"Mean Girls" Star Daniel Franzese: 135 Pounds Down – Fans Barely Recognize Him

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You know "You go, Glen Coco"? The guy who delivers that line in "Mean Girls" is Damian – played by Daniel Franzese. Some 20 years after the film, the actor has changed so much that you'd barely recognize him in new photos: he's lost 135 pounds, roughly 61 kilograms.

Franzese has now gone public with this himself. On Threads, he shared photos of his transformation, as reported by US celebrity outlet Page Six. The piece features a shirtless image that showcases the actor's new look in full clarity. Anyone who still has cult Damian from 2004 in their mind will need to swallow hard at the sight of these current shots.

Damian, the Sidekick with the Immortal Line

Damian Leigh was the role that made Franzese famous in 2004 – the best friend of Lindsay Lohan's character Cady Heron. His dry humor, and above all the now-immortal exclamation "You go, Glen Coco," is highlighted by outlets including E! News in the headline to the story. Lindsay Lohan led the film's cast.

What's Actually Documented – and What Isn't

With his transformation, Franzese is showing more than a classic Hollywood before-and-after. The available sources don't detail the exact method – whether diet, an exercise program, or medical support. Page Six does tease that the actor has explained how he did it; in the available excerpt, however, the method is not spelled out. What remains is an impressive number: 135 pounds is a weight you don't lose on the side.

What You Can Take Away from the Story

Honestly: without the details from Franzese's own Threads posts, all that's left here is what is actually documented – the number, the platform, the photo. What truly lies behind it, Franzese himself must tell, and you'd do well not to immediately slot such transformations into neat little boxes. Weight-loss injections, gastric surgery, or extreme coaching – all of those are conceivable paths, but none of them is covered by the available reports.

For everyone who sat in the cinema in 2004, one lovely constant remains: the sidekick of back then has become a man who has the courage to share an enormous change with the public – even if the comments won't all be friendly. Sometimes it's enough to say "You go, Glen Coco" and let people run their course.