Vin Diesel addresses body-shaming and his 'dad bod'

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The notion that guys don't experience body-shaming has been proven to be totally and completely false. Action star Vin Diesel himself has even been subject to such scrutiny.

Photos of a less-than-svelte Diesel recently began circulating, and the press proclaimed that the actor had adopted a new "dad bod" (a phrase which we really need to retire already).

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Diesel responded to the unflattering comments with a few choice Instagram photos.

A photo posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on Oct 10, 2015 at 8:25pm PDT

"It is amazing the response from the journalists who I have been talking to for the last two days in New York," Diesel wrote on the Instagram post. "Today one wanted to see the dad bod. Haha. I am wondering if I should show the picture... Body-shaming is always wrong! What do you think?"

Diesel then followed up with a proud photo of his abs, essentially telling the haters where they could stick their observations.

A photo posted by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel) on Oct 11, 2015 at 11:49am PDT

"The pic from yesterday," he wrote. "For those who wanted the show... For all the angels that love dad bod regardless."

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