Fitness expert Greg Doucette has called out actor Sacha Baron Cohen (better known as Borat) for allegedly lying about his dramatic body transformation for his upcoming Marvel role. The 53-year-old actor recently appeared on the cover of Men’s Fitness UK, showcasing a dramatically leaner physique that has sparked controversy in the fitness community.
According to Doucette in a recent video, Baron Cohen’s transformation raises several red flags that suggest the actor wasn’t entirely truthful about his methods. “Bro isn’t natty,” Doucette states bluntly, suggesting there’s only a “one in a hundred chance, maybe one in a thousand” that the transformation was achieved naturally.
The controversy centers around conflicting statements Baron Cohen made about his transformation process. Initially, the actor joked on social media, writing: “Some celebs use Ozempic, some use private chefs, others use personal trainers. I did all three.” However, he later backtracked, claiming he was misquoted and stating: “Despite reports, I did not take Ozempic. I got this body the honorable way, paying a personal trainer a lot of money.”
Doucette points to this contradiction as evidence of deception, noting that Baron Cohen “has been caught in 4K” with these inconsistent statements. The fitness expert suggests several factors that make a natural transformation unlikely for the actor at his age.
At 53, Baron Cohen is entering a demographic where natural muscle retention and fat loss become increasingly difficult. Doucette emphasizes that most people who diet down at this age “would have even less muscle than this and they wouldn’t get this lean.” The timing of the transformation, coinciding with Baron Cohen’s casting as the villain Mephisto in Marvel’s upcoming projects, adds another layer of suspicion.
He also highlights Baron Cohen’s recent personal circumstances as potential motivating factors for seeking enhancement. Following a costly divorce that reportedly reduced his net worth from $160 million to $80 million, and facing the pressure of landing a lucrative Marvel role worth $4-8 million, the incentives for achieving rapid physical transformation were significant.
Doucette suggests that Baron Cohen likely used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and potentially Ozempic, despite his denials. “Why wouldn’t he take testosterone? Why wouldn’t he go on HRT?” Doucette asks, pointing out that with Baron Cohen’s resources, accessing medical assistance for body composition changes would be readily available.
The fitness expert acknowledges that Baron Cohen’s physique, while impressive for his age, isn’t extraordinarily muscular by bodybuilding standards. However, he argues that achieving such leanness naturally at 53 places Baron Cohen in the “99 percentile” for his age group, making it statistically suspicious.
