Pornhub gave Kumail Nanjiani a free 10-year Premium subscription thanks to that jacked bod photo

Sydney Bucksbaum
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Kumail Nanjiani got more than just respect for his thirsty shirtless photo showing off his new jacked body for Marvel’s The Eternals. It also got him an unintentional free subscription to a porn site for an entire decade.

When the actor stopped by Conan O’Brien‘s late-night TBS show to talk about getting ripped to play Kingo in the Nov. 2020 movie, he revealed that after Pornhub used his shirtless photo for its “Muscular Men” category of porn videos, they fairly compensated him.

“They gave me a 10-year free subscription to Pornhub Premium,” Nanjiani says. “I will say, because people are like, ‘Why do you need to pay for porn?’ — and I don’t, I do not work for Pornhub, they have not paid me to say this — you have access to a whole new world. Free porn is good but when you go to Premium… I could develop fetishes, crazy ones over the next 10 years and I know I’ll be taken care of.”

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And when O’Brien wonders what kind of fetishes can be found on the Premium side of Pornhub, Nanjiani just smirks and says, “If I have to explain it to you, you wouldn’t understand.”

As for his new muscular body that took a year to transform, Nanjiani jokes that he doesn’t actually feel any stronger despite his extreme body makeover. “These muscles are decorative,” he says. “They don’t really do anything. [My wife] Emily [Gordon] will be like, ‘Can you open this jar for me?’ And I’m like, ‘Probably not!'”

Plus he jokes that people don’t even get intimidated by him now because of his new physique. “No, ’cause of my voice!” Nanjiani says. “One guy was like, ‘I wish his voice would get a six-pack.'” That’s actually not a bad burn.

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I never thought I’d be one of those people who would post a thirsty shirtless, but I’ve worked way too hard for way too long so here we are. You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I found out a year ago I was going to be in Marvel’s Eternals and decided I wanted to transform how I looked. I would not have been able to do this if I didn’t have a full year with the best trainers and nutritionists paid for by the biggest studio in the world. I’m glad I look like this, but I also understand why I never did before. It would have been impossible without these resources and time. So big thanks to @grantrobertsfit who started working with me at the beginning of the year and made me understand true physical pain for months and months. Then, once we started shooting, a massive thanks to @davidhigginslondon and his team (@ellispartridge, @thebeardypt, @tomcheesemanfitness) for training me almost every day and making me strong, limber and injury free. I can almost touch my toes now. (And thank you for forcing me to do cheat meals David.) Matthews Street Catering for their delicious and healthy meals. And finally, the biggest thanks goes to @emilyvgordon for putting up with me complaining and talking about only working out and dieting for the last year. I promise I’ll be interesting again some day. #thirstyshirtless (Photo by @markupson.) (edit: I left off one very important person: @lancecallahan who trained me for 6 years and helped me build the foundation I could use to do this. Thank you!)

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“I never thought I’d be one of those people who would post a thirsty shirtless, but I’ve worked way too hard for way too long so here we are,” Nanjiani previously wrote on Instagram when he first shared the thirst trap. “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

He added, “I found out a year ago I was going to be in Marvel’s The Eternals and decided I wanted to transform how I looked. I would not have been able to do this if I didn’t have a full year with the best trainers and nutritionists paid for by the biggest studio in the world.”

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