“The Hunger Games” star Sam Claflin wants you to know this photo of him going around is NOT actually him
Actor Sam Claflin (AKA Finnick Odair from The Hunger Games) decided to address a photo of a shirtless guy that has been circulating the internet for many years. Finally, fed up, Claflin took to Instagram to call out Photoshop and embrace his dadbod.
Here’s his message:
“This picture has been following me around for some years, and well, there are many people I want to thank for it:
Firstly, the person who dedicated a lot of time and hard work training and sculpting their body to within an inch of its life. Seriously, well done! Secondly, the person who dedicated a lot of time and effort into resizing and reshaping my face so it fits on that body. I can only assume it’s no easy feat, so congratulations must go to you too – for making this look even remotely realistic.”
He’s right — the photo really does look incredibly realistic. In fact, if he didn’t bring it up, we never would have known it was Photoshopped.
Which technically is the purpose of Photoshop, but that doesn’t make it OK.
Claflin then made it very clear that the photo is absolutely not him, nor does he wish it was.
“But it isn’t me. It never was me. Don’t get me wrong, I have worked out before, and I really like it when I do, but to THIS extent? Not something I’ve done yet. Maybe one day, eh?
Right now, I’m enjoying my work, and being a Dad for the first time, and it’s getting way too close to Christmas for me to spend any free time I DO have in the gym. But bless you. #dadbod #imhappyasme #imhappyasmeandyoushouldbetoo #merrychristmas #photoshopphonies”
A photo posted by Sam Claflin (@mrsamclaflin) on Dec 2, 2016 at 4:09am PST
Even though the Photoshopped photo doesn’t look TOO terribly different from the real-life Claflin (at least from what we saw in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)…
…we absolutely love what he wrote and hope his message will inspire his fans to honor themselves in the same way.
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