{"id":4433,"date":"2026-06-02T22:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rupert-everett-says-he-ruined-himself-in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-body\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:58:52","slug":"rupert-everett-says-he-ruined-himself-in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rupert-everett-says-he-ruined-himself-in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Everett says he &#8216;ruined&#8217; himself in pursuit of the perfect body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129534125.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rupert Everett said he\u2019s suffering serious consequences from his pursuit to achieve his heartthrob physique.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, 67, had a string of popular box office hits in the \u201990s, most notably starring as Julia Roberts\u2019 gay bestie in 1997\u2019s \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding,\u201d but he said the buff build he worked hard to get has cost him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ruined myself,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jun\/01\/rupert-everett-interview-rivals-madfabulous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Guardian<\/a> in an interview published Monday. \u201cNow I\u2019m almost crippled as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rupert Everett (seen here in October 2025) said he \u201cruined\u201d his body in order to get his chiseled physique in the \u201990s. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Everett told the Guardian in an interview published Monday he worked out improperly while lifting weights and that now at 67 he\u2019s \u201calmost crippled.\u201d (He\u2019s seen here in October 1987.) <span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI could never be bothered to do all those things, like stretching, which were necessary for lifting<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>weights, because your tendons get tighter and tighter,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo boring. I didn\u2019t do any of that. So now my demise will be musculoskeletal, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everett recalled his movie star popularity, noting, \u201cI was\u00a0<em>wonderful<\/em>-looking at one point. I had muscles. Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite short-lived,\u201d he added. \u201cI call it my Hollywood year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Everett starred in a string of box office hits in the \u201990s, most notably 1997\u2019s \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d with Julia Roberts. (A scene from the film is pictured above.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Everett (seen here in 1984) called his Hollywood popularity \u201cshort-lived.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everett admitted to feeling insecure despite his good looks \u2014 even at the peak of his popularity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven work was about cruising, really. Trying to be attractive,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWhich obviously came from the feeling of not being attractive enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vanity for me wasn\u2019t about \u2018mirror, mirror on the wall, who\u2019s the fairest of them all?\u2019. Vanity is often a feeling of deep insecurity rather than feeling how fabulous I am,\u201d Everett added.<\/p>\n<p>He no longer hits the gym these days, and shared with the outlet that his only form of exercise is walking his Labrador. He\u2019s also settled down from his days partying and doing drugs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Everett (seen here in September 1989) said these days his only exercise is walking his Labrador. <span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The British actor (pictured here in October 2024) joked, \u201cMy demise will be musculoskeletal.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Everett (seen here in January) said he\u2019s settled down from his days partying and doing drugs, having married his husband, Henrique, in 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Zak Hussein \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He married his husband Henrique, a Brazilian accountant, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always thought when I was still clubbing and hanging out that I\u2019d be one of those 75-year-olds in a tie-dye T-shirt at raves,\u201d he mused, noting that he\u2019s now not even \u201cremotely interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m hardly interested in anything any more,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m interested in dust particles and things like that. I could quite happily sit just watching spring.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/celebrity-news\/rupert-everett-says-he-ruined-himself-in-pursuit-of-the-perfect-body\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rupert Everett said he\u2019s suffering serious consequences from his pursuit to achieve his heartthrob physique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129534125.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}