‘90s movie star Rupert Everett, 67, says he ‘ruined’ himself in pursuit of the perfect body: ‘I’m almost crippled’

Rupert Everett said he’s suffering superior consequences from his pursuit to execute his heartthrob physique.

The actor, 67, had a drawstring of celebrated container agency hits successful nan ’90s, astir notably starring arsenic Julia Roberts’ cheery bestie successful 1997’s “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” but he said nan buff build he worked difficult to get has costs him.

“I ruined myself,” he told nan Guardian successful an question and reply published Monday. “Now I’m almost crippled arsenic a result.”

“I could ne'er beryllium bothered to do each those things, for illustration stretching, which were basal for lifting weights, because your tendons get tighter and tighter,” he continued. “So boring. I didn’t do immoderate of that. So now my demise will beryllium musculoskeletal, I think.”

Everett recalled his movie prima popularity, noting, “I was wonderful-looking astatine 1 point. I had muscles. Everything.”

“It was rather short-lived,” he added. “I telephone it my Hollywood year.”

Everett admitted to emotion insecure contempt his bully looks — moreover astatine nan highest of his popularity.

“Even activity was astir cruising, really. Trying to beryllium attractive,” he recalled. “Which evidently came from nan emotion of not being charismatic enough.”

“My vanity for maine wasn’t astir ‘mirror, reflector connected nan wall, who’s nan fairest of them all?’. Vanity is often a emotion of heavy insecurity alternatively than emotion really fabulous I am,” Everett added.

He nary longer hits nan gym these days, and shared pinch nan outlet that his only shape of workout is stepping his Labrador. He’s besides settled down from his days partying and doing drugs.

He joined his hubby Henrique, a Brazilian accountant, successful 2024.

“I ever thought erstwhile I was still clubbing and hanging retired that I’d beryllium 1 of those 75-year-olds successful a tie-dye T-shirt astatine raves,” he mused, noting that he’s now not moreover “remotely interested.”

“Well, I’m hardly willing successful thing immoderate more,” he added. “I’m willing successful particulate particles and things for illustration that. I could rather happily beryllium conscionable watching spring.”