Rain is a chunky monkey

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Ok, what the hell happened to Rain?

Mr. Chocolate abs has melted into a chunky monkey. Our favorite ESL student showed off his new flabbier physique at the Boryeong Mud Festival on July 12th. It must have been all the double chicken breast pizzas.

If you don’t believe us, check out the pictures below. And being chubbier is no excuse to be crotch-grabbing and lip licking fiend.

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116 Responses to “Rain is a chunky monkey”


  1. 1 gikgik July 14, 2009 at 1:44 am

    LOSE WEIGHT !! FIRST ?

  2. 2 Caroliya July 14, 2009 at 1:45 am

    who cares? he’s still cute and makes good music.

  3. 3 shiny July 14, 2009 at 1:45 am

    thats disturbing…..o-o;;

  4. 4 poppy07 July 14, 2009 at 1:46 am

    he looks ok to me:)))))))))))

    • 5 [!] July 14, 2009 at 12:48 pm

      Same here. I didn’t think he was a “chunky munky”, he just beefed up a bit/got a bit more meat on his bones than before. Actually, he looks a bit more Western in size as well.

  5. 6 gikgik July 14, 2009 at 1:46 am

    weee i got first !! hahaha

  6. 7 shiny July 14, 2009 at 1:47 am

    he doesnt look that bad, * my first comment was to the main picture..#_#;* i think its really the angle the picture was taken at……..

  7. 8 luvzkoreanz101 July 14, 2009 at 1:49 am

    he is not chunky! his legs look like they got shorter though…

  8. 9 myv382 July 14, 2009 at 1:53 am

    He doesn’t look like he’s gained much weight. It looks more like more muscles? Maybe? He looks healthy. Who cares if he possibly gained 5 lbs at the most. You guys are so superficial!

    • 10 [!] July 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm

      Agree. I think he’s got more muscle. To me he’s shaped like a fit football player and not a slim basketball player.

  9. 11 kirsi July 14, 2009 at 1:58 am

    yeah, i think it was mostly the angle of the first picture… which was gross

  10. 12 Tami July 14, 2009 at 2:00 am

    He still look HOT to me ;D

    and i LOL’ed with the 1st pic XD

  11. 13 ph@n July 14, 2009 at 2:04 am

    he dun look so bad. & its prolli cuz he’s so busy with that fashion line & whatnot. i’m sure he’ll start toning up again by his next album

  12. 14 kinella July 14, 2009 at 2:04 am

    it seems he got bigger by working out

  13. 15 GMTAZ July 14, 2009 at 2:09 am

    I agree with mvy382. He looks fine to me. If anything he needed to gain some mass, as could other artists. Healthy is better than bone thin and sickly looking. Rain is an awesome musician and entertainer. People that judge on looks alone better take another look at themselves before criticizing others.

  14. 17 fruitsandberries July 14, 2009 at 2:09 am

    have you stepped in front of the mirror to see your own thunder thighs?

    then stop trying to dis him. he didnt gain weight

  15. 18 hana July 14, 2009 at 2:14 am

    he just looked shorter. haha, he looks more like Junho from 2PM nao. lolz.

  16. 19 jinja July 14, 2009 at 2:24 am

    He may have gained compared from the time he finished filming the “Ninja Assasin”, but not that chunky.

    maybe, it’s just the pants. The pictures taken after this performance are all ok. His muscles and built still look great.

    ….other than that, Rain is still an eye candy. very much ^^

  17. 20 Lala July 14, 2009 at 2:31 am

    aaaaw… poor rain… already being called names, only cuz he’s not super muscular and in shape anymore… who cares?! he’s rain! he’s hot and cute anyhow…
    i guess being off that super strict diet he just puts on weight a bit more easily… let him eat and enjoy his life without strict dieting and exercising!!!

  18. 21 AzureGothBunny July 14, 2009 at 2:45 am

    The one thing he should lose is that hat…and not wear that same style of pants. =3

    He looks fine. GMTAZ is right. At least he looks healthy and isn’t anorexically skinny like a lot of celebrities now days. Besides the fact that those pants aren’t all that flattering, he still looks great! =)

  19. 22 cancan July 14, 2009 at 2:55 am

    its probably because he had to lose so much weight and maintain his perfect body for his upcoming movie. in several korean tv shows, he mentioned that it was hell for him to maintain such a weight due to the fact that he couldnt eat anything he wanted. and now that hes resting and just waiting for the movie to come out, hes eating. which is good, the guy deserves it :)

  20. 23 gabryska July 14, 2009 at 3:08 am

    The problem with Rain is that he looks different every day. He changes overnight!
    If you look at him the day before Honkong fashion show he looked big but during not (I woluld say that even skinny).
    The same situation is also this time.
    At the Dream concert he looked buffed but next day – at the ceremony of the Goodwill Ambassador – he looked normal.
    That`s Rain!

  21. 24 KayKay July 14, 2009 at 3:24 am

    The problem is, is that he probably isn’t work out as hard as he has been in the past for the movie… and when you don’t work out as much you start to loose muscle weight… which turns into fat.

    I think he looks fine though. Nothing to get worried about… he probably is just resting right now… and once he gets back into the swing of things his muscles will get tight again.

  22. 25 Paula Kang July 14, 2009 at 3:30 am

    Hellooooo!
    That is called yummyness… omg! You guys know nothing!

  23. 26 Dea July 14, 2009 at 3:58 am

    He looks good to me.

