NEWSNo Shame! Will Smith Puts Dad Bod On Full Display, Declares He's Committed To Get Back Into Shape
Will Smith is ready for a change after admitting he's in the "worst shape" of his life.
Wearing nothing but his black boxer-briefs, the 52-year-old posed for the 'gram on Tuesday, May 4, and declared it was time to get serious about his health.
"This is the body that carried me through an entire pandemic and countless days grazing thru the pantry," he wrote with an accompanying video. "I love this body, but I wanna FEEL better. No more midnight muffins…this is it! Imma get in the BEST SHAPE OF MY LIFE!!!!!"
He also announced he was teaming up with YouTube to get his "health & wellness back on track."
"Hope it works!" he added, tagging director Aidan Tanner and content creation group Westbrook.
As OK! previously reported, the Men in Black star got “real” on the ‘gram over the weekend posting a shirtless photo and talking about his ever-changing body.
“I'm in the worst shape of my life,” he captioned the snap, while wearing an unzipped jacket and what appeared to be black boxer-briefs.
The actor — known for cracking jokes — received praise from his famous friends and fans who disagreed with his negative assessment of his body. “You’re Will Smith!! You can be in whatever shape you want,” British artist Sonna Rele commented, while actress and former Fresh Prince love interest Nia Long wrote, “You still got it baby.”
“Man! You have been in shape your whole life. Enjoy the dad bod with pride! Let’s end… the carbs discrimination,” a fan said, while comedian Amy Schumer told the actor, “You look good!” Musician Questlove wrote that “this is the most amazing post in the history of social media.”
Actors are known for going to great lengths to either gain or lose extreme amounts of weight for film roles. In 2001, Will went through a major body transformation in order to portray boxing legend Muhammad Ali in the biopic Ali.
Will is known for being candid about his body issues. In 2019, he called an “emergency” session of his famous family’s digital series Red Table Talk to discuss hitting his highest weight ever.
Will Smith's Emergency Family MeetingFor the first time ever, the entire Smith family is at the Red Table as Will Smith surprises Jada Pinkett Smith by calling an emergency family meeting. Intimate family secrets are revealed, as Will shares his private struggle with the RTT Community.
Posted by Red Table Talk on Monday, September 23, 2019
“I would wake up in the morning … and I would have like four muffins,” he told his family on Red Table Talk. “Then for lunch I would have like, a Moscow mule. That was pretty much my routine for the ten days. You saw. I would wake up, eat five muffins, and then go to sleep!”
Will admitted that his overly relaxed attitude toward food led to weight gain, and his family started calling him “pudgemuffin.”
“I had gotten up to 225 lbs., and it was the most I had ever weighed in my adult life,” he said. “I got to 223 on [the movie] Ali, and I got to 225 on the muffin boat. I don’t want to be a pudgemuffin to my family.”
