--- description: The 'Aquaman' actor, who recently celebrated his 40th birthday surprise party with a guest appearance from Emilia Clarke, is not bothered. title: Birthday Boy Jason Momoa Is Immune to Dad Bod Comments image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Birthday Boy Jason Momoa Is Immune to Dad Bod Comments and Living His Best Life  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2019 3:31 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2019 3:31 PM CUT Confirmed: Aquaman remains unbothered by your opinion of his physique. While arriving at the airport this week, [superhero actor](https://time.com/5484268/aquaman-post-credits-scene/ "undefined") Jason Momoa was [approached by reporters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfJntvXO-XY "undefined") trying to get a reaction out of him about the recent suggestions that he’s got what’s popularly called a dad bod. But Momoa wasn’t having it. “Did that offend you when people said you [had a dad bod](https://time.com/4501147/chris-pratt-weight-stephen-colbert/ "undefined")?” the unseen _TMZ_ reporter asks. “Not at all,” Momoa responds, with a look of silent laughter. He even joked about having recently consumed a [Guinness birthday cake](https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ee4MnAKTA/ "undefined") at a surprise birthday party organized by his friends and attended by none other than his former _Game of Thrones_ costar and wife [Emilia Clarke](https://time.com/5591654/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-instagram/ "undefined"), also known as Daenerys Targaryen to Momoa’s Khal Drogo. (Momoa turns 40 on Aug. 1.) Earlier in July, Momoa was on the receiving end of [some trolling online](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jason-momoa-body-shaming-dad-bod-twitter-pool-lisa-bonet-a8998266.html "undefined") after [photos surfaced](https://www.instagram.com/usweekly/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed "undefined") of the famously ripped actor shirtless by the pool while on vacation in Italy with his wife Lisa Bonet. Some commenters believed he was approaching the “dad bod” stage, a warm term often used when defined abs are no longer visible. Clearly, Momoa doesn’t care much one way or the other what anonymous people think of his fitness — nor should he. With the announcement of [_Aquaman 2_](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597388/ "undefined") in the works for 2022, he’s got plenty else to keep him busy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/"},"headline":"Birthday Boy Jason Momoa Is Immune to Dad Bod Comments and Living His Best Life","datePublished":"2019-07-30T15:31:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:44.791Z","description":"What dad bod?","url":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/","name":"Birthday Boy Jason Momoa Is Immune to Dad Bod Comments and Living His Best Life"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Aquaman Official Trailer","description":"Aquaman Official Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/q6USg2qm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-21T19:38:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/q6USg2qm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/","duration":"PT2M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5638798/jason-momoa-talks-dad-bod/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```