Is Xander Fat? [Archive]

*lil' willow*

01-24-2004, 04:01 PM

hiya guys

i used to think xander was sexy in seasons 1 and 2 and 3 but in 4 and 5 and so on he became sooo fat and i went of him!!

i know looks isnt everything

i was wundering who agrees with me and why he changed from thin to fat was it cos he had a movie to star in and he was typed casted fat or did he eat to much pud

please reply

blessed be,
*lil' willow*::noangel:

ana8

01-24-2004, 04:09 PM

I also notice he got fat..Good I'm not the only one..

Hero

01-25-2004, 08:47 AM

I was never sure if he got fat or musclar. Like on Charmed, we are trying to figure out if Leo is fat or musclar. I don't know. He didn't really look fat after he had sex with Anya in that one episode in season 7.

Primal Slayer

01-25-2004, 09:22 AM

I would not call him fat, because well to me he doesnt really fit the fat status. But more like Season6 he became a bit more big and rounded but was still somewhat muscular. He just did what basically every male actor on a tv show does, gain some weight, it happened to Chandler on friends, and David Boreanaz.

MinorChord03

01-25-2004, 04:49 PM

he has kind of a belly (you can see his belly in first date) and he's a little bigger, but he is in NO WAY FAT.

No Angel

01-25-2004, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by Primal Slayer
I would not call him fat, because well to me he doesnt really fit the fat status. But more like Season6 he became a bit more big and rounded but was still somewhat muscular. He just did what basically every male actor on a tv show does, gain some weight, it happened to Chandler on friends, and David Boreanaz.

But David lost it all for season 5.

rene

01-25-2004, 07:44 PM

i think that compared to his like in season 1 or two he was fat but i just think he was a little bigger cause he grew up and i met him in march 2003 and he was pretty skinny so i think its the camera

Primal Slayer

01-25-2004, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by No Angel
But David lost it all for season 5.

David also had a movie to do so ofcourse he had to work out where as Nick doesnt have to.

Magui

01-28-2004, 10:09 PM

hmmm,I don't think Nick is fat,...he is just bigger than in s1/2

slayerangel

01-29-2004, 12:41 AM

I think he looked noticibly bigger in S6, but he's muscular, so I don't think he's fat.

Michelle

01-31-2004, 01:40 AM

I tyhink he just gained a lot of weight. Not fat necessarily, but heavier.

Chasity

01-31-2004, 03:18 AM

I think he became a "dad man"! He didn't necessarily get fat, but he did take on the form and stature of a more mature thicker man...a "dad man"! I like dad men! I thought he was cute then and I still think he's cute now.

Emma Caulfield

01-31-2004, 06:29 AM

I wouldn't call him fat, just chubbeir. Everyone gains and loses extra weight, but he has noting a little exercise couldn't solve.

Brulia

03-03-2004, 12:56 PM

I wouldn't call him fat. Plus we can't forget that Nich was older than his character when the show started so he has had to work extra hard to maintain the "17" year old throughout the years.

Xander_Lover18

03-12-2004, 07:41 AM

Xander was definately the cutest in his early days. By about s5/6 he had become a bit tubby, like Angel.

My Angel-hating mate always sings the 'who ate all the pies' song when i mention him!

Hero

03-13-2004, 12:01 PM

I don't think he's fat. I just read an interview he did for "Celest In The City" and he talks about having to wear really tight clothes. I don't think a person with a weight problem would wear really tight clothes, but that's just me, lol.

Magui

03-13-2004, 12:23 PM

Xander

03-13-2004, 12:40 PM

He has gained weight but he has also grown up. Hes 30ish (the actual age slips my mind) so hes bound not to look like the 17 year old skinny Xander. Plus the other guys on the show are Spike, and James has skinny spouts, and Giles who we barely see unclothed.

Hero

03-13-2004, 12:44 PM

Nick is 33, if I'm not mistaken. So, yeah, you're right Ash. It would be hard for a 33 year old to try to keep the form of a 17-year-old. But, he's not fat.

