Some time back, I wrote one of the all-time standard, one-size-fits-all blog posts, on the search terms that led people to Right To Think. Since then, my hits for the term “matthew hagee weight loss” have soared to even greater heights, so I figured I should investigate the Cornerstone pastor and his dietary habits a little more closely, to see why so many people were interested in Matty “the Fatty” Hagee.
Well, first off I’m doing him an injustice by calling him that, He clearly has lost a whole bunch of weight in the last few years. Here’s Matthew in 2004,
looking every (straining) inch the pie-eater, and here’s a more recent photo 
showing the all-new, slimline, sexy Hagee (okay, now let’s see how many hits I get for “matthew hagee sexy”. Ewww). He still seems to be wearing the same suit, though. It’s evident that Hagee has shed some pounds, but as to how he did it – well, that’s more of a mystery. You see, I’m not the only person to have noticed the intertubes’ fascination with the fluctuating waistline of Pastor Hagee, and so any search regarding his miraculous shrinkage hits a wall of “matthew hagee weight loss” meta tags which have been thrown up on canny dieting websites to pull in the traffic. Nowhere can I find any record of Matthew Hagee’s actual story – in fact, the man is surprisingly under-represented online. His dad, oh yes – John “Nazis are God’s police force” Hagee is all over the web like 2004 Matthew on an all-you-can-eat buffet, but when you try and hunt down information on the amazing size-changing Hagee Junior you’ll find there’s not much out there. The younger Hagee’s astounding journey from gut-bucket to toned and honed Adonis will thus continue to remain a mystery to me, and to you as well, loyal readers. I will assume the hand of divine providence, or perhaps a gastric band, until someone can tell me different…
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April 7, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Robert Madewell
He’s losing weight because he’s feeding an alien parasite that is controlling his mind.
April 7, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Lorena
showing the all-new, slimline, sexy Hagee (okay, now let’s see how many hits I get for “matthew hagee sexy”. Ewww)
You forgot to add “awful stretch marks and scary hanging skin.” I wonder if that would gotten you any hits?
April 7, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Postman
I don’t want to start any rumors, but I heard that he made a deal with Satan. I’m not stating unequivocably that he is in league with the powers of dieting darkness; I’m just saying that’s what I heard from a normally creditable source.
April 8, 2009 at 1:35 am
Mark
Maybe a heart bypass that was kept secret?
BTW…added Right To Think on my blogroll at Proud Atheists.
April 14, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Fran
I think he looked MUCH better when he was fat. Now he looks sickly and… weird. He was cute when he was fat, now he looks like one of the muppets come to life. He’s TOO skinny now. Maybe he’s sick? I hope not.
April 18, 2009 at 1:09 am
gsmadbt
trust me, after losing my ex wife to a gastric bypass after she lost over 200 pounds in 14 months, i can tell you he definitely had a gastric bypass..the skeleton look, the anemic looking neck and face is a dead on wringer..i figure he probly has spent a few thousand dollars more on getting rid of all the loose skin and liposuction…i can spot a gastric a mile away.. they will deny it of course, until it eventually comes out…
April 27, 2009 at 12:35 am
susie
I don’t understand if he lost all this weight and is embarass to share it with the world–We all know the family is very much in the media but why not share how he lost it would deliver lots of people who need the same courage to do it, he should reveal & be open and honest about his great weight lost -it just helps a lot out there who are struggle with the same issues of addictions how he got his miracle
Matthew come forth and come out of yourself and be set free to reveal your true self
STOP HIDEDING
Be Blessed in all you do Brother
May 9, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Madeline
What does it matter how he lost it? He obviously decided to start taking care of himself and cares about maintaining his temple. Maybe he just wants to live to see his children grow. What business is it of all of you “nah sayer’s?” Did you pay for his surgery, do you make his house payments or utility payments? IF NOT, then your opinion is just like “belly buttons!” Everyone has one! And as for the really rude/crude comments…I will leave those up to God to judge you on those. I personally think that they are very immature.
Congrats to Pastor Matt and I pray he stays healthy and fit for many more years to come!
May 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Chris
He looks great. God has surely opened his eyes to the importance of taking care of your physical body. Instead of saying bad things about him or trying to figure out how he did it, praise God he has done it. He will feel so much better and he can show the world how the power and the strength of God can help you change anything in your life, that needs yo be changed, as long as you lean on Him. Praise God!
July 2, 2009 at 3:56 am
Virginia
If there is one thing for sure, people who are insecure and hateful will also try to bash and bring down those who try and do something about their problems — it is obvious to me and the rest of the world that the person who wrote this stupid article, which has nothing meaningful coming out of it but a bunch of jealous ranttings and rhetoric, is a pig-headed jerk who is probably just huge and jealous because he/she/it can’t afford the gastric bypass. Clearly, if Matthew Hagee were still big, you would be sitting on your lard butt talking about how he needs to lose the weight. So why don’t you go stuff a twinky in your $#$!@$#@ and give us all a break!
September 15, 2009 at 2:27 am
Janis
I am considering a gastric-by pass. I want to know what gsmadbt meant by he lost his exwife to this surgery. A scary statement. not death I hope.
Please confirm.
