‘Get Ya Weight Back’: Safaree Samuels’ Shirtless Photo Gets Slapped Down by Fans

Safaree Samuels seems determined to shed a few pounds, but fans think his body is perfect the way it is.

The “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star has been spending extra time in the gym and eating healthier than usual for his performance for the Mocha Festival in Jamaica on May 23.

He took to his Instagram feed on Tuesday and posted a photo of himself apparently after his workout. He was clearly in the gym’s locker room, when he posed shirtless for a picture, wearing a headscarf, gym shorts and boxers.

Safaree Samuels
Safaree Samuels. @iamsafaree/Instagram

“I’ll be in Jamaica @mochafest like this 💪🏾 You making Progress or excuses?!?!?!” he wrote in his caption. “Getting ready for my favorite holiday week! Memorial Day weekend 💪🏾💪🏾.”

A few fans gushed over Samuels’ post.

“😍 He look good ..heyyyy big head see you soon 😘.”

“Damn you Fine … what’s your phone number i’m tryna to see something 👀.”

“Safaree look good af he can wife me up if he broke up with Erica 😋.”

Other fans cautioned him to not lose too much weight.

“Dont loss no more weight na…you starting to look a little crazy 🙃..”

“Ok now @iamsafaree you getting a lil too damn skinny. Get ya weight back!”

“Somebody give my baby some chicken and cornbread he starvin!”

“Need a lil more heathly weight on ya bro 💪🏾 don’t lose any more weight u gone be a bobble head.”

Safaree Samuels
Safaree Samuels arrives at the 2018 BET Awards held at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo: Prince Williams/Getty Images)

Samuels’ fitness pic follows a few weeks after he announced that he was going vegan.

He told fans that he’d watched the Netflix documentary “What the Health,” which purports to uncover “the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases,” according to IMDb, and shows chilling details about America’s leading health organizations.

“I just watch ‘what the health’ on Netflix .. As of today I am now a Vegan.,” he Tweeted on April 27, adding in his Instagram caption, “Unbelievable… if you haven’t watched it please do. It can save your life.”

Safaree Samuels
@iamsafaree

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