Unfortunately, people seemed more interested in the soul singer’s fluctuating weight than in his music.

But after their divorce in 2012, he put back all the weight he lost and then some.

“I’m 462 pounds,” he said after the weigh in (viaAmo Mama).

Ruben Studdard smiling

“What in the hell have I been doing?”

Ruben Studdard performing in 2019