Jaden Smith responds to trolls who keep sharing 'skinny' photo - reveals new bulked up physique

Jaden Smith has taken to social media to call out "haters" who ignore his ripped muscles and only post his "skinny" photos.

On Thursday (October 5), the 25-year-old actor and musician shared impressive before-and-after photos of himself that revealed his bulked-up physique.

In a post shared on the platform X, the son of Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith blasted at trolls who still post pictures of his previous shape while ignoring his now swole self.

"Haters Will Post The One On The Left And Ignore The One On The Right. Like, Damn Can A Man Have His Phases," Jaden penned in the caption. Check out Smith's post below:

Haters Will Post The One On The Left And Ignore The One On The Right. Like 🤮, Damn Can A Man Have His Phases🤷🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/kWx2NV44Qn

— Jaden (@jaden) October 5, 2023

Many fans rushed to the comment section to praise the young rapper on his remarkable transformation, with one user writing: "This is what growth looks like. Love it."

Another supporter complimented: "Happy for you bro !!!!" while a third applauded: "Good to see you get urself back."

The Karate Kid actor has come a long way from the day his famous parents staged an intervention amid concerns that he was "wasting away," as revealed on Red Table Talk in 2019.

In the episode, the 55-year-old King Richard star Will Smith, his wifi Jada, and grandmother Adrienne Banfield-Jones were joined by Willow and Trey Smith - whom the actor shares with Sheree Zampino - to discuss the family's eating habits.

The 52-year-old mom-of-two revealed that she and her husband "had a bit of an intervention with Jaden because he's a vegan now, but we realized he wasn't getting enough protein," adding: "So he was wasting away. He just looked drained, he was just depleted, he wasn't getting the nutrients."

The Academy Award-winning actor interjected that Jaden "had the dark circles under his eyes, there was even a little grayness to his skin," stating that the parents were "really nervous," about his bodily condition.

"But you are definitely looking better now," he added.

Watch the Red Table Talk segment below:

At the time, the 'Icon' rapper clarified to his family that while he previously tried to be a vegan, he is now a vegetarian.

"I’m vegetarian, I have tried to eat vegan meals," he explained on the Facebook Watch show. "I’ll go vegan for a week or so but for the past year, I’ve been vegetarian. But everything else you guys are saying is right."

Jaden disclosed that he was "eating like two meals a day, and maybe one. Maybe just that one big meal".

The 'Summertime in Paris' artist revisited the topic two years later during a December 2021 appearance with his mom and grandmother.

At the time, Jaden offered up a bit of foreshadowing while discussing how he had been able to keep the weight on, saying: "I was able to work with the doctors and really get my vitamins and get my supplements and protein shakes," as cited by PEOPLE.

"That's half of my diet. It's like a password that I have to find to my body. I'm like, 10 lbs. heavier now at this point," he said about his weight gain.

The Pursuit of Happiness actor also explained that he's been hitting the gym to bulk up, and pointed out how different he looks after they showed shirtless pictures of him performing in 2019.

"That was a long way from where I was when I was at Coachella, where I just was like, bones," he said while observing the photos. "I thought I was so tight. I was like, 'This. I'm swagging on this. Like, I need to take off my shirt right now.'"

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