EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Kapoor on his struggle with weight loss: I’m an obese kid, trying to be fit

Arjun Kapoor recently left his fans impressed when he shared a post on his social media handle about his weight loss revealing a then and now picture. The actor said it took him 15 months to get back in shape which is feeling quite proud and cute about. In a recent chat with Bollywood Bubble exclusively, Arjun opened up about finally being real with his fans and opening up about his weight loss.

Arjun told Bollywood Bubble, “I knew that when I post this picture, people will find something bad in it because now the times have gone where 99% of people will talk good about you. Now, if you get even 90% it will be quite a big deal. I said I will accept first that this is me with the chest hair. This time I did not lose the hair so why should I be apologetic about it, I should own it. So I just wrote that line and own it.”

Sharing the post, Arjun had written in the caption, “15 months of being #workinprogress! Felt cute and definitely won’t delete later because I’m immensely proud of this journey. Feb 2021 to May 2022 – it’s been a tough one and I’m only glad that I could stay on track. Must admit that it was very tough to stay on course, it still is, but I’m loving the state of mind that I’m in for these past 15 months. I hope it stays the same. My #MondayMotivation is now me and not others on the gram loving themselves. It’s been a while since I have felt this way!! This is me this is who i am (chest hair included) ?(sic)”

 

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Further talking to us, Arjun opened up about his struggle with obesity and how he easily puts on weight if he misses a day of work out, “It is a very simple thing, when I came to the industry I had lost an x amount of weight, and I was looking a certain way. I presented myself in Ishaqzaade, Gunday, Aurangzeb, etc in a certain way. Then I had put on weight, I was not looking my best, I was aware of it. But I was not able to lose it the way I had lost it earlier and I was working. Audience neh sign diya tha, Maine samjha bhi tha, I was not able to act upon it the way I liked. Thinking I will do it when I get time. I didn’t get it, some of the movies didn’t work. The energy between the audience and me was a little off. But it was not like they rejected me completely, it was more about an expectation that I only created by looking a certain way. For the characters, I am choosing I have to look in a certain way.”

Kapoor also revealed that he is very different most lean and fit actors, he had certain issues which he needs to catch up with, “I just got back to doing what I was doing earlier, where it used to take 5 months before, now it will take 15 months. I just had to accept that it takes a lot longer and that I have to live with it. So that post came from a place of self-realization. But I won’t leave it this time, I will always be at it. I want to make sure the audience enjoys watching me on the big screen I will never stop pursuing that purity of connection between my audience and me. I have said it in the interviews as well, some people are like Tiger Shroff, wake up at 4 am, work out and have a certain physicality. I am a fan, but I am not that. I am an obese kid who is trying to be fit. So I will always have certain issues that need to catch up. My t-shirt also gets tight someday, if I don’t work out my weight increases. If I eat anything wrong for two-three days. But I put in double efforts. “

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