Just call him DJ Salad.
DJ Khaled revealed new insight into his 100-pound weight loss journey after he peaked at 300 pounds just last year.
“The motivation was there, the inspiration was there, working out and trying to eat better, but I needed help,” Khaled told People in a wide-ranging interviewpublished this week.
Khaled, whose real name is Khaled Mohamed Khaled, shared that he started taking GLP-1 medication Wegovy after he had a wake-up call during a performance.
He explained that during an October 2025 performance of “I’m the One” at his show, he got onto his knees to “give thanks,” but couldn’t get back up. It caused a flood of his friends to check in on him.
“One of my friends was coming to me like, ‘Yo, you were breathing hard.’ Then, 10 minutes later, somebody else told me the same thing,” he told the outlet.
“The next day, yet another friend called to check in. “I said, alright, hold up … I gotta step my game up. I gotta get my mind right. We can’t have this,” he said.
With the help of the weight-loss drug, Khaled has shed nearly 100 pounds and 25% of his body weight.
Now, he’s weighing in between 200 and 212 pounds.
“I’m just way healthier. I’ve got more energy. I’m more motivated to do everything,” he said.
“I wasn’t saying all that when I was bigger. Of course, I was happy — my doctor always told me I was a Rolls-Royce with junk in the trunk. And now, he’s saying, ‘You need to be studied, that’s how healthy you are,’” Khaled claimed.
In addition to eating healthier, he’s also staying active by playing golf. The producer said that he plays 18 holes up to six times per week and walks the entire course instead of taking a golf cart.
He also gets in over 10,000 steps per day.
“I used to be 3, 4X. Now, I’m like a 2X, 1X. I used to have to get everything tailored. Now I’m buying clothes off the rack,” the star added.
However, this isn’t the first time that Khaled has worked hard in order to shed some pounds.
Around seven years ago, Khaled shared via Instagramthat he had partnered with Weight Watchers to slim down.
He lost 34 pounds at the time.
“I’m not racing! I’m not speeding! I’m cruising!” he wrote in the caption at the time.
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