What 22 Celebrities Eat on Their Cheat Days

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published 7 October 16

Cheat day is the most sacred of rituals. It's that one day when you kiss your diet goodbye and indulge in *whatever* your heart desires. And even celebrities aren't immune. They might have private chefs, room service, and five-star restaurants at their finger tips, but sometimes all a celeb really wants is pizza, a burger, or maybe even a vending machine. Here's a look at what celebs eat on the very best day of the week.

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Chrissy Teigen

Teigen is a woman of many talents: model, cookbook author, Velveeta lover, and genius who once Tweeted "I feel like even potato chips can be considered clean." As a true foodie, her indulgences are well documented on Insta: Shake Shack (opens in new tab), Taco Bell (opens in new tab), a visionary combination of Cap'n Crunch and Fruity Pebbles (opens in new tab), McDonald's (opens in new tab), pizza (opens in new tab), and cinnamon rolls (opens in new tab) to name a few. "There's a balance with anything," Teigen, who admits to eating fast food a few times a week, told Delish (opens in new tab). "When I cook, everything is organic and very clean; I'm meticulous and kind of insane about it. But sometimes you just want a Doritos Locos Taco."

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Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid's eating motto is sheer brilliance: "eat clean to stay fit, eat a burger to stay sane." Gigi even claims to have found best burger in New York, which she said is from J.G. Melon. She goes for the classic cheeseburger but hold the tomatoes, as she explained to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show (opens in new tab).

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Kim Kardashian

The days of Kim's insanely strict diet (opens in new tab) are just about over. Now that her baby weight is long gone, her cheat days have returned as well. Kim calls fast food (opens in new tab) one of her "guilty pleasures," and some of her go-to spots are McDonald's, KFC, and In-N-Out. But she has also been known to eat churros (opens in new tab), beignets (opens in new tab) (but only from New Orleans), and her own soul food cooking (opens in new tab) when she celebrates #SoulFoodSundays.

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Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian

The Kardashians do cheat day like nobody else can. And by that, we mean on a private jet eating Popeyes. And Popeyes isn't the only fast food joint the Kardashians love. Khloe indulges in McDonald's on her cheat days, while Kourtney said her last meal would be "McDonald's french fries, and a McDonald's vanilla milkshake," to the New Potato. (opens in new tab)

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Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara

The couple that cheats together, stays together?! Manganiello famously said, (opens in new tab) "it's good to have a cheat meal once in a while," and both hubby and wifey have stuck to that mantra. Manganiello's weekly cheat meal is two truffle burgers, cheese tots, and onion rings from Umami Burger, according to Men's Fitness (opens in new tab). Vergara, on the other hand, dedicates an entire weekend to eating whatever she wants. "I love healthy eating, but I also love dessert," she told The New York Times. "I don't go too crazy during the week. But on the weekends, I completely order whatever I want."

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Ciara

Ciara famously lost her baby weight—60 pounds—in just four months. So yeah, she's superhuman, but she also didn't deprive herself while dieting. "First, I give myself a break," she told Shape. (opens in new tab) "When I'm on a strict eating regimen, at some point I have to have French fries, a cheeseburger, and some pizza. And Oreos and vanilla ice cream!"

7/21

Hugh Jackman

Jackman's Instagram is one long ode to the cheat meal. He has indulged in a burger and fries (opens in new tab), a massive portion of ribs (opens in new tab), [link href="https://www.instagram.com/p/9B9zC6ChDn/" link_updater_label="external" target="_blank"]an entire plate of cookies (opens in new tab), a package of Tim Tam cookies (opens in new tab), and an elaborate breakfast spread (opens in new tab) including bacon and pancakes.

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Katy Perry

Perry's cheat day is dedicated to her one true love: burgers. While on her California Dreams Tour, she stuck to a very strict meal plan but still made time for a burger. "On Sundays I get to have a cheat day where I go buck wild and eat In-N-Out Burger," Perry told Rolling Stone. And let's not forget Perry's legendary move at the Golden Globes this year— she ordered In-N-Out burgers (opens in new tab) for her entire table, which included winner Brie Larson (opens in new tab). 🍔🍔🍔.

9/21

Rihanna

Evidence of RiRi's love of snack food has been captured on Snapchat (opens in new tab), but nobody knew the extent of Rihanna's snack habit until she appeared on the Ellen. Ellen ran through her rider—AKA what she requests in her dressing room—which revealed Rihanna's essential snacks, including: regular Cheetos, hot Cheetos, Golden Grahams cereal, Oreos, Cup of Noodles, red and white wine, vodka, soda, Frappuccinos, and garlic olives. "I just like to be prepared," Rihanna said. "You never know what mood you're going to be in that day."

