Nicholas Perry, the YouTube personality known as Nikocado Avocado, has an amazing new look.
YouTube has provided millions of hours of entertainment to its vast user base since the site’s launch in 2005. Many people have made a career out of uploading videos to the platform. But some creators have done much more to achieve fame and fortune.
Nikocado Avocado weight loss explained
It may be hard to believe for those familiar with his content, but YouTube’s very own Nikocado Avocado, aka Nicholas Perry, started his career on the site as a vlogger discussing the benefits of eating vegan. Somewhere along the way, Perry decided to ditch that stick and go…in a distinctly different direction.
As of 2016, Perry shifted gears and shifted the focus of her channel entirely to mukbang videos. Mukbang is a specific style of video content where people eat massive amounts of food in one sitting in front of a camera.
Through these videos, Perry experienced extreme weight gain, reaching around 350 pounds.
But on Friday, September 6, Perry uploaded a brand new video to her Nikocado Avocado channel. In the 25-minute segment, Perry revealed that she has lost all the weight she had previously gained.
In addition, the 32-year-old explained that he is “two steps ahead” of his audience. In other words, he tricked his viewers into believing he was still heavy by continuing to upload mukbang videos while losing weight, giving the illusion that the process was much faster than it was.
The videos in question were filmed years ago before Perry embarked on her weight loss journey. He referred to the scam a “social experiment”.
The many controversies of Nikocado Avocado
During his tenure as a YouTube creator, Nicholas Perry has captured the attention of his followers in ways that could be described as emotionally manipulative or perhaps even disturbing.
Perry has been accused of offensive behavior by other actors. Mukbanger Stephanie Soo seemed to have a long feud with Perry. Perry later claimed that the controversy was created to boost his popularity.
In many of Perry’s Nikocado Avocado videos, she sobs while sitting in front of large trays of food. And in one installment from 2020, Perry explained that he “saw Jesus” asleep. From the outside, what Perry was going through resembled a prolonged mental breakdown.
But now her September 7 video has put Perry’s past content in a new light, leading many to believe that much of what she put on YouTube was part of a years-long grudge.
YouTube is a powerful platform. And often it’s for all the wrong reasons. Creators who build a large enough audience can sometimes wield an absurd amount of power and control over the people who tune in to their videos.
Some choose to use this power for altruistic purposes, but others, like MrBeast, use their influence for allegedly malicious and exploitative purposes (MrBeast and his team have come under fire for a number of reasons recently)
This is especially troubling when you realize how many young children have unfettered access to YouTube and may be more vulnerable to abuse from YouTubers they idolize.
As for Nikocado Avocado, his constant desire to be seen as the “bad guy” doesn’t seem to do much for his public perception. But perhaps this latest development in his weight loss is what makes the other shoe drop.