JustAnnie

04-23-2004, 03:45 PM

He's not fat at all. I still think he's sexy, and cute and all. He was more before though, but still. I think he was most sexy in s1. But that might just be me! lol

MentPatient

04-24-2004, 12:19 AM

he just got a little more muscular like my cousin did, he was skinny and now he's "muscular" (though it looks like fat to me...)

Jenny22

05-01-2004, 01:51 PM

hes NOT fat hes BIG BONED! lol

Emma Caulfield

05-05-2004, 10:53 AM

Closing ;)

I've had a complaint about this thread and some times it does get offensive. Sorry guys...I might open this thread again if some of you PM me about it so untill then...xD

Emma Caulfield

05-06-2004, 11:31 AM

Re-opening...just keep it clean ;)

charmedbuffyuk

05-19-2004, 10:59 AM

Xander is not fat, seasons 2 and 3 he was just alot thinner then usual

Xander

07-19-2004, 12:38 PM

Chosen 1

07-19-2004, 01:05 PM

Maybe hes recent admitted alcholism has something to do with it? He seems to be getting better from what I hear (with the booze) so he could loose some weight. If not we can still swoon over earlier pictures.

I wouldn't mind looking him him when im 33 I can tell you that.

I was going to say that but you beat me to it. Great minds think alike.;)

(I'm putting the following smiley in for no particular reason, I just think it's cute:nibble6: ) :D

Sorry I'm a bit mad today :lol2: (I love all these new smileys:))

Sorry. I'm going off topic. :fishslap: Whats this thread acctualy about again? Oh i remember now.

Nick put on weight because of his drinking problem.

Calvary

10-29-2004, 09:20 PM

And in the 14th issue of the Buffy magazine, the magazine said that Nick now looks thinner and more fit, I think due to his recovery from the alcoholism.

Hero

10-29-2004, 09:42 PM

I think this puts all the questions to rest.

http://www.nicholas-brendon.com/pictures/Movies/Psycho%20Beach%20Party/nbpbp9.jpg

Xander

10-30-2004, 02:04 PM

Thats old. Although when I saw him (geez could I brag some more?) he seemed thinner, maybe not James thin but still looking better.

Kaylee Frye

11-06-2004, 11:13 PM

Not fat. Thick. But not fat. Loveable either way! (Put a set of fangs on him, and I'd love it even more! Tee-hee! I'm BAD!)

BigBad

01-10-2005, 05:57 AM

I wouldn't call nick and david fat, but yes in s5,6,7 the both get bigger and less handsome, they get a bit swollen and fluffy, maybe strange words to describe them with, but nick looks fluffy in some way like a teddybear?, he's far from what a would call fat.

Xander is really good looking in s2, yum! :wigglinge

Cookie Dough

01-20-2005, 01:06 PM

Um have you guys seen old pictures of your dad? Men fill out. They don't stay scrawny forever

Shattered

05-07-2005, 11:50 PM

I don't think he got fat, I think he just got either more muscular, or got a little more of a belly, but I really don't think that he would be classified as fat at all.

Cordelia

05-07-2005, 11:53 PM

People go through phases in their life with weight and looks.

Let he who has never gained a few pounds or had a bad hair/clothing/makeup style be the first to cast his stone...

Xin Rong

06-19-2005, 10:29 AM

I wouldn't say he was fat but after series 1 (yes that early) he gradually puts on weight, i thought he was fit in series 1 and couldnt understand why buffy didnt like him but then he went less good looking and kind of clingy and possessive which was kind of annoying but he did more than make up for that with his humour

Helpless

02-26-2006, 05:20 PM

Finally, I'm not the only one who noticed this! I noticed this too, wanna know why? I thought Xander was really hot in seasons 1-3.

Then I noticed that he got a bit bigger...mainly in his cheeks, I could see it in his face and it was rather awkward.

I wouldn't classify him fat but he definitely wasn't as hot as he was.

Wicked

02-26-2006, 05:23 PM

thats cos he grew up. He was still fairly youngish in the beginning but by the end he was, what, in his 30s?

not saying thats old, but you know what I mean.

