Recently, YouTuber named Nicholas Perry or Nikocado Avocado posted a video where he revealed some unexpected truth. The famous mukbang, famous for his food consumption videos, and a very flamboyant character, Nikocado revealed that he shed over 250 pounds of weight which is approximately 114 kilos during the past two years. What makes this news even more interesting is the fact that he succeeded at hiding his significant weight loss from his audience, and at the same time shared frequent videos.
It was in the video titled ‘Two Steps Ahead’ that has over 20 million views to date and in this video Perry wore a panda head saying that, he had always been two steps ahead saying; “I was always two steps ahead”. He revealed to his fans that he had been posting fake live videos through the time he was losing his weight. For NikocadoAvocado, this change was very personal, in fact, he used the words in which he said that ‘this is the biggest social experiment of my whole life.
Still, the news shocked the audience and generated many questions regarding influencers’ management of their online images. We can notice that Nikocado’s weight loss process can be defined as highly-motivated and long-term. Going Under 260 pounds is not a small achievement and to do it in such a private manner while having you tube channel all based on food. This is quite a strong message that if some aspects of a person’s life are in the public domain, then personal change is hidden from view.
It also sheds light as to the extent to which social media impacts perceptions. Of course, Nikocado’s viewers knew him only through his mukbang, food challenges, and not knowing more about him, they did not expect anything to be hiding from the camera. But this recent news show that there is always more that the eye does not see, and there is always more than meets the eye. The filtered lives we get to see on social media could not be entirely true, and we should always be cautious of what judgment we make of someone’s life just by viewing their feed.
Nikocado also pointed on a more general Web 2.0 observation. In his video, he mentioned the issue of how people get more engaged with stories, drama and rivalry that is online which might not be so healthy for them sometimes. This can be seen by many, as many people get washed away with the events on the social media site and the goings on such as entertainment or fights for that matter, often at the cost of their well being. It can be said that Nikocado did the right thing of moving away from the fake world that was causing him to become unhealthy.
In another video called “Hi” which was uploaded in another channel, Nikocado gave a casual approach while explaining about his weight loss process. As he sat alongside his pet parrot, he said he has not made any new videos for the past two years meaning his channel was on auto-pilot with uploaded videos while he took time to address his health issues. Of course, one realizes that this process was not just through the change within his muscles and organs, but his feelings and thoughts as well. It is a testimony to anyone trying to lose weight or make any change in his or her life that such processes are gradual and personal.
The most interesting thing about Nikocado’s narrative is that he was capable of hiding that he altered his appearance so significantly for two years. This brings into the light why many other ‘influencers’ undergo tremendous transformations out of the camera view. It also reveals the now familiar pressure many online performers feel to preserve an image, even if real life may be changing in very profound ways.
Lastly, it’s important to remember that, beyond the almost disbelief-inducing 250-pound weight loss, Nikocado Avocado is a person looking to steer his life in a better direction and trying to make sense of the life that exists behind a screen. His fans have wondered not only about a new look but also about the strength to remain committed to his goals and struggles that go with being a public figure.
This revelation has led to public discourses on the right measure of self care and the need to live a healthy lifestyle in comparison to the need to give a good image of oneself to the public. This story of Nikocado is good to learn that everyone needs to take proper care of himself and strive for the better life when it is needed, even if it means the temporary stop the performance.
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