Adam Devine learned firsthand that “dad weight is real” during his wife Chloe Bridges’ pregnancy with their son — and he’s “finally” shedding the excess pounds. “My gosh, what an uphill battle that was. I didn’t even realize how plump I had gotten,” Devine, 40, exclusively joked to Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 2, while discussing his partnership with TurboTax .

“I looked like I was a blueberry about ready to pop. I was Violet from Willy Wonka when she gets filled with all the liquid and then I grew a bad beard to cover up my neck fat at the end of last year.” According to Devine, he felt “a little ashamed” by his weight gain and subsequently started overhauling his fitness and diet regimen.

“I’ve been just really watching what I’m eating and working out like a maniac to try to get it off,” the actor told Us . “I dropped like 20 or 25 pounds, something like that. So, it has finally been shed and I can breathe a sigh of relief.

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I gained more weight than Chloe did and she had a baby .” Devine and Bridges, 32, announced her pregnancy in October 2023, later welcoming son Beau in February 2024. Despite the stricter regime he has going now, Devine found it enjoyable to indulge in Bridges’ pregnancy cravings.

“It was kind of fun [when] Chloe would get a hankering for pizza and I’m like, ‘Well, what if we do a little taste test and order pizza from three different spots?’” Devine quipped on Wednesday. “[I’d] be like, ‘I .