix Effect, how a show available to stream on Netflix will suddenly surge in popularity and bring in new viewers, most famously this happened with Breaking Bad. You, the discerning movie watcher that you are, may also be aware of the Blank Check Bounce, when al of a sudden, the long-running podcast about director’s filmographies will suddenly be available on streaming. And yet, it was The Flop House, a bad movie podcast airing since 2007, that pulled off the impossible and has pushed Jem into the Amazon Streaming Top 10. 

One Flop House Episode And Jem Is Trending

The Flop House co-host Dan McCoy, a former writer for The Daily Show,  has an unironic love for Jem that he forced upon his co-hosts Elliot Kalan, writer for DC’s Harley Quinn comic and showrunner for Netflix’s upcoming Ghostbusters cartoon, and Stuart Wellington, a New York bar owner, Warhammer nerd, and the world’s biggest Castle Freak fan, along with the listeners of the July 18th episode. For over 90 minutes, Dan explained in detail what Jem is, broke down two of the most absurd episodes, and explained why she’s truly, truly outrageous. 

Jem aired on Saturday Mornings from 1985 through 1988, and then in reruns for years after, as a counter to Transformers and G.I.Joe, both aimed at boys, Jem was aimed at girls. Behind the scenes, it was the same company and production teams at Hasbro, Sunbow Productions, and Marvel Comics, working on all of them. 

Jem herself is Jerrica Benton, CEO of Starlight Music, who was also secretly the rock superstar Jem. Using an advanced AI computer called Synergy, Jessica transforms into Jem, predating Hannah Montana by 20 years. With her band The Holograms, they have episodic adventures each week that usually put them up against The Misfits, the evil counterparts to Jem and the Holograms. You better believe that every episode includes 2-3 incredibly catchy song sequences that are peak 80s. 

An Insane Cartoon Nostalgia Trip

Dan McCoy was quick to point out during his rundown that this is the show he’ll toss on late at night when he needs to relax and get to sleep. Jem is, as with most Saturday Morning Cartoons, incredibly formulaic, even if the individual episodes are insane. He made Stuart and Elliot attempt to guess what happens at the end of “Journey Through Time,” a time-travel episode where Jem and the Holograms rock through the Renaissance, the Blitz, and Woodstock. It was topped by “The Presidential Dilemma” which has the band working with the President to solve the mystery of the D.C. Marauder. 

It’s a testament to how many Floppers are out there that a week later, Jem is still in the Amazon Prime Top 10 Shows.Missing from any Top 10 is Jem and the Holograms, the historic flop that left theaters two weeks after it debuted in 2015. The only thing keeping it from the all-time lists is that it was so cheap to make, only $5 million, which is significantly less than a true adaptation of Jem should cost. 

The Flop House is available to stream on all major podcast platforms, and is part of the Maximum Fun Network.Every other Saturday they talk about a bad movie, and in between, they do exactly what Dan McCoy did with Jem and talk about whatever they do for a “mini” episode. The quotes had to be used as the Jem deep dive went on for longer than the runtime of Jem and the Holograms, but it’s a fantastic episode that is best paired with a binge of the 80s classic on Amazon Prime Video.

Jem is available on Amazon Prime Video.

By Jonathan Klotz
| Published 7 seconds ago

If your social media feed is like mine, it’s been filled with people saying “No one told me that Masters of the Universe was this much fun!” Closely followed by “I tried to tell everyone not to let He-Man go the way of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves!” The thing is, that the first attempt at a live-action He-Man in 40 years was never going to be a box office hit. It didn’t matter. It was destined to be a streaming hit on Amazon Prime, where it’s been at Number One since debuting, and that is what Amazon was planning on all along. Thankfully, to the streamer, it’s a success, and now we can brace for spinoffs and sequels.

