Initially, Knight poked fun when asked about how much weight he’s lost from his heaviest weight to his current weight, saying “7,000 pounds.” The Seinfeld star then noted, “No, I lose 10. I gained 50. I lose 100.” But he clarified since appearing in Steven Spielberg ’s Jurassic Park to the present day, he's lost 110 pounds.

Wayne Knight has claimed his 110-pound weight loss has negatively impacted his career. The 69-year-old actor, best known for his role as Newman on the hit 1990s sitcom series Seinfeld, briefly opened up about the connection between his physical change and his current lack of work during a run-in with TMZ at Los Angeles International Airport.

Actor Wayne Knight is opening up about his life-changing weight loss. After revealing that he has shed over 100 pounds over the last several years, the Seinfeld actor got candid about the unexpected effect his weight loss transformation had on his career.

Seinfeld’s Wayne Knight told TMZ that since he’s lost over 100 pounds, his acting career has taken a nose dive. The actor, who played Jerry Seinfeld’s nemesis Newman, explained, “It takes time for people to accept you as you are and they find out whether or not you can still do things without being fat.

Wayne Knight Says His Weight Loss Has Negatively Impacted His Career | TMZ Wayne Knight’s health glow-up is next level ... and now he’s spilling the tea on it all, including how his weight loss has negatively impacted his Hollywood career.

Knight spoke to TMZ and described how losing weight over the years has affected his career—though not necessarily for the better. "It's [been] over a period of many years," he said of his weight loss journey,