This week Kumail Nanjiani was re-introduced to the internet in thirst-trap form. The comedian dropped a pic of himself on Instagram, revealing he is now a ripped unit.
Unsurprisingly, social media had a lot to say about it.
Nanjiani’s shredded transformation has been for his upcoming role in Marvel’s The Eternals. He’ll be starring alongside the likes of Kit Harrington, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Gemma Chan.
Marvel fans: “Oh no! RDJ and Chris Evans are leaving the MCU. What are we going to do??”
Simu Liu and Kumail Nanjiani: “I think we can be of assistance…” pic.twitter.com/ztzFZiJ2oe
— Curtis Kimberlin Jr (@ckimberlinjr) December 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/RobbieAmell/status/1206674888087547905
My whole day has been thrown off by learning that Kumail Nanjiani is ridiculously jacked now
— Patrick Wyman (@Patrick_Wyman) December 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/chrisgayomali/status/1206652304956497920
Gets cast by marvel – pic.twitter.com/jJFUVhmfvd
— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) December 16, 2019
Kumail Nanjiani won the ‘beginning of the decade vs. end of the decade’ challenge pic.twitter.com/bQ9JclOoYa
— tri vo (@tribranchvo) December 16, 2019
Gonna tell my kids this is Kumail Nanjiani. pic.twitter.com/9OJsMD4yn0
— gal galoch (@antifatwa) December 16, 2019
Even Porn Hub got involved, which was brought to Nanjiani’s attention.
https://twitter.com/Pornhub/status/1206725480189243393
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/1206973415090991105
And Nanjiani’s wife, Emily V Gordon, also stated how proud she was of his progress. She went on to say they’re both gamers at heart (the pair used to have a video game podcast called The Indoor Kids).
https://twitter.com/emilyvgordon/status/1206664996031254530
My favourite part of this entire saga is Nanjiani being honest about how he got this point. He states that he couldn’t have done it without being literally paid to by the biggest studio in the world.
“I’m glad I look like this, but I also understand why I never did before. It would have been impossible without these resources and time,” he said.
He also thanked his wife for putting up with his talking about dieting and working out for the last year.
“I promise I’ll be interesting again some day,” he said.