Ryan Seacrest's gaunt face concerns fans as he congratulates Wheel Of Fortune co-host Vanna White on wedding

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By BRIAN MARKS, US ASSISTANT SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR

Published: 02:53 GMT, 30 January 2026 | Updated: 03:27 GMT, 30 January 2026

Ryan Seacrest has left some of his fans concerned about his increasingly thin appearance in the wake of his Wheel Of Fortune co-host Vanna White's announcement about her surprise wedding.

White, 68, revealed this week on the long-running game show that she had secretly married her longtime partner, John Donaldson, but several commenters on social media were more concerned about her co-host appearance.

Seacrest, 51, looked jubilant as he shared his congratulations and gave White a hug in a clip from the Wheel Of Fortune set shared on Instagram, but commenters on X (formerly Twitter) noted that he looked particularly thin compared to just a few years earlier.

Some wondered if the American Idol host could have joined the legion of celebrities using Ozempic or other popular weight-loss drugs to shed pounds.

But other fans wondered if Seacrest might be secretly ill, even as they urged other commenters to tone down their speculations.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Seacrest's representatives for comment.

Ryan Seacrest has left some of his fans concerned about his increasingly thin appearance in the wake of his Wheel Of Fortune co-host Vanna White's announcement about her surprise wedding (pictured)

Several users on X were left gobsmacked by Seacrest's slimmed-down appearance.

'That’s Ryan Seacrest??? No way. Absolutely no way,' wrote one user.

'Wow, Ryan Seacrest looks....different,' another person wrote diplomatically. 

One poster set off a wave of discussion when they wrote: 'Why are so many people in Hollywood suddenly starting to look like this?'

The concerns about Seacrest's apparent weight loss dovetailed with similar worries about the late Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon and daughter Kelly, both of whom have displayed strikingly gaunt visages in recent months.

Multiple fans said they thought Seacrest's face now looked gaunter than it had in previous years, when he had displayed a fuller face, though he was still impressively trim.

Despite the wave of worried social media reactions, a source told the Daily Mail that Seacrest was doing great at the moment.

They said the Wheel Of Fortune host was happy and healthy, and he had lately been basking in the strong ratings from his first season co-hosting Wheel Of Fortune 

Several users on X were left gobsmacked by Seacrest's slimmed-down appearance

Multiple fans said they thought Seacrest's face (L) now looked gaunter than it had in previous years, when he had displayed a fuller face, though he was still impressively trim and fit-looking in the past, such as in the 2019 photo on the right

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