10/21

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence loves pizza (opens in new tab) as much as we love Jennifer Lawrence. Her favorite headline (opens in new tab) ever written about herself is 'Look How Much Pizza Jennifer Lawrence Ordered,'" and this is a woman who has been nominated for four Oscars. And yes, her greatest culinary invention involves pizza. Lawrence explained the "Chili Pizza Sandwich" to Glamour (opens in new tab): "You have a piece of pizza, you put chili in it with noodles, like southern chili with noodles, and then another piece of pizza, and then you eat it like a sandwich."

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Jennifer Aniston

Aniston's cheat days sound particularly mouthwatering because she eats "either Mexican food, maybe Italian pasta," she told People (opens in new tab). And her cheat day chef is none other than her adorable hubby, Justin Theroux. "My husband makes the best pasta Carbonara and we eat it once a week. I can't get enough of it," she told Marie Claire (opens in new tab).

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Chris Pratt

Pratt has been superhero shape since he starred in Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. But even superhero's need their cheat days, so Pratt really goes for it: " I give myself a three-hour window and just do as much damage as I can," Pratt told Complex (opens in new tab). "Usually it'll be something real sweet and carb-y: pancakes, pizza, cheese—because I try to stay away from dairy—ice cream Drumsticks, fried chicken, all the good comfort food. And, of course, whiskey and wine and beer and vodka."

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah's meme declaring her love of bread is no joke. But, since she eats bread on the daily with Weight Watchers, her cheat food is something else entirely. "Every now and then, I sneak a Cheeto!" she told E! News (opens in new tab).

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Jessica Biel

Biel has gotten into incredible action hero shape for a number of roles, but no matter how grueling the training, she has never abandoned her beloved cheat day. Biel admitted she has a cheat day "once a week at least." She recalled a particularly memorable one in New York while appearing on (opens in new tab) The Graham Norton Show (opens in new tab). "I saw a Dunkin' Donuts," Biel said on. "I said 'pull the car over. Pull over right now.' We pulled over and ran in. I got 24 donuts. We went to a pizza joint, and we got two giant, large pizzas and I sat in the car and I put as much bread and dough in my mouth as I could possibly manage. It was the best moment."

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Gabrielle Union

Union always looks #flawless, but that doesn't mean she never indulges. In fact, her eating mantra calls for everything in moderation. "Don't deprive yourself," Union told Us (opens in new tab). "I ate a whole serving of apple cake. I needed it, so I ate it. What good is it to be emaciated if your stomach's always growling. That sucks. Have a burger!"

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Selena Gomez

Gomez recently put her Revival World Tour on hold to focus on her health (opens in new tab), but spending so much time on the road revealed some intel about Gomez's favorite cheat day treats. Gomez told Bon Appetit that "pickles, hot Cheetos, and chocolates are staples." But her trainer has made a dent on Gomez's cheat food habit. "I used to have chicken pot pie," Gomez said to Entertainment Weekly (opens in new tab)." My trainer won't let me eat [junk] but I can still have my pot pies. Just not every day."

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Kate Hudson

Hudson may be an athleisure guru (opens in new tab), but her ideal lazy day on the couch involves a lot of cheat foods. "Sugarfish sushi, which would turn into Tates gluten free chocolate chip cookies, which would then be accompanied by a so-delicious ice cream bar with a chocolate and dairy-free coconut ice cream," Hudson told Elle (opens in new tab) about her dream day of snacking. "But my favorite, favorite, favorite would be frozen yogurt. I usually like a coconut fro-yo with some kind of chocolate situation and anything with cinnamon, or graham cracker-y, or oatmeal cookie type vibe."

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Zac Efron

Efron had to get in seriously good shape for the upcoming movie Baywatch, so of course he had a strict workout routine and diet. You can imagine his excitement when he Tweeted about his cheat day (opens in new tab): a steak, four sides of potatoes and veggies, mac and cheese, three desserts, bread and butter, a brick of cheese, and caviar. And no leftovers.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Even the Queen of all things goop indulges. "For me the big things are really processed food and foods that have tons of chemicals and pesticides," Paltrow said according to People (opens in new tab). "I try to stay away from that, but I love French fries and cheese and martinis and all that kind of thing."

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Hilary Duff

Duff generally sticks to a very healthy diet but she still fully embraces the occasional cheat meal. Often, she picks lunchtime to indulge. "I'll usually eat a salad and possibly some french fries,"Duff told Us (opens in new tab). "Gotta be a little naughty!" #Truth.

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Karlie Kloss

If a top model has a cheat day, you should too. "I eat really healthy because I feel better and I feel like I have better energy," Kloss told People. (opens in new tab) "On a cheat day though, I'm all about dark chocolate. Dark chocolate, sea salts, throw a little caramel in there, it's heaven." But since life is about balance, Kloss said a spin class is also a cheat day necessity. "Every day I go to SoulCycle is a cheat day. Somehow it justifies it," she told the magazine (opens in new tab).

Maggie Maloney

Maggie Maloney is the associate editor at Town & Country and ELLE Decor, where she covers style, beauty, jewelry, and the many members of the royal family. She also manages social media and content strategy for both brands.