Angels baby101

02-26-2006, 05:54 PM

I dunno he got alil bigger but i dont think he was fat, he was still hot in season 7 i think...

watcher1006

02-26-2006, 07:06 PM

I didn't think Nicholas Brendon got fat, but he definitely built up bulk in the upper torso-chest and shoulders-in the later seasons. I thought it was part of his process of maturing. It was exaggerated, I suppose, by seeing him standing with the diminuitive likes of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, and Emma Caulfield. Still I can't say exactly-looking back at the final scene in "Chosen" where they're looking into the crater, he does seem to fill out a lot of his shirt.

More recently I saw him in the short-lived series Kitchen Confidential on FOX. He didn't strike me as looking heavy in that.

arabella

02-26-2006, 08:08 PM

not fat, he was still attractive, just more manly looking..less like a boy

1-800-Willow-Rosenberg

02-26-2006, 08:51 PM

i noticed he got chubbier/muscular but still i love xander he is awesome and yes its completly true he is sexy :)

okay well not david boreanaz sexy but still ;)

eunsoma

03-02-2006, 12:29 AM

he got a bit bigger but he was getting older, how could be keep that physique the whole time, its prob just coz he used 2 be really fit. I mean look at tara, she was never skiny but not fat, but no1 sed anything coz she'd always been that way.

Your Creamy Coolness

06-10-2007, 07:01 PM

I noticed he got thicker as well. I figured it was due to him drinking too much alcohol. Beer especially will put the weight on you.

white avenger

06-10-2007, 09:19 PM

There is a simple answer to this question. The role of Xander Harris required the actor Nicholas Brendon to, as the seasons progressed, modify his physique to give the impression that Xander, like most men, especially those in the construction field, to fall victim of a common disease called "premature middle age spread," or as those of us who suffer from it call "done lapped disease," where your belly done lapped over the waistband of your pants. Many men suffer from this mysterious syndrome, but the best explanation for its onset came from the late actor Marlon Brando, when he said, "If you had a cadillac, wouldn't you park it under a shed?"

Your Creamy Coolness

06-14-2007, 04:36 PM

I am sorry but I don't think his weight gain had anything to do with him being in construction or being a carptenter. Most carpenter's and construction men are very physically fit. I have dated several. They work in the sun and sweat all day, so I don't think that is it at all. I don't think it was scripted weight gain. I think Nicholas either was abusing too much alcohol or either quit caring about working out. Trust me it is easy to do. I have to fight myself everday to walk. The rewards are great, but it gets old.

Ashxking

06-15-2007, 04:50 AM

Well look at Angel. After season one he started to get puffy

Mesektet Ra

06-17-2007, 02:43 AM

Okay, seriously? What is with these topics?

Actors get fat sometimes. It's part of being people. Stuff happens, they eat too many Krispy Kremes, whatever. David Boreanaz [aka Angel, for those who don't bother to pay attention to the difference] gained weight, so freakin' what? What matters to me is their acting ability, and if Nick Brendon is still acting like Xander and if David Boreanaz is still acting like Angel [in terms of the shows, of course] then I don't care how fat they get.

This just seems really pointless to me.

palabravampiress

02-09-2008, 02:46 PM

Dude... it happens. And I can't tell ya why.

It's happening to me. I weighed myself the other day. I weigh in at a grand total of 102 pounds. With shoes on. And wet hair. lol. But I'm getting older... and somehow those 102 pounds are distributed differently from my 98 pounds in college. On the down side, my face looks fatter. On the upside, I can finally fill out my tops. :-) Getting "puffy" where you used to be gangly is just part of getting older.

As for James Marsters, well... I'm sure he was in the gym like every day to get that season 6 body. But even that does not explain the skinnyness and general angularity of his physique. Seldom have I seen an adult be able to maintain that kind of form (much to my dismay, given that my hubby used to have that form). I'm more like Nicholas Brendon, I guess (but, you know, a chick)... I started out naturally skinny and now I'm still roughly the same weight, but, somehow, not quite so angular. Seems natural to me.

