18 Most Dramatic Celebrity Weight Loss Transformation

8 – Aretha Franklin

Singing sensation Aretha Franklin revealed to DWTS contestant Wendy Williams that she lost an astounding 85 pounds. What prompted her to go from flab to fab?

Franklin didn’t cite her mysterious December 2010 health scare; instead, she attributed her success to pictures that made her realize that she was “entirely too fat.” Franklin said that she has been working hard to cut out foods “that will hurt you eventually.”