Masters of the Universe bounced around Hollywood for decades before Amazon MGM scooped it up in 2023 and finally made it happen. When it made $113 million, far below expectations, Amazon’s Domestic Distribution Chief, Kevin Wilson said: “this opening is exactly the kind of critical first moment that validates our holistic distribution strategy—building awareness and engagement that will carry well beyond the theatrical window.” That’s what happened, and now, Amazon is having the last laugh. 

Masters Of The Universe Was Destined For Amazon Prime

Fans of the He-Man franchise were upset over the lack of promotion Amazon put behind the film this past Spring. There weren’t a lot of commercials, though the press tour was successful and endeared the cast to the fanbase (except for Jared Leto), but now we can see that Amazon was waiting for the streaming debut. Now there’s commercials everywhere celebrating the film’s launch on Amazon Prime Video. The theatrical release was a fun throwaway to the fans. Streaming was the goal. 

Nicholas Galitzine stepped into the fur-lined underwear of Adam Prince/He-Man, and after acknowledging the original, Dolph Lundgren, he made the role his own. Masters of the Universe is a campy, unserious sci-fi fantasy romp very similar to Honor Among Thieves, and Galitzine holds it all together with a charismatic performance that matches the wild tone. Camila Mendes (Veronica from Riverdale) turned Teela into her second breakout performance. The entire cast, including Idris Elba, Morena Baccarin, and Alison Brie, understood the assignment.

Amazon’s Invested In The Future Of He-Man

Director Travis Knight has a talent with 80s properties. First he directed Bumblebee and salvaged Michael Bay’s Transformer universe, and now he cut the Gordian Knot that has been Masters of the Universe. After his stop-motion fantasy Wildwood comes out, it will be interesting to see if Amazon keeps him onboard for the inevitable sequel, and as teased in the film, the She-Ra spinoff. 

Netflix has been lambasted over not bringing their movies to movie theaters, but Amazon may have shown precisely why it can be a smart move. Kevin Wilson was right. The theatrical run gained the positive press they wanted to ensure a massive debut when it was available on streaming. Now there’s no sharing revenue with movie theaters, no arguing with foreign distributors, only subscribers to their own streaming service. If only Paramount would acknowledge the rabid fanbase for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves the way Amazon has with Masters of the Universe, but if nothing else, at least one more trip to Eternia is coming. 

Claressa Shields didn’t only share boxing tips with Chrisean Rock during their recent link-up! The boxing champ appeared to advise Rock to steer clear of “you know who.” Internet users then connected the no-name shade to Chrisean’s ex, Blueface. Tensions bubbled between them after a viral stream moment that later escalated to Blue claiming he was sexually intimate with her and she allegedly begged to take Nevaeh Akira‘s spot in his life.

RELATED: Oop! Chrisean Rock Confronts Blueface About Disowning Her Son While He Fires Off Flirty Comments (VIDEO)

Claressa Shields Gives Chrisean Rock Boxing Tips & Love Advice

Months after Claressa Shields offered to train Chrisean Rock in April, their link-up finally happened! Claressa posted photos and videos from their time on Saturday (July 25). In her caption, she said, “GWOAT x @CHRISEAN 😈 Strong women. Strong personalities. Stronger picture. 💪🏾 Can’t wait to train together sis 🥊 She coming to Atlanta Aug.15th for my fight, too.” The recap post showed the champ and amateur boxers posing together and speaking into a camera.

One clip from their time together, reposted by Live Bitez on Instagram, shows Claressa Shields talking to Chrisean Rock about who she needs to avoid. She refused to say the name, confusing Rock for a lil’ second, who repeatedly asked, “Who?” until Claressa dropped the hint, “color.” Once Rock realized who the advice was about, Shields seemed to explain that Rock is setting herself up to get dragged online, and clip-farmed. Also, the champ boxer appeared to explain that Rock should duck, hide and dip out whenever she runs into Blueface. She told Chrisean that she can control her own narrative and emphasized that Rock should maintain her distance and not be around people bringing her down. After a few more comments on the topic, they began speaking about Claressa’s weight and how she got to her current physique.

