Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams confirmed of belongings this week, posting a shirtless selfie clutching an XL cucumber and a purple bell pepper to advertise wholesome consuming.
“65 years previous and I’ve by no means been in higher form!” a buffed Adams boasted on X Friday.
“A couple of years earlier than I turned Mayor, diabetes practically price me my eyesight. I modified my food regimen, modified my way of life, and adjusted my life.”
The centrist Democrat – who made a wholesome residing a key platform all through his 4 years in workplace that resulted in 2025 with an aborted re-election marketing campaign — famous that he and his 29-year-old son Jordan Coleman “have a contest to see who might be in the very best form of our lives by our [upcoming] Virgo birthdays.”
“I’m going to win, Jordan. My secret weapon: VEGGIES,” added Adams, who included crying-laughing, cucumber and pepper emojis.
“This picture isn’t about displaying off (okay, possibly a little bit little bit of that too). It’s about displaying what’s doable once you take management of your well being. Eat your greens!”
Adams – and his veggies — had been instantly roasted on X.
“You shirtless holding a cucumber was NOT on my bingo card! What’s the identify of this porno? lol,” wrote former congressman and convicted frauster George Santos, whereas together with a crying-laughing emoji.
“Hear me out: Solely Followers,” quipped progressive activist Nomiki Konst, the ex-girlfriend of former far-left Mayor Invoice de Blasio.
One account, calling itself “Sunshine Sunnybunz,” posted what gave the impression to be an AI-generated picture, taking Adams’ authentic picture and swapping the pepper for an enormous bottle of child oil.
Others paid respect to Adams’ jacked-up look, and debated whether or not it was much less about wholesome consuming and extra a few thirst lure.
“The funniest factor about that is that I can’t inform if that is Eric Adams thirst trapping or if it’s AI Generated…,” wrote podcaster Forrest Miller.
“Individuals are debating the price of groceries and common price of residing and right here goes eric adams thirst trapping on primary in the midst of the day,” goofed one other X consumer.
“Cautious, Eric. Mamdani and the DSA are going to see that cucumber and slap a wealth tax on it,” stated ex-Councilman Robert Holden, a centrist Queens Dem, referring to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his comrades on the Democratic Socialists of America.
“Give this UNC credit score, regardless of how you’re feeling about him,” stated Queens Borough President Donavan Richards, a Democrat, who included a muscles-flexing emoji.
Todd Shapiro, a spokesman for Adams, instructed The Publish, “When a former mayor takes his shirt off and poses for a photograph, in fact it’s going to turn into a narrative. That is New York.”
“However behind the laughs and the images is definitely a severe story about well being, self-discipline and second probabilities,” added Shapiro, who credit Adams with serving to him lose 130 kilos and fight weight problems.
“Eric Adams has spoken and written extensively about his wellness journey, going plant-based, remodeling his way of life and reversing his Sort 2 diabetes. Now, after turning 60, he’s happy with the form he’s in.”
“And after the whole lot Eric Adams has been known as over time, ‘too match after 60’ might be one criticism he’s prepared to stay with,” he stated.
