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My Name Is Earl's Ethan Suplee reveals moment he was shamed into 300lb weight loss by Hollywood star and how he pushed through 'agony and hell' to save his life and marriage

My Name Is Earl star Ethan Suplee has admitted his relationship wouldn't have survived if he hadn't have made the choice to turn his life around and undergo his dramatic weight loss.

Now committed to his health, strength training and weighing in at around 260lbs, Ethan - also known for starring in blockbusters like Remember The Titans, American History X and The Wolf of Wall Street - has revealed the two pivotal moments which caused him to wake up and turn his life around. Ethan found fame playing Randy Hickey in the Emmy-winning Noughties comedy series My Name Is Earl (pictured with co-star Jason Lee in 2006) Reflecting on being in his early twenties he told MailOnline: 'I'd begun a relationship with the girl who's now my wife, and we have a bunch of kids and grandkids, and we have like literally a fairytale happily ever after story that I'm very happy with, but at the time we were just dating.'

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