What’s up y’all, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, and we might all be lusting
over Jacob Elordi, but rest assured, he is urging fans to put an end to all the thirsting.
I know, it’s shocking, but let me explain.
Let’s just call a spade a spade: Jacob Elordi is a snack, and there is no denying the fact.
Ever since Jacob dropped onto the scene in 2018 for his leading role in Netflix’ hit
romcom The Kissing Booth, fans have been gushing over him like it’s their full time job.
For some stars, the added attention is fulfilling and a massive compliment, but according to
Jacob, it “really f**king bothered him” when people talked about his abs online after
the first installment was released.
He revealed this truth bomb during a recent interview with Men’s Health, admitting that
it was upsetting that rather than his performance in the film, fans only seemed to want to talk
about his washboard abs whenever he was shirtless, which was actually pretty often.
He said QUOTE, “At the time, I was super young and got thrown into a world where everyone
wanted to talk about my body…
It really f**king bothered me.
I don’t identify with that whatsoever.
I was trying to prove myself and be known as an actor.
It was so much working out and I hated every second of it.”
Jacob also admitted that while filming the first Kissing Booth movie, he “developed
an intense fitness regimen” that required him to put in work at the gym twice a day
for seven days a week.
He added, “I trained extensively for the first film, because it said it in the script.
I was so terribly nervous that I wouldn’t be what the script wanted me to be.”
Since he’s been able to develop his character from the first film, Jacob revealed that he’s
been putting much more of an emphasis on his health.
He said, “The Kissing Booth was all about sculpting and making sure I had this figure
that I thought the character needed.
Now, it’s more functional.
I wanted to be a blank canvas and be more concerned with my health.
I wanted to be able to walk and run with my grandkids when I’m 80-something, you know?”
He added, “It’s more about being functional as opposed to actual aesthetics.
Let’s be honest — I have no interest in going to the beach and looking like The Rock.”
And while he had to slim down for his role in HBO’s Euphoria, not training at all for
The Kissing Booth 2 actually worked out in his favor considering the sequel focuses more
on his emotional evolution rather than the physical.
Unfortunately for Jacob, this hasn’t stopped fans from continuing to thirst after him online.
One user wrote, “I don't have a singular romantic bone in my body, but for Jacob elordi
I might just blush or smile or sumn.”
Another fan tweeted, “Watching the Kissing Booth 2 and I still want Jacob Elordi to throw
me down a flight of stairs and spit on my lifeless body.”
Yeahhhh, ok, now I can kinda see why it makes him so uncomfortable…
As for The Kissing Booth 2, Jacob spoke out about what he hopes fans will get out of the
film, saying, “I hope, with everything going on in the world, that the movie can give them
some sort of reprieve for two hours.
I hope they get a smile and find a great amount of joy in watching the movie.
That’s all I can really ask for.”
Earlier this week it was just announced that The Kissing Booth 3 had been secretly shot
at the same time as the second film, but fans aren’t too convinced that Jacob is thrilled
about reprising his role.
He’s recently spoken out about how exhausting it is to portray a teenager as a 23-year-old
man, but fans were especially concerned after the promo for The Kissing Booth 2 dropped
last year, claiming that he looked miserable and upset.
Earlier this week, he addressed the many claims, saying that he simply just has a “resting
miserable face,” adding, “It’s because I’m usually thinking a lot, like, an insane
amount about something ridiculous.”
He also compared his demeanor to his character Noah Flynn’s development throughout the
film, saying, “I think also...
Noah is a moody dude, you know?
He’s a moody guy.
He’s not running around super happy.
I wasn’t miserable, I was tired but not miserable.
I had a blast.”
Another reason for his exhaustion could be due to wrapping Euphoria’s first season
to filming The Kissing Booth 2 with no break in between.
After flying straight to Africa, Jacob admitted he went through a dramatic shift, saying,
“I was so exhausted the entire shot because I had just come off eight months of filming,
then flew however many hours to Africa.
I never really woke up.
I just got through it.”
I think I speak for the majority of The Kissing Booth fans that we’re THRILLED Jacob ended
up powering through and pulling off yet another movie masterpiece for us all to rewatch while
living our best quarantine lives.
To see what Jacob had to say about fans claiming he looked miserable on the set of The Kissing
Booth, click right over here for another Clevver video.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Jacob’s comments toward his body image
down here in the comments.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., see you next time!