Benny Blanco Drops Shocking Pounds—But His Secret Diet Is the Last Thing You’d Expect

Let’s get real for a second—when you hear “weight loss challenge,” do you picture someone clutching a salad, silently weeping while their friends chow down on pizza? Yeah, me too . But what if, and hear me out, skipping the kale meant doubling down… on pizza? Not some keto, gluten-free, cauliflower crust knockoff either. I’m talking hot, unapologetically greasy, cheese-pull-for-days pizza. If that sounds bizarre, it’s because it is—yet it’s exactly what music producer Benny Blanco just did. He basically looked fad diets dead in the eye and said, “I dare you to out-crazy me.” For five relentless days, he tackled a large Domino’s cheese pizza every. single. night. No, he’s not a doctor. And statistically, your doctor would probably faint if you tried this. But Benny? He got lighter—documenting every gooey, cringe-worthy, and honestly hilarious moment for TikTok . It’s the kind of experiment that makes you wonder: Is it really about what you eat or just how much? Ready to discover whether the scales tipped in favor of cheese, carbs, and a sprinkle of existential dread? LEARN MORE.

Usually, when you think about trying to lose weight, your mind might go to fad diets, cutting out carbs or eating less junk.

But Benny Blanco went about finding out: “Can I lose weight if I only eat pizza?”

And it seems he did manage to do just that as he documented himself eating a large pizza every day for five days straight.

The music producer took to TikTok to ‘prove you can lose weight eating literally anything’.

Now before we get into this, it’s worth pointing out that Blanco obviously isn’t a medical professional and everybody is different, so take all of this with a pinch of salt (or a sprinkling of cheese in this case).

At the beginning of the video, the known foodie stepped on a scale to show he weighs 152.2 pounds.

I mean, it’s not the healthiest way, but it’s a way. (Benny Blanco/TikTok)

His ‘pizza of choice’ is a large thin crust cheese pizza from Domino’s. And he really committed to it, as one clip showed him enjoying a date night with wife Selena Gomez.

But while the Only Murders in the Building actor was enjoying a fancy meal at the Sunset Tower Hotel, it seems Blanco took some of his pizza with him. He snacked on his thin slice that he appeared to be hiding under the table.

By day three however, he was ‘tired of pizza’.

“I hate my life,” Blanco said, as he breezed through the days with only the pizza to dine on.

“It’s day five,” he continued, “I don’t even remember who I am as a human being.

“Like, what was life before pizza?”

Surprisingly though, the star said he feels ‘good’ with a ‘spring in my step’ before finishing up his fifth and final pizza.

And then came the weigh in the next day, with Blanco showing the scales at 147.5 pounds.

“I just lost 4.7 pounds in five days eating only pizza,” he said. “Nothing matters. You can do whatever you want.”

Oh and then alongside some of his words of wisdom about ‘failure’, he did plug: “Get my book right now.”

Out on 15 September, his new book apparently teaches people to achieve their dreams by making the most out of failure.

This follows his book back in 2024 that was far more about food, Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends.

According to the publisher, Blanco said ahead of his new book, F Failure: “You want success? You gotta fail better.

“I fail constantly — small everyday failures and massive failures that last for years.”

He adds: “My superpower as a producer is helping people tap into the success that’s already inside of them.”

While this little pizza experiment did see Blanco lose a small amount of weight, it’s obviously very important to follow a healthy, balanced diet.

And users did point out in the TikTok comments: “Guys a pizza is normally (in Europe at least) 1,200 kcal when you eat only one pizza a day you obviously lose weight bc you are in a deficit.”

As another echoed: “You can definitely lose weight eating anything. It’s calories in, calories out.”