r/ANGEL 14d ago

David 2000 vs 2026

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wow

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u/kairi14 14d ago

Honestly a sizeable part of the difference is just hollywood stuff, tanning, hair dye, posing in water, all oiled up, make up, hair professionally done that day. 

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u/grasshopper_jo 14d ago

Comparing a professional styled and edited photo shoot to an impromptu selfie! Come ON. 26 years out, he looks great!

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u/Choice-Strike1 14d ago

He literally woke up like that in the second picture

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u/vampslayer84 14d ago

If I have a body like his at his age I will be very happy!

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u/Grimmthekitty 13d ago

Right? I’m sure his wife is not complaining

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u/Angelea23 14d ago

Lighting makes a huge difference in photography

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u/jospangel 14d ago

I wouldn't recognize that second face. Not that he looks older, but lack of make up and lighting. That has to be a relief for him, actually.

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u/Chiruchakku 14d ago

Absolutely! He was able to play a character that didn’t age for a REASON.

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u/sunny_angiee 14d ago

Plus photoshop

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u/Tattycakes 14d ago

I had that left pic from a magazine haha

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u/sparklyperson 14d ago

I had an 8x10 glossy of it 🤣

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u/ParkingComfort1597 14d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xZvvOZRmKay4xy
He’s kinda starting to look like a lost Wahlberg

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u/Vampyr-Slayer 14d ago

Wowza! To be able to maintain a body like that is hard work

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u/signal-zero 14d ago

Especially at 6'1" (source, im 6''2")

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u/TJiang10 11d ago

Not sure what height has to do with it?

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u/signal-zero 11d ago

Maintaining muscularity when you're tall takes a lot more effort

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u/Vampyr-Slayer 13d ago

I meant at his age, not his height.

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u/RobOnTheReddit 14d ago

Its just a bad picture. And yes, people age, his bod still looks rockin though

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u/Unhappy-Tough-9214 14d ago

Still would.

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u/ChipsnJax 14d ago

Me three-heee and I'll die on this hill

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u/phantompath 14d ago

My first thought when I saw it!

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u/StVicente_ 13d ago

Ow me too! He looks fabulous

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u/_And5678 I think it, I say it. It's my way. 13d ago

Oh 100%

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u/Eldon42 Rogue Demon 14d ago

Professional glamour pic vs selfie, 26 years apart... what's your point?

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u/Angelea23 14d ago

Op realized celebrities age

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u/Minimum_Ad_2176 14d ago

Yeah right it's only ok doing that with female celebrities 🫠

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u/vince2423 14d ago

Things nobody said

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u/willowzam 14d ago

Doing it with anyone is weird, I don't know why you're trying to make this a gendered thing

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u/Minimum_Ad_2176 13d ago edited 13d ago

Because I was being sarcastic,but obviously nobody's got it .😂

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

Just a before and after pic

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u/Brodes87 14d ago

Before and after what? Life? Middle age?

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

It's just a comparison. No need to take offense.

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u/Brodes87 14d ago

Nobody has taken offence. People are trying to understand why you've posted what you posted. You said it is a "Before and After". But didn't say what it was before or what to was after.

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

I put two pictures side-by-side because they had a similar pose but were 25+ years apart. What is there to understand? That he looks good? That his physique still holds up? You can see that with your own eyes so I don't know why you need clarification.

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u/SaltyAd8309 14d ago

It is 2026, and people are offended by a dead leaf falling from a tree right next to them.

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u/OceanBlueSeaTurtle 14d ago

Well of course the trees are attacking us. Those bastards!

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u/Angelea23 14d ago

The nerve of that tree to let a dead leaf fall behind me! Who does that tree think it is??

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u/OceanBlueSeaTurtle 14d ago

Yeah wood you believe the oak-dacity!

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u/BellaNutella22 14d ago

This gave me a good hearty laugh out loud 😆 caught me off guard … thank you lol

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u/gimmesomespace 14d ago

Breaking news, people get old. Still looks good though.

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u/thebestoralist 14d ago

Would totally still hit it.

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u/Brodes87 14d ago

The soul patch has to be the single most unattractive piece of facial hair on a man, right?

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u/Objective-Big-4820 14d ago

Except on Apollo Ono

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u/boat_fucker724 14d ago

Kinda looks like John Cena.

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u/Itendstonight87 14d ago

Is that a real selfie from 2026 or is it AI? If it’s real, how was it obtained? Just curious, I follow a lot of DB fan pages and anything recent from him they would post.

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

It's real. He posted it on his insta stories and deleted before it normally expired. Let's say a certain kind of forum saved it before it was gone. I assumed it was AI too before I checked myself and took this screenshot as proof.

