Just because he’s a dad doesn’t mean he has a “dad bod.”
Vin Diesel shut down body shamers who claimed the typically fit actor was out of shape after a series of photos popped up of him standing shirtless on a balcony sporting a softer physique. Proving that he’s still proud of the way he looks, Diesel took to Instagram to respond to the criticism – by flaunting his fit physique, of course.
To start, the Fast and Furious actor, 48, shared a photo of himself looking muscular in a black T-shirt and jeans.
“It is amazing the response from the journalists who I have been talking to for the last two days in New York. Today one wanted to see the dad bod. Haha,” he wrote in his first post over the weekend after spending the day promoting his new film The Last Witch Hunter. “I am wondering if I should show the picture… Body-shaming is always wrong! What do you think?”
And of course, fans jumped at the opportunity to see if Diesel really did have a “dad bod,” or if it was simply just an off-day. In the second photo, he lifted his shirt to reveal his rock-hard abs, silencing the haters once and for all.
“The pic from yesterday… For those who wanted the show… For all the angels that love dad bod regardless…” Diesel, captioned the photo.
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Photographed for TV Times in 1987.
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Photographed for TV Times in 1987.
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The age-defying beauty invited the magazine for an exclusive look around her palatial home in the year she was divorced from second husband Tony Newley. Racy film romp The Stud and U.S. soap superstardom were still to come.Time Inc. UK/TV TimesHelen Mirren
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Photographed for TV Times in 1965, at the ITV studios in London. This was the year of their huge hit 'Satisfaction'. Time Inc. UK/TV TimesThe Avengers (Diana Rigg & Patrick Macnee)
Photographed for TV Times in 1964.
An iconic shot taken when Diana Rigg took over from Honor Blackman in the ‘spy-fi’ classic. The name Emma Peel derived from the writers’ attempts to create a character with Man Appeal.Time Inc. UK/TV Times