RELATED: Come Through, Coach! Deion Sanders Leaves Chrisean Rock Emotional With Encouraging Phone Call (VIDEO)

Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a career-defining moment.

“The Bold and the Beautiful” star opened up exclusively to The Blast about becoming the first Black actor to earn Daytime Emmy nominations for both acting and writing in the same year. He also reflected on the emotional phone call that left him speechless, Carter Walton’s evolution over the years, and why he’s more grateful than ever for the life he has both on and off screen.

Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a landmark year in his career after earning two 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations, one for his longtime performance as Carter Walton on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and another for his work as a writer on the hit CBS soap opera. 

To make the celebration even bigger, this achievement also makes him the first Black actor to receive Daytime Emmy nominations in both an acting and writing category in the same year. 

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“Brad Bell [executive producer and head writer for ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’] called me as I was dropping my son off at camp with my wife, and I was completely speechless. I knew that was the time when they would be announced, but I was busy doing dad stuff and didn’t have to focus on it or wait to hear,” Lawrence told The Blast exclusively. “And when my phone rang and I saw his name on my caller ID, I was like ‘This could be good news!’ And yeah, amazing news and I was completely speechless. I was trying to tell him how grateful I was, but the words weren’t really coming out.” 

Being the first Black actor to be nominated for both acting and writing in the same year made this milestone even more amazing for Lawrence. 

“I’m still digesting it,” he continued. “I think it just makes me think of all the people of color that opened the door for me to come through, so it’s just wonderful to be part of that legacy.” 

Lawrence Saint-Victor Has Portrayed The Same Character For More Than A Decade

Lawrence has portrayed Carter Walton on the popular soap for more than 13 years, watching the once stoic attorney evolve into one of the daytime drama’s most layered and emotionally complex characters. 

Portraying the same character for so long means watching and helping the character evolve over time.

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“I think for a long time, Carter was this really good guy with a good moral compass, the guy you can kind of lean on,” he said. “There is a reason why he comes off so perfect. There is a reason why he presents himself as a superhero. I was gifted storylines that start to peel back that veil of this kind of broken, lonely man who puts on this air of excellence because it’s how he attracts people to him.”

He continued to share that Carter wants nothing more than to get married and have children, and the dynamic has made it “wonderful to peel back the layers” of the character. 

Portraying the same character for so long also gives Lawrence a unique perspective that many actors don’t usually get. 

“It makes me grateful because I have a lot of the things in my life that Carter yearns for and almost vice versa,” he said. “When I am playing Carter and linking into his loneliness, it makes me go, ‘Wow, I actually have the things that he desires.’ It’s very interesting so I would say I’m grateful when I look at my life.”

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Stepping Into Writing In Addition To Acting

Lawrence has always had an interest in writing and used to write in college. It wasn’t until being on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and his relationship with Brad Bell over the years that he became interested in writing for the show. 

“We would talk storylines so much, and then one day, he [Bell] asked if I would be interested in writing, and I said yeah,” he told The Blast. “It’s one thing to just try to write your own projects, but it’s another thing when you step into a show where you are writing someone else’s vision. That was something that was very appealing to me, very terrifying as well. But I would say Brad Bell is the one who saw it in me before I saw it in myself.” 

Being an actor influenced the way he approached writing scenes and dialogue, giving him a unique vantage point that non-actors wouldn’t exactly have. 

“I think that’s what gave me my edge. Coming in, our writers are so great and they’ve been writing for so long, so when it comes to me jumping in as a writer, it’s like I can’t compete with them,” he shared. “I can’t hold that level of weight. But what I do have is I am on set. I get to hear how the dialogue sounds in our mouths. I get to hear how each actor might tweak the dialogue to make it feel more natural or more in line with how they play the character. So I have this insight.” 

Why Lawrence Saint-Victor Feels ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Continues To Resonate With Audiences After So Many Years

“The Bold and the Beautiful” has been on the air since early 1987. With many fans watching since the early years and continuing to today, it’s clear that the soap has a way of pulling fans in and keeping them interested. 

