The 40-Year-Old Weight Loss Virgin

Apparently it's Boy Week on the Weighting Game because I've got yet another male-inspired thought.

You've seen Knocked Up, yes?

Seth Rogen played an acerbic, pot-smoking, bratwurst-gut shlub who somehow fell into Katherine Heigl, thus a) impregnating her and b) perpetuating the Hollywood stereotype that Joe Shmoe guys can land leading lady knockouts...but the only way the reverse would ever happen is if a hot guy makes a bet that he can "makeover" the geeky girl in glasses and a pocket protector.

Anyway, have you seen Rogen lately?

His fro is the same but now he's got cheekbones and pecs. He had to shed weight to play a fictional crime-fighter in the big-screen adaptation of The Green Hornet. He told Ryan Seacrest (sorry - I must source my info, no matter how metrosexually hair pomaded he may be) that the secret to his slimdown was plain old diet and exercise - "The lamest answer ever,” adding - like salt in the plastic surgery wound of obsessed women everywhere, “I personally do not care how I look or physically feel.”

I suppose we could say it's nice to see equal-opportunity, media-mandated weight loss going on - it's not just Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt being forced to diet their way into nothingness for The Devil Wears Prada. I know Adrien Brody and Matt Damon and Christian Bale all dropped a ton of weight for roles but none of them were known for being lovably portly putzes before. Something about this irks me and I'm not sure why. Maybe because Rogen makes it seem so easy, like he just stopped eating pizza for a few weeks. Maybe it's confusing me because we equate his chub with his ability to entertain, and now I'm forced to ask myself, "Can a skinny guy be as funny as his heavier counterpart?" This is not a potential bias I was prepared to confront prior to opening my daily gossip tabloid. (Thanks, US!) I find myself wondering if he'll purposefully put the weight back on after filming wraps, which is not necessarily something I'd think for a female actress. Care to help me clarify my thoughts? And, on a purely physical note, which Seth Rogen would you rather ravish?

Comments

I like how he said it so simply - diet and exercise!

I love him and thin he's adorable and funny either way. I wish stars didn't have to lose weight and make us all feel bad, but at least he's still funny!

I hope he puts the weight back on! I guess you can call me a chubby chaser, but I love men with meat on them! He was adorable then, and now he's looking like a Jewish scenester. At least from what I could tell, he seems to have a great personality, so as long as that still remains, I'll be content, but I infinitely prefer Rogen pre-weight loss.