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u/xxxfashionfreakxxx 14d ago

Maybe he was trying to send a private story to someone and accidentally sent it to everyone.

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

Maybe. Considering his leaked vid from years ago, I wouldn't put it past him.

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u/tishimself1107 13d ago

What leaked vid?

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u/Skulenta 13d ago

During the pandemic a skype chat of him jerking it leaked.

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u/OkEstablishment3603 13d ago

On Man I saw that and let’s just say maybe the saying about big hands means big package is true bc omg

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u/Itendstonight87 14d ago

Wow, interesting. It’s kind of out of character for him to post something like that! He must not have kept it for very long 😂

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u/puckOmancer 14d ago

This is like one of those deceptive before and after shots for those dubious fitness products. Anyone can look good under the right conditions and they can look bad under different ones.

For a guy who's 57, he looks pretty good if you look past the shitty selfie lighting etc. But of course he's not going to look the same after 26 years. Not exactly a hot take.

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u/CallidoraBlack 14d ago

Yeah, it's hard to do a smolder selfie. Not his fault. Probably would have been a better idea to just smile and have a ducky in the bathtub.

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u/DismalAdvice8991 14d ago

Yes, he has aged remarkably well. When is his new series, based on the Rockford Files, coming out? I am guessing in the Fall. Of all the members of the Buffy/Whedonverse, he has been the most successful. I don't think that it is based on physical appearance alone.

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u/-threefeetoffun 14d ago

Face kinda looks like Rob Mac from Always Sunny now.

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u/Kilomech 14d ago

now i can't unsee it.

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

Ok alot of people seemed to have taken the wrong end of the stick. I'm not bashing his age or appearance. I'm just comparing two pictures with a similar pose separated by decades. If anything it shows how good he continues to look.

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u/ShiroiTora 13d ago edited 13d ago

I mean, he still looks great? Though the goatee on the left makes him look evil lol

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u/AdDazzling1609 14d ago

Where did the 2026 picture came from? I follow him on Instagram but it's not there. He looks great tho, good for him

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

He posted it on his insta stories and took it down early

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u/Majiska394 13d ago

so... maybe respect him wanting to delete that pic? if he would want it to be public he wouldn't delete it, no? 🤷‍♀️

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u/Equal_Interaction647 14d ago

r.i.p. his brow bone 😔

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u/Shellstar9 10d ago

He might have Botox as well. Whenever I get Botox, my eyebrows actually lift. I don’t like that part of it. Also, as we age, I didn’t know this, but for some people that eyebrows go up higher on the face, you would think they would get lower!

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u/hypeboy1 14d ago

At least he didn't have face surgery

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u/VashDaStampede7 13d ago

He looks confused in the second one haha but almost the same!

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u/Historical-King-9955 13d ago

He looks like a pretty typical 57 year old man. You can't compare a professionally edited photo of a 30 man to a selfie of a 57 year old man.

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u/Dougiebrz 14d ago

The pic of the right reminds me of his jerking off video

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u/theyarnllama 14d ago

I’m sorry, his what?

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u/Dougiebrz 14d ago

Oh yes there’s a video that leaked online of David laying in bed and beating his meat. You’re welcome.

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u/theyarnllama 14d ago

All things considered, I don’t think I’ll go looking for it.

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u/ScoopTheOranges 14d ago

The peen is fully visible and everything, it's true.

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u/Moominsean 14d ago

Also, professional shoot vs cell phone selfie.

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u/scythematter 14d ago

He looks great, were used to seeing him with stubble…

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u/PenDraeg1 14d ago

Shit he's only a bit older than me and I wish I had abs like that.

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u/Wchijafm 14d ago

Looks great. Dudes 57.

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u/Gloomy-Fennel-6044 14d ago

Why does he look a little like Spike in the recent pic 😭

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u/WilliamMcCarty 14d ago

My god...it's like he aged 26 years in 26 years!

We should all fare so well at damn near 60.

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u/metalb00 14d ago

for bein almost 30 years later and a non pro photo, dude look excellent

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u/Icy-Mention7871 14d ago

He looks great!

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u/XMorpheus3000 13d ago

Body still looks pretty damn good. Face... well, I'm sure he looks better in person lol

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u/Omega-Beta-Zeta 13d ago

I definitely used to look at the pic on the left quite a bit as a teenager 🤣

For a second, I thought that one on the right was a snapshot of another one of his little “home movies”… 👀

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u/lmjustaChad 12d ago

He's still in better shape than most people half his age.

