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Sacha Baron Cohen showed off his eye-popping physique in a cover shoot for Men’s Fitness UK.
In a sneak peek of the August issue shared on Instagram Wednesday, the actor — who plays the MCU’s newest supervillain Mephisto — displayed his oiled-up abs while pumping iron.
Other photos showed the ultra-ripped “Borat” star doing pull-ups and posing in the gym after bulking up for his recently debuted role on Marvel’s Disney+ series “Ironheart.”
In the caption, the magazine teased its interview with the “king of comedy” about the jaw-dropping physical transformation.
Cohen, 53, shared the post on his Instagram Stories, joking, “This is not AI, I really am egotistical enough to do this.”
In another slide, he boasted, “Some celebs use Ozempic, some use private chefs, others use personal trainers. I did all three.”
He also quipped that he was “hard launching [his] mid-life crisis” before hilariously debuting his “new character: Middle aged man who replaced beer with protein shakes.”
The “Dictator” star reportedly divulged in the cover story that he previously wasn’t in prime physical condition.
Cohen described himself prior to the transformation as “having the core strength of an arthritic jellyfish,” according to a preview obtained by Deadline.
In order to get into shape, the comedy icon reached out to Matthew McConaughey for a recommendation on a solid trainer.
“He looked like a ruler, straight up and down,” Alfonso “The Angry Trainer” Moretti recalled to the outlet of making Cohen strip down to his underwear during their first Zoom meeting.
Still, the trainer could see “an athlete in hiding.”
Moretti help Cohen transform his body with a low-sugar, high-fiber diet and an intense training regimen that included 100 daily push-ups.
On his Instagram Stories, the “Bruno” actor thanked Moretti for “doing the unthinkable — putting up with [him] for 25 mins a day.”
The father of three’s dramatic fitness reveal comes weeks after he finalized his divorce from Isla Fisher in June following nearly 14 years of marriage.
“We are proud of all we’ve achieved together and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children,” the former couple said in a joint statement last month.
“We ask for the media to continue to respect our children’s privacy.”
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