{"id":2325,"date":"2026-05-15T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/randy-jackson-sparks-concern-with-major-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:22:05","slug":"randy-jackson-sparks-concern-with-major-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/randy-jackson-sparks-concern-with-major-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Jackson sparks concern with major weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127881160.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Social media users raised concerns after Randy Jackson looked \u201cfrail\u201d while making a cameo on \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the May 4 episode, the former judge, 69, surprised Season 24\u2019s Top 5 by serving as a guest mentor.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers quickly voiced their worries after watching Jackson meet and critique finalists during rehearsals. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Randy Jackson ok? Looks and sounds so weak,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rdrhanover\/status\/2051457307960127660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one person penned on X<\/a>, while a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/notmyname02\/status\/2051456727338356826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second chimed in<\/a>: \u201cRandy Jackson does not look well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Randy Jackson sparked concern for looking \u201cfrail\u201d during an \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d guest appearance earlier this month (as pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIs Randy Jackson ok? Looks and sounds so weak,\u201d one person wrote about the singer, while a second added, \u201cRandy doesn\u2019t look well. He looks weak and frail. He only sat. I hope he is OK!\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/americanidol\/comments\/1t3zl5m\/randy_are_you_ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On a Reddit thread,<\/a> a social media user stated, \u201cSorry if I missed something about his health but it\u2019s sad.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the distressed remarks, another fan added, \u201cRandy doesn\u2019t look well. He looks weak and frail. He only sat. I hope he is OK!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, some audience members weren\u2019t fazed by Jackson\u2019s look, as one person wrote, \u201cIt\u2019s been thirteen years since he was a judge, and this is what \u2018mid-fifties to late sixties\u2019 looks like for quite a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Some people came to the record producer\u2019s defense, with one fan writing, \u201cIt\u2019s been thirteen years since he was a judge, and this is what \u2018mid-fifties to late sixties\u2019 looks like for quite a lot of people.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Jackson (pictured here in 2022 with Paul Abdul and Katy Perry) has been open about his weight loss journey since being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2002. <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy dad is Randy\u2019s age and is getting thin in almost exactly the same \u2018this guy\u2019s face looks okay and his body looks okay but OMG where did his neck go\u2019 way. It is sad, and I wouldn\u2019t quite call it \u2018normal aging, nothing to see here,\u2019 but it does happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson \u2014 who served as a judge on the competition series for Seasons 1-12, before returning as an in-house mentor for Season 13 \u2014 was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2002.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\">\u201cIt always happens to somebody else, even though it ran in my family, my dad had it,\u201d he said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ztu_f5lp2-E?si=vilOpFvtCyrKbCYj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">while on \u201cThe Doctors\u201d<\/a> in 2013. \u201cI never thought it would happen to me.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The music executive (pictured here with Abdul, Perry, Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan and Ryan Seacrest in 2022) underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost over 100 pounds. <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In 2019, Jackson (pictured here in 2007) founded the nutrition company, Unify Health Labs. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A year later, the record producer decided to undergo gastric bypass surgery after weighing more than 350 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson lost over 100 pounds post-surgery and cleaned up his eating. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a long time you see me on TV and people have noticed me in the past and I was struggling with my weight, then I finally got it off by\u00a0using some pretty drastic measures,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/randy-jackson-opens-up-about-weight-struggle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed to People<\/a> in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the singer had spinal surgery after a back injury.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m proud to know that we did something that helps me, that helps everyone else, and takes the guesswork out of it for everybody,\u201d the artist (pictured here in 2016 with Abdul and Simon Cowell) said. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The icon (pictured here in 2008 with fellow former judges Abdul and Cowell) also had spinal surgery for a back injury in 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same year, Jackson co-founded the nutrition company, Unify Health Labs, to help others with their weight loss goals. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d alum said<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/randy-jackson-how-maintain-100-plus-lb-weight-loss-unify-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> about his company in 2022<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m proud to know that we did something that helps me, that helps everyone else, and takes the guesswork out of it for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">Jackson confessed to People at the time, \u201cI think\u00a0if I had not figured it all out, I would\u2019ve gained at least half, if not more, of that weight back.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/randy-jackson-sparks-concern-with-major-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users raised concerns after Randy Jackson looked \u201cfrail\u201d while making a cameo 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