YouTuber Nikocado Avocado reveals shocking 250-lb. weight loss

A YouTube star recognized for his gluttonous “Mukbang” consuming movies that he has misplaced 250 lbs. — all whereas convincing his thousands and thousands of followers he was nonetheless dangerously chubby.

Nikocado Avocado, who has over 4 million subscribers on YouTube the place he posts movies showcasing himself and others consuming extreme quantities of meals, unveiled his a lot slimmer physique in a video he posted Friday titled “Two Steps Forward.”

The video additionally included a rant by which he referred to his followers as “ants” and derided them for watching his movies and commenting on his dimension when he was overweight.

Nikocado Avocado referred to as the stunt his “best social experiment,” and he pulled it off by hiding himself from his movies for months and posting solely outdated movies he had recorded earlier than the load loss.

The content material creator, whose actual identify is Nicholas Perry, revealed the drastic change three months after telling followers he “give up his weight reduction journey” and could be taking a hiatus.

“Two steps forward, two steps forward,” Nikocado Avocado started the video, exhibiting himself sporting a panda head masks.

“This has been the best social experiment of my complete life. It’s worrying, it’s compelling, it’s gripping to look at all these unwell, disorientated beings roam the web in the hunt for tales, concepts, rivalries the place they really feel inspired, engaged,” he continued.

Nikocado Avocado stated he felt like interacting with followers over his seven-year profession making Mukbang movies was like “monitoring ants on an ant farm.” He stated it taught him that folks will devour “something they’re advised to devour.”

Perry then eliminated the masks, totally exhibiting off his weight reduction transformation.

“I’m the villain as a result of I’ve made myself one. And you’ll proceed to devour these tales about me. Yr after yr, after yr, for so long as I inform the web that I’m the villain. Tales that permeate and linger, and infect the minds of the ants. Affect the ants. Brainwash the ants,” he stated, earlier than telling viewers instantly: “You’re the ants.”

The YouTuber continued: “As we speak, I wakened from a really lengthy dream and I additionally wakened from having misplaced 250 kilos off of my physique. But, simply yesterday, individuals had been calling me fats and sick and boring and irrelevant. Persons are essentially the most tousled creatures on your entire planet.”

In a separate video, uploaded to a different channel Perry runs, he defined he had been posting years-old content material with a view to keep his channel whereas engaged on his well being.

Perry, nonetheless, wasted no time returning to his roots for viewers’ enjoyment, pulling out a big plate of noodles to slurp down.

Whereas his surprising transformation took many followers aback, most had been comfortable to see the creator in good well being, with one individual writing, “Let’s be actual. That is what we hoped for quite than going through his passing as a consequence of problems attributable to his heavy weight.”

One other fan wrote: “This feels nearly not actual, he managed to play us like a violin, this redemption arc feels surreal.”

“He gained weight, turned a multi-millionaire, misplaced weight, largest comeback ever,” one other added.