Mehcad Brooks Reveals Reason Why His Girlfriend тАШHatedтАЩ His тАШMortal KombatтАЩ Body Transformation
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Mehcad Brooks is opening up about the intense diet and fitness regime he adopted ahead of filming тАЬMortal KombatтАЬ.
The actor took some extreme steps in order to beef up before playing Jax in the action movie, which HBO Max dropped on Friday, April 23.
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Brooks revealed how he prepared for the role while appearing on GlobalтАЩs тАЬThe TalkтАЭ on the same day as the film hit screens.
тАЬI went from eating vegan to eating a small organic farm, more or less,тАЭ said the тАЬTrue BloodтАЭ star. тАЬI was doing boxing training five days a week and I think the one thing about gaining that much weight that fast, I gained 45 poundsтАжyour jaw hurts because youтАЩre chewing, youтАЩre processing so much food.тАЭ
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He added, тАЬI was gaining weight so fast, I was like falling up the stairs. I was super clumsy. None of my clothes fit. It was too much too fast.тАЭ
When co-host Elaine Welteroth asked how his girlfriend felt about the transformation, Brooks replied, тАЬIn some ways she hated it because I guess IтАЩm not as a calm sleeper as I thought I was.тАЭ
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тАЬSo, IтАЩd roll over on her, but I was the size of a baby elephantтАж she was like тАШget off of meтАжI canтАЩt breathe, youтАЩre on meтАЩтАжIt was like wearing a muscle suit.тАЭ
тАЬThe TalkтАЭ airs weekdays at 2 p.m. on Global.
