Ram Kapoor on his weight loss journey

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"I like my fat husband because I like you." Ram Kapoor shared why he turned to fitness even though people "accepted" him before his transformation.

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00:00Sir, because of you, my wife loves me. She doesn't want me to lose weight.

00:04For 15 years, I became as fat as I could be.

00:07So they saw me give up everything. Alcohol, smoking, everything.

00:11Kholayam has said that I do whatever I want to do.

00:16At that time, everyone was only focusing on looks, looks, looks.

00:22You used to roam around with your cute stomach.

00:25It wasn't cute. I mean, it was a planet.

00:30People used to ridicule you that the main hero is roaming around with a stomach.

00:36Do you think people could have ridiculed me?

00:39When you are that fat, 140 kilos, and you have a super hit show,

00:47where the country is loving you, how can they ridicule you?

00:51Fat people used to come to me and say,

00:54Sir, because of you, my wife loves me. She doesn't want me to lose weight.

00:58How sweet.

00:59Wives used to come and say,

01:01I like my fat husband because I like you.

01:05So, they accepted me. They really, really accepted me.

01:08In fact, you know what, when I said to a few people that I'm going to go on to this whole transformation,

01:14there were a few directors who said, Ram, you're taking a risk because your branding is damn strong.

01:18Which is true.

01:22In today's world, if you go back in the industry,

01:25how many people that are really, really huge are loved in terms of factors in the industry?

01:32Amjad Khan.

01:34Do you remember Amjad Khan?

01:35Of course, man.

01:37After that, how many?

01:39When I was ruling television, who else other than me was out of shape in any way?

01:44Nobody.

01:45Exactly.

01:46So, I was loved and accepted like that.

01:50So, then where the ridicule?

01:51They used to love, even now they say, we want you like that.

01:55Even now, sir, you're looking fantastic, but we want you like that.

01:58That is how much they loved me.

02:00For me, that's a huge compliment.

02:01I've done so much to transform myself, but when they're saying that,

02:04it's like, how much they loved me, man.

02:06That is, that should never be taken lightly.

02:08Because whatever I am, I'm because of them.

02:11But, I basically, I enjoyed the wave.

02:17See, I realized that people are loving me like this.

02:21So, I, for 15 years, I became as fat as I could, didn't care,

02:26and just worked, worked, worked, delivered what they wanted.

02:30But I said to myself that at some point, when I turn 50,

02:34I'm going to have to change completely.

02:37Not for my career, for myself.

02:39And to set the right example to my son.

02:42Because they have seen me give up everything in life the minute I want to.

02:47So, they saw me give up everything.

02:49Alcohol, smoking, everything.

02:52But when it came to getting fit, they saw me fail twice.

02:54Because I lost 30 kilos twice, and it came back on.

02:57Twice over 5 years.

02:59I lost 30 kilos twice out of willpower, and it came back on.

03:02They saw dad as failing in this twice.

03:05It bothered me that my son is watching me fail.

03:07I've never failed at anything else.

03:08I've openly said that whatever I want to do, I do.

03:11To him.

03:12So, I'm, that is why I'm so desperate.

03:14That is why I never take myself seriously.

03:17Because experience everything in life.

03:20Experience things that, that's scary.

03:23Because you learn.

03:24Experience things that make you uncomfortable.

03:27If you want to grow, get out of your comfort zone.

03:31Because in your comfort zone, you'll never grow.

03:33When you're out of your comfort zone, you grow.

03:35Which is why I grew so much when I went to America, and I was on my own.

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