Forest Whitaker – 70lbs – Vegetarian Diet, Exercising & Martial Arts

Wanted To Drop The Weight He Gained For A Role

Forest Whitaker’s dedication to acting is known to everyone, and when he needed to play Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland in 2006, he gained 70 pounds for the role. Following the movie’s filming, he was determined to lose all the pounds he gained, and he turned to exercise and martial arts to get slimmer. It was also rumored that he went vegetarian and witnessed some miraculous results from that. Whitaker made his first “thinner appearance” at the 2010 Oscars, with many people actually believing that he struggled with some kind of personal issues, judging from his new look. In 2018, Whitaker split from his longtime wife, Keisha Nash.