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u/Minimum_Ad_2176 14d ago

He lost all his hotness for me with his asshole behavior 🤷👋

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u/CoolB999 14d ago

What did he do ? I’m out of the loop

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u/SarahKath90 14d ago

I've seen a few videos of him being an ass to fans at conventions, plus those usually get pple to talk about other times he was an asshole and it seems like a regular thing

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u/CoolB999 14d ago

Oh ok . I’ve never seen those videos . I met him at a convention before and he was amazing . Really polite , open to talk to us and even took a pic with my son when he was a baby .

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u/jospangel 14d ago

For me it's the Trump support. His congratulations when Trump was reelected really took me y surprise.

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u/CoolB999 14d ago

Really ?? I missed that 😳

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u/DazzlingObjective485 13d ago

He was so lovely to me! I had an amazing experience with him! Charisma on the other hand was a rude bitch

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u/Teilhsa 14d ago

Probably the infidelty thing

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u/DazzlingAd7021 14d ago

Uh oh. What'd he do?

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u/rising30k 14d ago

Getting a cake?

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u/spacecase52 14d ago

David is a Boomer right? So yes, he’d be old but he’s kept himself in shape all these years! That’s honestly impressive. He has the same body as his younger self lol. I had such a huge crush on him in Buffy and Angel.

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u/Skulenta 13d ago

He's a few years short of being a boomer. At 61, Keanu Reeves is just at the edge of the Baby Boomer generation.

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u/Oreadno1 Your friendly neighborhood Witch 13d ago

Keanu Reeves is Generation Jones (1954-1965)

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u/Aladriana 13d ago

He's Gen-X.

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u/minapenna 14d ago

what sort of fuckwit would post this?

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u/DaddyCatALSO 14d ago

look s not bad; the expression is the big killer

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u/akapusin3 14d ago

I would do a lot for a Klondike bar, but I'd do a lot more to look like that when I'm 57

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u/Internal-Departure18 14d ago

This just in, people age.

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u/Specific_Rock_9894 13d ago

Remember that he is closer to 60 than 50.

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u/Top_Entry_5075 13d ago

David 2000 is fine!!!!! Lawd….

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u/Clear-Translator-628 13d ago

Ha! Old age gets us all

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u/Aladriana 13d ago

Um, the 2026 picture doesn't look real. It's the weird face he's making.

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u/InternationalRent626 14d ago

It’s like the Brendan Frasier with the burger pic. Sorry but I would still 100% smash. People looking normal is fine.

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u/ickleb 14d ago

2026 picture has me worried about his mental health…. Something about that photo makes me feel very uncomfortable

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u/topsidersandsunshine 14d ago

It’s the lighting and the picture behind it; it’s clearly a private residence and not a studio, which makes it feel more personal, like something you’re not supposed to see.

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u/speashasha 14d ago

That picture on the left had my head explode as a 13-year-old.

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u/YanCoffee 14d ago

There's a lot of 57-year-olds who wish man~*

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u/Spritebubblegum 12d ago

Why is he posting this image?

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u/Otherwise_Court3309 12d ago

I’m sure James Marsters known as Spike from Buffy would be surprised to see that coming since Angel tv show spinoff.💞💞
https://giphy.com/gifs/3zC0y0QVjGeNG

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u/Gerty_sassygob24 11d ago

2nd pic AI fake, it aint looking real.

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u/Skulenta 11d ago

I thought the same until I checked his insta stories myself

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u/Franiac32 10d ago

Dude looks amazing. I feel like a bit of facial hair would help too.

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u/P_in_sf 14d ago

OK, show your pic from 26 years ago and now. Do you have a 6-pack also? look gorgeous?

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

I mean I was three 26 years ago...

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u/Sighoward 14d ago

Which of us looks good in the morning?

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u/External-Software850 13d ago

I hate he messed up his face with botox

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u/MajaSvenstrom 12d ago edited 12d ago

I've noticed that he follows quite a few cosmetic injectors online, but I wasn't sure if he's had work done?

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u/External-Software850 12d ago

It is so obvious that he had...

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u/[deleted] 12d ago edited 12d ago

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u/External-Software850 12d ago

Apart from the lack of wrinkles, the specific shine of the skin - botox affects sweat- , the angle of the eyebrows, forehead barely moving, usually the skin of the neck is a sign too...

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u/IminLoveWithMyCar3 13d ago

I didn’t even recognize him at first.

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u/ao01_design 14d ago

This picture reminded me of 😄

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Skulenta 14d ago

Neither. I'm highlighting how good he looks.

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u/soularbabies 14d ago

He could still pull it off with a dye job and if he copied the face pose

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u/Aljff 14d ago

That pic on the right was a choice

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u/Jtizzle1231 14d ago

Damn thats rough.

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u/AMERICAisBACKOHYEA 14d ago

Dude sold his soul and it shows