Kit Conner felt compelled to enter the gym and then compelled to come out of the closet. The highly successful coming-of-age same-sex love tale Heartstopper on Netflix stars Kit Connor, a 19-year-old actor. Kit Connor has talked about how and why he changed his physique.
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It was done to more closely resemble the physical characteristics shown in the Heartstopper original cartoon book. His character Nick is the openly homosexual major character of the novel, Charlie’s bisexual love interest.
In a workout video posted to fitness enthusiast Nathaniel Massiah’s YouTube, Connor talks about how his personal body image is different from the characters in Alice Oseman’s cartoon book, which serves as the inspiration for the Netflix series. She describes him as the quintessential jock, with a rugby player’s build and stature.
Kit Connor talks to us since when did he enter the gym?
There were some people criticized me for not looking like Nick Nelson
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“To be honest, I entered the gym for a pretty deep reason,” Connor admits.
“The character I’m based on is like 6 foot 2 and very big, so when I got cast in Heartstopper,” Kit explains. “I was skinnier and shorter than I am now.”
He went on, “Some people said on the internet when it was announced: He’s a little too skinny.”
He routinely went to the gym in response, and the two can be seen in the video exchanging tense advice.
Connor has already experienced being coerced into taking action by internet trolls.
The now-19-year-old disclosed in November how he felt compelled to come out as bi.
Kit Conner posted on Twitter:
“I am bisexual. Well done for making an eighteen-year-old come clean. I believe that some of you didn’t get the show’s main premise. Goodbye.
More endearing viewers have expressed their love for Connor and the programme, emphasising that it’s crucial that he feels confident in himself.
With Connor’s rigorous new training regimen, Nathaniel Massiah sees huge things coming. “I’m going to call it,” he adds. “The world’s sexiest man in 2026.”
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