Besides, so what if he did gain weight? Like Mesektet Ra said, he was still Xander!

VisionGuy

02-09-2008, 02:58 PM

It's happening to me. I weighed myself the other day. I weigh in at a grand total of 102 pounds. With shoes on. And wet hair. lol. But I'm getting older... and somehow those 102 pounds are distributed differently from my 98 pounds in college. On the down side, my face looks fatter. On the upside, I can finally fill out my tops. :-) Getting "puffy" where you used to be gangly is just part of getting older.

I know what you mean. I gained like 25 pounds since high school and I graduated two and a half years ago. I think I look better though because I used to be really scrawny but now I look normal. LOL

As for Xander, it's normal for people to gain weight. A lot of people in the Buffy and Angel cast got chubbier over the years. Angel, Cordelia (even before she got pregnant she was getting thicker), Gunn, and some others.

LittleMissLikesToFight

02-09-2008, 03:01 PM

yeah its definately a getting older thing. My boyfriend is 28 and he's built more like how Nick was in 5,6,7. I wouldn't call my boyfriend fat at ALL though. He's just... a man you know? I think when you get close to 30 things change definitely with your body, male or female.

littlewilly

07-01-2008, 07:18 AM

I dont see why he cant have a six pack and rock hard pecs like everyone else.

Joyce Summers

07-01-2008, 10:19 AM

I don't see any problems with actors gaining weight- especially since a lot are a little too thin to begin with- it;s the reasons and how they gain weight that are the concern. I mean I rarely notice this sort of thing, but I did notice the weight increase for Nicholas Brendon and the way it was in his face mostly I think suggested a bad diet rather than 'getting older and filling out'. Though it could be a combination of both. As you get older your metabolism rate changes (It's why children and teenagers can eat anything within reason and stay the same weight) and as his metabolism has naturally gone down he hasn't changed his diet to match that, thus causing him to gain weight. Although, we also know that excessive drinking of alcohol causes weight gain too so...
But as for weight gain itself, I'm not judgy.

I was always concerned about SMG's weight though.She got skinnier and skinnier as the seasons went on. In The Body she was sat down and you could see her bones above her breasts very clearly. When I was 17/18 I started suffering from EDNOS (Fancy term for not quite anorexic, but not bullemic)- dropping down to 100lbs (which for someone of 5'4/5'5 is definitely not the healthiest BMI) so I started noticing similar signs on her. She's argued against anorexia claims, which I agree with- she's not anorexic. But she lives on soup for crying out loud. My point is I tend to be more bothered with actors losing weight rather than gaining it. And whether it was signifying an unhealthy diet or habits I don't know, but the weight Nick gained was noticeable but not overly significant.

As for the puzzle of how James Marsters kept his shape. I think he's one of those people who are just naturally skinny their whole lives. Of course he'd have to work out to get the pecs ;), haha, but as for the over-chiseled cheek bones, I think that's genetic. I have a friend whose exactly the same. No matter how much she eats she's still as thin as Amy Acker. Which is, erm, annoying. Haha.

white avenger

07-01-2008, 10:27 AM

I think that his weight gain was the reason that he wore that god-awful ugly tan leather (?) coat so much. And speaking of weight, if anyone needed to add a few pounds, it was Sarah. She looked positively emaciated in Season 7.

Buffanator

07-01-2008, 12:37 PM

Xander (NB)... fat? Are you people using insane troll logic? He GREW UP. You never really notice how BROAD his shoulders are until you see him without a shirt... which only happened a handful of times. He wasn't all skinny in the hi-school years, but he was supposed to look "boyish".... hi-schoolish. I thought he looked just fine.

Now....
I was always concerned about SMG's weight though.She got skinnier and skinnier as the seasons went on. In The Body she was sat down and you could see her bones above her breasts very clearly.

....Yeah, if anything, be concerned about SMG's weight. She was so skinny during season 6 & 7 that I wondered if she had some problems with anorexia. It was sickening.

littlewilly

07-01-2008, 01:05 PM

Im sure SMG appreciates everyones concerns, but, in s7 she was at her sexiest. Just coz someones skinny, dosnt mean 'anorexic'. and she didnt 'need' to put on weight either, im sure she wasnt gonna die.