“I think soaps in general gives the audience the ability to feel as though they are growing up with the characters. It’s like going to church. It’s just like going to your favorite restaurant. It’s there. You know what to expect and there might be some twists and surprises, but there is something very familiar about coming home,” he told The Blast. “What I think ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ does exceptional is we don’t take place in a fictional town, in a fictional state, in a fictional city; we take place in Los Angeles, and so much of our show is based on Los Angeles.”

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He added that the show has also brought viewers to other places such as Monaco, Monte Carlo, and Australia, and gives the insight of the “crazy lives of the rich and famous.” 

Advice For Actors Starting Out And What Lawrence Saint-Victor Would Love To Do In The Future

When asked what advice he would give a new actor just starting out, Lawrence said, “learn your craft.” 

“Learn how to act. There’s a million ways to do it. You can go to a traditional school or you can get a coach or go to a studio for improv, whatever it is, learn your craft so you can own it,” he said. “Once you have ownership of it, it’s yours, so you can do whatever you want with it.”

He added to “never give up,” explaining that the “common denominator between so many successful people is that they just stayed in the race because you never know when your ticket’s gonna be called.” 

As far as things he hasn’t done yet in his career that he hopes to one day, Lawrence would love to “play a superhero,” so you never know where you’ll see him next. 

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Jaidyn Alexis is seemingly making it clear where she stands on having more children, while Blueface and Nevaeh Akira continue preparing for their baby’s arrival. As Nevaeh shared a new update from a recent doctor’s appointment, Jaidyn also seemingly addressed whether she ever sees herself having another child with Blueface, giving social media even more to talk about.

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 11 seconds ago

As a lifelong fan of Star Trek, I have plenty of hot takes about my favorite franchise. The hottest take, perhaps, is that Deep Space Nine is the absolute best show, hands-down. It had an admittedly rocky start, but after that, this spinoff consistently fired on all cylinders. It pushed the boundaries of Trek in almost every direction while exemplifying the spirit of this iconic sci-fi creation. Back in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s marketing promised us that “the human adventure is just beginning.” In many ways, DS9 felt like the end of that adventure because it explored every facet of human nature in new and exciting ways.

Like I said, calling Deep Space Nine the best Star Trek series is a hot take, one that often has fans wanting to take out their phasers. And trust me, those bad boys are not set to stun! Because of this, I’m always happy when the actors involved with this show explain exactly what makes it so great. That’s exactly what Kira actor Nana Visitor did. When discussing “Necessary Evil,” one of the show’s best episodes, she pointed out that Deep Space Nine doesn’t spoon-feed its audiences neat, happy conclusions. Instead, the show embraces messy characters and messier relationships while crediting the audience for wanting more than another fake, happy ending.

A Major Kira Episode

“Necessary Evil” ended up being a very important episode for Nana Visitor’s character. It begins with Odo investigating a mysterious list of Bajoran names that was stolen by a violent criminal. Interspersed throughout the story are flashbacks to one of Odo’s earlier investigations, back when Cardassia owned the station. He is trying to learn who killed a Bajoran man, and the deceased’s wife thinks Kira did it. Odo initially clears Kira and, in the present day, discovers that the list contained names of Bajorans who collaborated with the Cardassians. Furthermore, he learns that she has been using that list to blackmail former collaborators into giving her money.

Case solved, right? At least, in the present day. But Odo’s current investigation also helps him belatedly discover that Kira really did kill that Bajoran man years ago; it was self-defense, but she was trying to get the same list of names. She had hidden the truth from Odo out of an attempt to protect their friendship, and when she asks if he will ever be able to trust her again, he doesn’t have an answer. It’s a very real, very brutal moment between two beloved characters. And according to Kira actor Nana Visitor, it’s a moment that helped exemplify why Deep Space Nine is such an amazing show.

A Friendship Ruined?