  24. 27 Akamekraze July 14, 2009 at 4:23 am

    Dude! OMG! That’s a horrible pic Popseoul!

  25. 28 marian July 14, 2009 at 4:43 am

    he is very tall ( 1.87) , but the chubbier he looks , the sexier he is!!! hooooooooooooooooooootttttttttttttttttttt!!!!

  26. 29 Solidad101 July 14, 2009 at 4:52 am

    I think it;s just the outfit…
    He looks fine…
    and it’s not like he’s fat or anything.
    ^_^

  27. 30 Infiniti512 July 14, 2009 at 5:05 am

    The pants are all wrong but I like him that size. Big buffed yum is always better!

  28. 31 rubylovefaith July 14, 2009 at 5:09 am

    Dang it…….
    He looks hotter than ever……
    HOT, HOT, HOT…….LOVE IT….

  29. 32 Hikaru July 14, 2009 at 5:32 am

    yeah he is kinda chunky…:/

  30. 33 Dokly July 14, 2009 at 5:39 am

    Koreans are mad funny when it comes to weight issues. LOL

  31. 35 myv382 July 14, 2009 at 5:41 am

    the more I look at the pictures, i can definitely see its the pants and just the first picture. The pants make him look more buff which then translates to superficial people as fat. Also, that first picture’s angle was horrible, which made him look very different. Rain looks damn fine to me… =]

  32. 36 lol July 14, 2009 at 5:51 am

    It’s the angling and the clothes.

  33. 37 cdnpoint July 14, 2009 at 6:10 am

    I guess no tv network was filming the festival for home audiences? I thought South Koreans get uptight about sexual innuendo in music or stage behaviour and in the photo, we see Rain doing a crotch and throwing horns combination move.

    The music needs innuendo to sell it? The songs cannot stand on their own?

  34. 38 Momo July 14, 2009 at 6:23 am

    He is not fat.
    You’re probably just some skinny girl who thinks every guy needs to be as thin as a stick.
    Repeat after me: A little fat is GOOD.

  35. 40 Taejus July 14, 2009 at 6:25 am

    lol, rain is not chubby.(muscular, yes) its just that he’s wearing tight fit clothing, and those leather pants(i honestly couldnt tell)just doesnt do much justice to his physique.
    hes still hot.
    :P

  36. 41 tani July 14, 2009 at 6:29 am

    @@gabryska
    I totally agree with you
    he really do change overnight it’s so strange
    he gains and loose weight like that “snap”
    and as a fan i know that whenever he is not promoting anthing (album,drama or concert) he gains a little extra pounds, so this is normal for him
    That is Rain and i love him like that
    PS: popseoul don’t worry he still has his abs, I saw them in the Macau concert :)

  37. 42 이케리 July 14, 2009 at 6:52 am

    He is not fat ;) but if he did gain a lil weight it’s ok!! Just more of him to love lol… I know.. So cheezy:)

  38. 43 miki1 July 14, 2009 at 6:52 am

    For what he went thru to get that Ninja Assassin killer bod, he can look however the hell he wants to look. To me, he looks the same as he did pre-NA.

  39. 44 Mop July 14, 2009 at 7:23 am

    that’s what happens when you build up so much muscle and don’t maintain it. muscle gets flabby looking

  40. 45 Dovey July 14, 2009 at 8:29 am

    At least he doesn’t look fat…just not as toned.

  41. 46 MangoStar July 14, 2009 at 9:04 am

    WTH are you guys talkin’ about? Rain looks just fine.

  42. 47 Jenipeo July 14, 2009 at 9:31 am

    ahhh!! I didn’t know he would be there!!! I had decided not to go cause last year was only so-so~ F~

  43. 48 XiaoXi July 14, 2009 at 10:03 am

    He looks yummy. He’s finally looking like a real man, not some anorexia teenage boy. Powerful is sexy!

  44. 50 lindter July 14, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    Those pants looke fine to me. I like the weight gain. He looks more normal. Makes me wanna grab his ass! LOL i dont believe i just said that out loud!

  45. 52 parentalcontrol July 14, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    you guys toking abt how he looks, fat thin not the issue no diff??
    but it’s how he acts look off n grossly indecent – this is a nonono scene to young kids, get it!! bad role model bad image fit for the indecents!! getting from bad to worse lewd acts to attract viewers!! desperate for attnetion!! decent singer no need to stoop so low!! next he may strip nude to show his magic stik!!

    • 53 tjrachel August 21, 2009 at 11:57 pm

      Totally agree that it’s nono scene for young kids, but come to think of it, Rain doesn’t need what you term as “lewd acts” to attract viewers or attention. He may not have realized it yet, but he has the talent to back him up and an endearing quality that draws women to him.

  46. 54 yui July 14, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    lol i don’t think he’s fat. he’s just getting muscular lol
    but this blog entry is pretty funny lol

  47. 55 minh0 July 14, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    As a fan.. I can say that he is big, not fat.. And still yummmmy! In few weeks when he in asia tour, we may see his Rainism body again!
    @ fans who said he change everytime he appear public, that is so true! N i lovee it! So we fans dont get boring easily, we can talk how buffed he is or hideous outfit, hair, etc.. Haha!

  48. 56 aonnd July 14, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    those r just the wrong pants he is wearing..

  49. 57 lindis July 14, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    i think he saw the scenes of michael jackson video “smooth criminal” that was banned, lol, a he decide to remember him that way, i really don’t care, i love Rain!!!

  50. 58 meh July 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    RIP michael jackson. RIP skinnyass rain.


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