September 26, 2009 at 5:50 am
Patrick Prein
Some of you youngsters have no sense of History or the significance of politics and ideology.The reasons behind the ridicule of Matty the fatty are[or should be]his daddy’s extreme political religious fundamentalism, and support of Isreal as imagined by a strategic thinker of Christian Zionism. I like the idea of Zionism as originally expounded by Jews longing for a homeland. But this Zionism is conjoined with a hatred and fear of non christians and Muslims.The Conservative movement has been bankrolled and abetted by the Evangelical and conservative communities[as is their right-though I don't like them]. Hagee has made it plain that he dislikes Catholics too, an opinion generally shared by protestant Fundies. I remember seeing Mr Hagee about 15 years ago in Houston at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, at a theatrical play about Joseph and his coat of many colors.The older Jews like my friend Benard’s daddy Allan[Avram]Nelkin[ alev ha shalom] were so glad to see a Christian minister that likes Israel that they overlooked his conflation of Jews with Israel, and his blunt political opportunism.He was very imperious and regal and I seen him under the radar, I as a young gentile backsliding catholic.So all the power to the person of Matt, but the cause he serves is evil and wordly and about money, yet these conservatives think they have the mantle and crown as the chosen ones.The Jews don’t even think this nonsense.We all are important and have our parts to play.
October 11, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Jennifer Williams
I would watch the two Hagees on TV on Sunday mornings and think to myself “How long before one of these two explodes right here on TV. I didn’t watch the “show” to learn how to live; it was pure entertainment. It was obvious they were living a “do as I say not as I do” kind of life. Two jelly-boys waddling across the stage and a church full of gullible people. It was precious. To hear “Doctor” John (with his HONORARY doctorates) pontificate along with his clone, Maxi Me was a great way to start the day…with a lot of laughter!
John Hagee, the moral compass for the poor dears of San Antonio divorced his first wife after 15 years of marriage and married his present wife, who was a member of his church! How’s THAT for leading by example! Rule # 1 for ministers: NEVER get into a relationship with parishioners. Ah, but like everything else, including the Deadly Sin of Gluttony….it applies to everyone ELSE but Hagee! HYPOCRITE!! And a fat one at that.
And those poor, pathetic followers applaud and hang on his every word. And it looks like Matthew has discovered that fame and fortune can come with a little charisma. So his has shed his porky past and is now a mere shadow of his obese former self. So many televangelist’s sons have discovered the lucrative “business” of religion. As Big John get’s closer to the Big Trip South, Matthew is clearly postured to take over the empire the moment his dad croaks his last venemous sermon. Up with Israel. Down with gays and lesbians. Global Warming is a fantasy. In short, I think anyone who is foolish enough to follow him deserves just what they get.
October 22, 2009 at 2:28 am
Virginia
It’s all about money. The fancy suits, the fancy talk and the fancy footwork fool nobody. P H O N I E S ! ! !
October 23, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Joy
I too wonder if Matthew lost the weight to keep up with today’s money making ministers. I know John Hagee hates Joel Olsteen but probably told poor Matthew to lose weight and try to look better to get a larger congregation (thus more money). I was glad when Matthew got married because truthfully I always thought he was gay and that John Hagee sensed it and that’s why he hated gay people so much. I like Matthew and think he is a great singer.
October 28, 2009 at 10:46 pm
FastingParadise
I’ve been meaning to google “How did Matt Hagee lose weight?” for some time. But I didn’t expect to end up on an atheist blog.
Matt’s been skinny before but then would be bigger later on again. For that reason, and the fact it’s very Biblical, I’ve always “assumed” he has lost his weight by fasting (extended water fasts) rather than gastric bypass.
I have no proof of it, but just “figured” that Matt may have done a long fast in previous years but did not stay with the mostly raw diet afterward. Hence all your weight will come back.
So I “figured” maybe when he was ready to fully commit to permanent change in eating habits for a lifetime (and it does take advance mental preparation and education on the subject), that he probably did another lengthy fast and has stuck with it this time.
This makes more sense to me than the surgery “guestimate” because of the various Heath docs they’ve had on their programs and the discussions re healthy eating, fasting, etc.
You can lose a good bit of weight by fasting alone, but if you continue with a mostly veggie/fruit diet, and most of that raw, you will continue to lose slowly until your body reaches it’s perfect weight.
Someone said Matt had the earmark “looks” of someone who had gastric surgery. I say he has the earmarks of someone who has done a lengthy fast. ;) as you can look pretty thin and bony after the fact and with continued raw diet. But your weight will balance out over time.
Fasting is the best and most victorious thing you can do for your body, mind, spirit, whether you have weight issues or not. It’s an awesome experience! My bet is Matt Hagee has been fasting. And God bless him either way!
On a side note: I didn’t know John Hagee hates Joel Osteen. What’s up with that? Isn’t Texas big enough for both of them? ;)
November 4, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Eupraxsophy
So I guess that there is only going to be one pastor Porky. I have to agree with Jennifer Williams about gluttony being a sin. Perhaps if he were to remove the beam out of his own eye before removing the splinter out of the eyes of others then he wouldn’t be such a hypocrite. But just losing the weight wouldn’t be enough. This guy does nothing but to preach hate about others who might have a difference of opinion or belief. He invokes an unprofound fear in those who have a closed mind. He judges others according to his moral values and whines about how christians are being treated bad. To me he is nothing more than an after-life insurance salesman who propagates deception for his own benefit.
November 21, 2009 at 6:13 am
Mars
I went to youth group with Matthew and his sisters. I lived in a 24′ travel trailer. My mom was a single mother making $8 an hour giving 10% of her income to Mr. Hagee. They found out where I lived. What do you think happened? I never went back to youth group after the ridicule I endured from Matthew and his sisters. I was 14, and very poor. I have not been to church since. The few, the proud and privileged Hagee children. He was fat when we were kids.