Vin Diesel shows off new physique at star-studded charity event
Diesel, best known for his role in the Fast and Furious franchise, flashed a smile as he hugged his former co-star, Charlize Theron while attending her Africa Outreach Project event in Los Angeles at the weekend.
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Wearing a black vest top and dark sunglasses, Diesel showed off a larger frame as he enjoyed the event with his famous pals.
3 Diesel, best known for his role in the Fast and Furious franchise, flashed a smile as he hugged his former co-star, Charlize Theron while attending her Africa Outreach Project event in Los Angeles at the weekend.
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3 Vin Diesel has been photographed looking noticeably less buff while posing with some of his celebrity pals.
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His latest public appearance comes after a fellow actor took a stab at Diesel during an interview earlier this year.
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Actor Paul Walter Hauser launched a surprising spray on Vin Diesel in a recent interview, recoiling when the interviewer jokingly compared him to the action star.
Recent Golden Globe winner Hauser was sitting down with outlet CinemaBlend in a press junket for his latest film, Inside Out 2, in which he voices the character 'Embarrassment.'
3 His latest public appearance comes after a fellow actor took a stab at Diesel during an interview earlier this year.
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But he had no embarrassment hitting back when the interviewer joked to Hauser that his character's arc in the animated film means 'you're like Vin Diesel now.'
'Please don't say that,' he shot back, explaining: 'I like to think I am on time and approachable.'
Hauser's Inside Out 2 co-star Lewis Black reacted with shock as he explained his surprise diss.
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