(this isnt meant to be cheeky)

wiccianslayer

07-01-2008, 06:05 PM

Okay what is this whole thing aboiut? i never noticed that SMG had lost weight.

Keanoite

07-01-2008, 06:17 PM

Personally I always saw Sarah as a very tiny, slight woman. I mean there is abviously a noticable weight change from season one and two but she was 18 when she started, her body changed as well as the fact that she kicked up her training for the role. I never had an issue with her weight and never would have called her emancipated. In the latter seasons on Buffy she was often shooting films as well as the show and you can also add her make-up adds to that. That alone would cause her to lose weight.

As for Xander well, you can't stay young and trim forever. Just look at David Boreanaz..he had a little pot belly in season 5!

white avenger

07-01-2008, 06:17 PM

Okay what is this whole thing aboiut? i never noticed that SMG had lost weight.

If you have the discs, look at Sarah in Season 5, then skip ahead to the last few episodes of Season 7. By then, her arms look like pipe cleaners.

littlewilly

07-03-2008, 05:03 PM

He's definetly not fat, he's just big boned

RockManic

07-03-2008, 06:14 PM

Xander was far from being fat in the later seasons. Bigger than when we first met him, obviously, but not fat at all.

As for Sarah, she never stopped being sexy but she was at her hottest around seasons 2 and 3 with the extra curves. I do think she had lost a little too much weight by season 7. Still one of the sexiest women on tv though.

paisley

07-20-2008, 01:08 AM

Just a big build. I wouldnt say fat cuz thats a big statement too make. He used to be more toned but i think he looks great in every season. Much better looking than Angel >.<

eveagain

07-20-2008, 02:05 AM

I would just like to add that no matter what season I see Nick in I think: "Hellooooooo, salty goodness!" [grin] He is definitely an attractive person (and talented actor) whose character went from boy to man in the series. I can certainly appreciate that!

Aussie

07-20-2008, 02:18 AM

Not long ago I went back to watch "Welcome to the Hellmouth" after only watching the later seasons for a while. I had forgotten how good looking Xander was in that episode! I suppose seeing him younger was a slight shock to the system too. He didnt look as fit in the later seasons unfortunatly but when you watch it in order I dont notice it so much.

littlewilly

07-20-2008, 02:31 AM

Xander used to be a strapping young american buck, now he's just a stale sack of spuds

Lizzierainbow

07-20-2008, 10:27 AM

He is in NO WAY fat, i think xander is great and dont think he deserves to have the label of fat, like others have said maybe he was a slightly bigger built but not fat!

Fake Shemp

07-20-2008, 04:30 PM

i hate people calling him fat, oh so he grew up... its like when people called joey fat in the later season of friends, he's italien, its beefy not fat.... even look at Angel from season 1 to season 2... way bigger and nicer!

and after seeing wall e today, i think on tv shows we seem to judge all too easy....

and im sure you can guess how much i like him lol

and probably best in season 4 (he's too mini in season 2... great in season 1 but didnt joss think he was too buff and needed to be skinnier?) or season 5, and gotta love him all suited at the start of season 7 and with the eye patch at the end. LOVE HIM!

Dlou444

07-20-2008, 06:51 PM

He certainly put on some pudge in the later seasons, but he slimmed back down in the end.
I think it made him more lovable. Don't we ALL put on a few pounds we're not proud of every now and then?

chiigusa

07-20-2008, 10:37 PM

I think as he got older, his body just kind of matured. As someone said, it was the exact same thing that happened to Chandler on Friends and Angel. But, he still looked hot with his shirt off, so what does it matter? ;D I think he just bulked up more, really, which was more obvious in Season 6, but in comparison to Spike (who seemed to get incredibly skinny in Season 6...maybe that's just cause he was naked so damn much lol), he probably looked a whole lot bigger.

And let's not forget, the camera always adds 10 pounds.