It was a social media stunt two years in the making, but over the weekend, YouTuber Nikocado Avocado finally revealed his astonishing 250-pound weight loss to his millions of followers.
Over the past eight years, the 32-year-old internet personality, originally from Ukraine and now based in the US, has gained more than 4.22 million subscribers on YouTube by filming himself gorging himself on ultra-processed fast food.
At his heaviest, the star, whose real name is Nicolas Perry, weighed 411 pounds and was classified as morbidly obese.
However, two years ago, the YouTuber decided to drastically change his lifestyle and secretly lose weight.
The star, who now resides in the United States, previously filmed two years of videos before embarking on her drastic diet, leaving her fans none the wiser.
Pictured: YouTuber Nikocado Avocado, real name Nicolas Perry, before his dramatic 250-pound weight loss.
Pictured: Nicolas Perry after his astonishing weight loss, which he managed to keep secret for two years.
In its most Recent viral videowhich is titled ‘Two Steps Ahead’, Perry said: ‘Today I woke up from a very long sleep and I also woke up having lost 250 pounds from my body.
‘Just yesterday people were calling me fat, sick, boring and irrelevant.
“People are the most deranged creatures on the planet, and yet I’ve managed to stay two steps ahead of everyone. The joke’s on you.”
Talking with NBC NewsPerry explained how she’s been “strategically posting” videos she recorded in 2022.
He said: ‘I edited the videos to make them look recent, which allowed me to focus on healing my body behind the scenes.’
In addition to this, Perry also shaved his head to avoid being recognized in public and says a handful of YouTuber friends also helped him keep it a secret.
Her viral YouTube video begins with the star sporting a giant panda head, which Perry says was a reminder that social media is “not as black and white” as it may seem.
She told the publication: “While everyone was pointing and laughing at me for consuming too much food, I was in complete control the whole time.”
Nicolas (pictured before he started losing weight in 2022) said: ‘I edited the videos to make them look recent, which allowed me to focus on healing my body behind the scenes.’
YouTuber Nicolas Perry before and after his astonishing 250-pound weight loss, which took him two years.
Just three months ago, Perry announced in a YouTube video that she had given up trying to lose weight, claiming she hadn’t seen “any lasting results” in two years.
In the video he said: ‘Well, some people are fat. Get over it.
“Do you think we’re put on this Earth to starve ourselves, count calories, and restrict carbs? I’m over it; it doesn’t work. I keep trying; it doesn’t work. I’ve accepted that I’m fat. And I think most people should, actually.”
Introducing her latest video, Perry said: “I’m always two steps ahead. This has been the biggest social experiment of my entire life.”
“People consume whatever they are told to consume,” he said, seemingly suggesting that the past few years had also been one giant experiment.
To prepare for his weight loss, Nicolas pre-filmed two years of content so viewers wouldn’t suspect anything.
In the picture: Nicolas after losing 113 kg. In the presentation video, the YouTuber compared his followers to “ants”
-So, I’m the villain because I’ve become one.
“And you’re going to keep consuming these stories about me,” he said, hitting his point home.
‘Year after year, after year, as long as I tell the Internet I’m the villain.
“Stories that permeate and endure, and infect the minds of ants,” he continued, continuing with the theatricality.
‘Influence the ants. Brainwash them. You are the ants.’
Perry ended the video by proceeding to eat a giant serving of black bean noodles.
Comments under both videos expressed amazement at the YouTuber’s confusion, while many wondered if his drastic weight gain was an elaborate ruse, as he claimed.
‘Ozempic worked overtime,’ wrote one commenter, accusing the influencer of taking the increasingly popular weight-loss drug to lose weight.
He said he filmed enough videos to last two years, during which time he shed the pounds he gained during his meteoric rise.
Once slim, the influencer gained more than 200 pounds during his eight years of YouTube posts.
At the time of writing, the video was ranked third on YouTube and had over 30 million views.
Others pointed to more recent food excursions posted a few months ago, writing, “He said he hasn’t made a video in almost two years… he filmed enough backlog videos to keep things entertaining, worrying, and controversial for that long. The guy is a genius.”
Another simply added: “Nothing makes sense anymore.”
Once one of the platform’s most recognizable faces, Avocado now looks more like the 24-year-old who shot to internet stardom with ASMR food videos seven years ago, when he weighed just 150 pounds.
In a matter of a few years, his physique increased to at least 350 pounds.
As this was happening in real time, commentators regularly drew attention to how the influencer was destroying his body to get views, while emulating the video style coming from Korea.
Still, Avocado continued to stick with his high-calorie meals, gaining weight despite promising he would eventually lose it.
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