When Bautista shared photos of his red carpet look on social media, one of his followers declared that he still looks “handsome as ever,” while another praised him: “He looks good, my brother.”

“He looks amazing!” agreed another fan.

But some thought that the Guardians of the Universe actor looked like he had lost weight and wondered if he was “losing weight for a role”. Others suggested his appearance was due to diet choices or, more generally, his time in Hollywood.

“Why do you look so small?” one person asked in response to a post on X, formerly Twitter, featuring photos that contrasted Bautista’s muscular appearance as a professional wrestler with his more recent red carpet physique. “Question: What happened to Dave Bautista?” the X user wrote in the caption of the side-by-side photos.

“He’s gotten older but he’s still in good shape, just thinner,” one person wrote in Bautista’s defense, adding, “I’ve seen him in real life, the man is still a beast.”

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