Looking back on “Necessary Evil,” Visitor said (as recorded in Captains’ Logs Supplemental–The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages), “What I loved about that show is that it was left ambiguous between [Kira and Odo]. Odo doesn’t trust me the way he did and he never will, and that’s so truthful to me.” Finishing her thoughts, she summed up exactly why Deep Space Nine is the best Star Trek show. “That’s real life, and that’s one of the things this show does very well. It doesn’t tie things up in nice, neat little bows for the audience. It gives them more credit than that.” 

She’s right, of course: DS9 distinguished itself from most shows in that regard, including other Star Trek series. If something like this had happened in The Next Generation or Voyager, the two characters would have mended things with a quiet, gentle conversation. If it had happened on Discovery or Strange New Worlds, they would have mended things with a conversation featuring loud crying and lame jokes. Only Deep Space Nine, however, would let both the characters and the audience sit in ambiguous dread, wondering if an important relationship has been completely ruined.

The sad resolution of “Necessary Evil” makes it that much sweeter when Odo and Kira not only restore their friendship but become the cutest couple on the show. Like Visitor said, though, that’s real life. No relationship exists in a vacuum; instead, it’s built on a shared past that includes rocky memories, and overcoming those obstacles makes the two of you even stronger. Sure, Deep Space Nine may be a show featuring exotic aliens and mind-bending cosmic phenomena, but it’s the best Star Trek show in part because of how well it understands the most grounded, human thing of them all: true love, baby!  

Food Network personality Katie Lee Biegel is opening up about her experience using a GLP-1 medication to help her slim down.

“It has been an incredibly positive experience,” Lee Biegel, 44, said on the Thursday, July 23, episode of her “All on the Table” podcast, noting she began taking the controversial weight loss drug in February. “That is such a personal decision of what feels best to you for your best weight.”

The Kitchen star said that she wanted to drop “10 to 12 extra pounds” of her postpartum weight, but had a difficult time meeting her goal without the extra boost. (Katie and her husband, Ryan Biegel, welcomed daughter Iris in 2020.)

“I had about 10 to 12 extra pounds that I had carried around for the last 5 and a half years since I had Iris, and I could not get rid of them,” Katie explained, referring to her daughter. “I was exercising five times a week, eating healthy [and the weight was] just not coming off, and I didn’t feel like myself. I didn’t feel good.”

She continued, “As we get older, especially for women with menopause, your metabolism changes, also the way that your body processes sugar changes. There are so many additional benefits to these drugs besides just losing weight, [including] reducing inflammation, reducing your risk of heart disease that I talked about it with my doctor and it felt right for me.”

GLP-1s, including Wegovy and Mounjaro, are typically prescribed for adults who struggle with weight-related conditions. Doctors often warn individuals against using semaglutides for casual weight loss.

After a discussion with her physician, Katie began using a GLP-1 at “a micro, micro dose.”

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“I went up and then I went down to a micro micro dose. I am not looking to lose any more weight,” she stated of her progress. “I lost what I wanted to lose, and I feel like a new freaking person. It has been so good for me both physically and mentally because I don’t have to think about [my size] any more when I put on my pants.”

Related: Celebrities‘ Weight Loss Transformations

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Shocking, indeed! Some celebs seek out extreme methods to shed pounds, while others transform with the aid of healthier methods. From Rosie O’Donnell’s and Jordin Sparks’ respective 50 pound weight losses to Biggest Loser winner Rachel Frederickson’s whopping 155 lighter frame, see before and after pictures of celebrities’ weight loss transformations.

The celebrity chef further shut down any criticism of her GLP-1 use.

“The body positivity movement has been wonderful on so many levels, but then it’s also made it so that if you say that you want to lose weight, then that’s a bad thing,” Katie acknowledged. “I think it’s OK as long as you’re healthy [and] as long as you’re looking to do things in a healthy way, and that’s what I did and it was right for me. It doesn’t mean it’s right for you or right for your neighbor, but you do you. I have really really loved it, so I think if you’re thinking about it, talk to your doctor. It is also not something to be ashamed about.”