Nov 25 2008
Former SNL funny man drops 100 lbs.
Former SNL cast member Horatio Sanz turned heads recently when he appeared at an event looking much slimmer, and actually quite dashing. Sanz spent his eight years on SNL as the funny fat guy, a familiar role on a show that introduced us to comedians like Chris Farley and John Belushi. With predecessors like that, it’s easy to understand why rumors of Sanz’s death have been circulating since he left the show in 2007.
Fortunately, it looks like leaving SNL was a great move for the comedian, at least in terms of his health. Reports are that he’s lost up to 100 lbs. He told New York Magazine, “I’ve been eating better. I’ve been trying to come up with a joke about how I’ve lost weight and I was going to say, ‘I stopped putting nuts in my sundaes.’” On a serious note, he revealed that he never weighed himself at his heaviest because “I was scared I might die.” Good for Sanz for taking his health seriously and breaking out of the Chris Farley mold.
