Chris Pratt: Destined To Be A Life-long FatBoy

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Celebrity "Makeovers"—is there anything phonier?

 The list of names of celebs who have gotten into shape for a movie, who then immediately upon hearing “that’s a wrap!” revert right back to their original average schlubness is endless. Granted, there are a few who seem to maintain, more or less, such as Mark Wahlberg and Chris Hemsworth, but even those two vacillate between diamond sharp and puffy, as any Google image search will clearly reveal. Others, like Chris Pratt, will always be teetering at the edge of the cliff of flabbiness, ready to tumble over at any moment.

What’s maddening about this is that a Hollywood actor’s entire appeal and success is primarily based on their physical attractiveness. This is inarguable. Few ugly out-of-shape male or female actors ever become screen idols. And attaining the status of Screen Idol is every wannabe actor’s dream. Yet they bitch and moan about how hard it is to maintain. How unfair, what an ordeal it is to work out three days a week and not eat everything in sight —just so they can keep on earning tens of millions of dollars every year. 

We really feel their pain.

This might seem understandable on some level, as fame, fortune and celebrity status all facilitate celebrating: eating, drinking, drugging, having lots of sex, staying out to all hours, vacationing, relaxing. None of these however are entirely conducive to maintaining a rock hard body, dewey-fresh skin, or eyes free from dark circles.

And yet I, and many of you, who do not rake in $20 million for a few months' work, and do not have an army of employees to free us up from mundane day2day errands and chores, manage quite well to stay in great shape. Nothing in our lives requires this, yet we do it because we can, because we respect ourselves, because being and feeling strong and healthy are important for both our physical and emotional health.

So whenever I hear some entitled jerk, male or female, who by sheer luck has managed to rise to the heights of wealth and celebrity based 95% on their attractiveness, cry on some talk show about how unfair it is that they are under unbearable pressure to maintain their attractiveness, it makes me want to punch them in the face.