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Debates about the potentially anti-feminist implications of society's celebration of the dadbod aside, when it comes to one's husband, every spouse is entitled to their own opinion. It just so happens that Emily Blunt's doesn't exactly jive with the rest of the world's.
Last night on The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert was quick to bring up John Krasinski's recent transformation from that skinny guy on The Office to a six-packed, beefy-forearmed Men's Health cover star. "This is the new you," Colbert said, "Did you always want this, or are you one of those guys who's like, 'I can't believe I had to do this'?"
Krasinski then explained how much work went into it, saying "it's real work, too. I thought it would be like, 'Yeah, let's eat a couple Power Bars and do push-ups.' And he was like, 'No. It's going to be a living hell for six to eight weeks.'"
When asked what his wife thought of it all, however, Krasinski swiftly replied, "She hates it. She would way prefer to have doughy guy back." To each her own, Emily Blunt.