Popular mukbang YouTuber Nikocado Avocado has made a triumphant return to the platform after a brief hiatus – 250 pounds lighter.
Avocado uploaded the video on Friday and revealed that he secretly lost weight during his time away from the camera.
The 32-year-old shared his health update while wearing a panda mask, which he eventually removed to reveal himself as the person in the picture, who appeared to be slimmer than ever.
Avocado – real name Nicholas Perry – further revealed how he had been deceiving his viewers for about two years by secretly uploading old videos that still showed him as obese.
In reality, he secretly lost hundreds of pounds – a weight he now claims he intentionally gained during his rise to social media stardom.
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Popular Mukbang YouTuber Nikocado Avocado made a triumphant return to the platform on Friday – 250 pounds lighter
Avocado is known for a steady stream of videos showing off his physique improvements over the years. He claimed he secretly lost weight over the past two years and uploaded old videos in the meantime.
“Two steps ahead, two steps ahead,” the man who eventually turned out to be the self-proclaimed “King of Mukbangers” told his subscribers and viewers before stuffing his belly again.
“I’m always two steps ahead. This was the biggest social experiment of my life.”
Since his identity was still relatively unknown, the influencer added in a soft, teasing voice: “It’s tantalizing, captivating and gripping to watch all these sick, disoriented beings roaming the internet in search of stories.”
“They evolve with the stories, they become products of influence,” he continued, before apparently referring to those who had panned him in the past.
“I feel like I’m watching ants on an ant farm, one following the other,” he said of his critics
“It’s fascinating, it’s captivating – all these little consumers.”
“All these lost and bored people who consume everything they are told,” he continued, before revealing himself as the man behind the mask.
Following this revelation – which was almost immediately the subject of hundreds of YouTube short videos – Avocado explained his master plan.
The 32-year-old wore a mask, which he later removed to reveal himself as the person in the picture.
He looked even slimmer than at the beginning of his online heroics, for which he had long been criticized.
“Today I woke up from a very long dream and I also woke up after losing 250 pounds,” said Avocado, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall.
“And yet yesterday people called me fat and sick and boring and irrelevant.”
“Humans – humans are the worst creatures on the planet,” he continued, apparently referring to the thousands who had criticized his corpulent appearance in videos posted just three months ago.
“People consume whatever they are told to consume,” he said, seeming to imply that the last few years had also been one big experiment.
“So I’m the villain because I made myself one.”
“And you will continue to consume these stories about me,” he said, making his point clear.
“Year after year, after year, as long as I tell the internet that I’m the bad guy.
“Stories that penetrate the minds of the ants, stick there and infect them,” he continued, continuing his theatrics.
“Influence the ants. Brainwash the ants. You are the ants.”
He said he made enough videos to last him two years, during which he shed the pounds he gained during his meteoric rise.
At this point, the YouTuber, who had apparently accumulated enough videos for several years, quickly fell back into his old habits and presented a huge plate of pasta, which he then stuffed into himself.
In a separate video uploaded to the influencer’s other YouTube channel, he gave a more detailed explanation of how he duped his nearly 4 million subscribers.
“I haven’t made a video in about two years,” he said in the clip, after uploading a video titled “I’m ending my ‘weight loss journey’. It’s time to get big again” three months ago.
He began to consume another unusually large plate of food.
In the comments under both videos, many expressed their regret at the YouTuber’s misleading behavior and wondered whether his drastic weight gain was, as he himself said, just an elaborate ruse.
“Ozempic has been working overtime,” wrote one commenter, accusing the influencer of taking the increasingly popular weight-loss product to shed pounds.
Others pointed to recent food outings posted a few months ago, writing, “He said he hadn’t made a video in almost two years… he’s filmed enough videos to provide entertainment, concern, and controversy the entire time.”
“This guy is a fucking genius.”
Once thin, the influencer gained more than 200 pounds over the years – although in reality it was more like five than seven.
Known for his comedic outbursts that occurred parallel to his eating, he claimed the whole ordeal was a social experiment.
At the time of writing, the video was number one on the YouTube website and had almost 10 million views
Another simply added: “Nothing makes sense anymore.”
Avocado was once one of the most famous faces on the platform, but now looks more like the 24-year-old who became an internet star with his ASMR eating videos seven years ago when he weighed barely 70 kilos.
Within a few years, his physique increased to at least 350 pounds.
Since this was happening in real time, commenters regularly pointed out how the influencer destroyed his body for views while mimicking the video style that originated in Korea.
Avocado continued with his high-calorie meals and gained weight, while promising to lose the pounds at some point.
It seems he was more successful than he let on, as evidenced by his Keyser Soze-style victory lap.
At the time of writing, the video was ranked number one on the YouTube website and had been viewed nearly 10 million times.
