Drew Carey shows off DRASTIC weight loss in rare outing as The Price Is Right Star enjoys a solo lunch in LA

The Price Is Right big Drew Carey looked slimmer than ever arsenic he stepped retired to bask a solo luncheon successful Los Angeles. 

The trimmed-down comedian, 66, was spotted astatine iconic Hollywood diner Swingers  arsenic he enjoyed immoderate downtime from his hosting duties. 

Carey, wearing a grey garment and jeans, sat down pinch a newspaper and a nine sandwich pinch each nan trimmings earlier driving himself location successful a vibrantly colored, eye-catching Mini Cooper. 

The legendary TV host's extremist weight loss successful caller years came aft a high-profile conflict pinch diabetes, which he overcame aft shedding complete 80 pounds arsenic a self-confessed 'yo-yo dieter.' 

Carey's day retired successful LA marks a uncommon nationalist sighting for nan comedian, who has remained azygous since the shocking execution of his activity therapist fiancée Amie Harwick successful February 2020. 

Authorities convicted Harwick's ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse pinch her execution past year, which Carey said yet gave him closure complete nan tragedy. 

'I tin hardly retrieve nan guy's sanction — that's really overmuch I've put him retired of my life — but ever since nan last sentencing, it feels for illustration we've each fto retired a activity and are capable to yet move on,' he told People. 

'The full process is complete now, and there's thing other to beryllium done and thing other to interest about... Just speaking conscionable for myself, it's been rather a load off.' 

While nan prima has continued to big The Price Is Right, which he has done since Bob Barker retired successful 2007, Carey said that he keeps Harwick adjacent to his bosom arsenic he goes connected pinch his career. 

He said he keeps a photograph of her successful his dressing room that he looks astatine conscionable earlier stepping connected stage, saying she is 'with maine always.' 

'A batch of times I’ll consciousness for illustration I’ll beryllium reasoning things through, and it’s almost for illustration I tin perceive her sound saying, ‘Well, really, it’s because of this and that.’ It’s really nice, honestly,' he added. 

Followers of Carey's decades-long profession whitethorn retrieve him arsenic a acold larger man backmost successful nan days of his breakout hit, The Drew Carey Show, but he has successfully shed complete 80 pounds aft being diagnosed pinch type-2 glucosuria complete a decade ago. 

He proudly said that his weight nonaccomplishment allowed him to flooded his glucosuria completely, and now takes 'no medications' for nan disease. 

Carey achieved nan feat by limiting carbs successful his fare and stepping up his workout routine, though he admitted to Entertainment Tonight successful February that he feels he has 'got a fewer much to lose.' 

'I'm not taking my garment disconnected astatine nan pool, but yeah, I mislaid a fewer pounds.' 

He told Men's Journal that earlier keeping nan weight off, he was a yoyo dieter who mislaid and gained '1,000lbs complete my full life.' 

But aft Carey was spotted eating a ample gourmet sandwich and fries astatine Swingers, an insider told Closer Weekly that they feared he whitethorn beryllium 'slipping into his aged habits' amid allegations The Price Is Right is 'fixed'. 

'All nan producers are very clear thing connected nan show is rigged. But he feels attacked — and erstwhile he’s upset, his coping system successful nan past has been food,' nan root said. 

'He could extremity up piling each nan weight backmost connected and putting his wellness successful danger.' 

Although he looked thinner than ever successful his astir caller travel to Swingers, he said that earlier he mislaid weight, nan edifice was 1 of his favourite places to chow down. 

'I would spell retired to Swingers Diner aft The Price Is Right successful my first year, get a sheet of pasta, a cupcake and iced beverage pinch a bunch of lemons,' he recalled. 

'Then I’d spell home, person Doritos and respective Pepsis, and return an Ambien to spell to sleep. It was miserable to unrecorded for illustration that.' 

Now into his 17th twelvemonth of hosting, Carey said he has nary status plans, telling Entertainment Tonight earlier this twelvemonth he's 'not going anywhere.' 

'I deliberation Bob (Barker) made a correction by retiring,' he added. 'I'm not gonna make that aforesaid mistake.' 

Carey opened up astir his emotion of nan crippled show earlier this month, erstwhile he made a startling admittance astir why immoderate contestants look to enactment bizarrely while connected nan air. 

He told TV Insider that to get complete their pre-filming nerves, galore contestants person a portion aliases ingest marijuana to return nan separator disconnected – admitting it 'happens present each nan time.' 

'They’ll person a gummy, aliases I’ll smell intoxicant connected their breath,' Carey said. 'It's not unusual.' 

Carey was acold from judgmental astir contestants' imbibing, and said gathering 'normal group that unrecorded normal lives' is his favourite portion of nan long-running show. 

'This is mean America correct here,' he continued. 

'There are nary CEOs, ultra-rich precocious management,' Carey said. 'These are mediate class, moving class. Every religion. It’s a cross-section of America. Regular group are much absorbing than celebrities.'