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Sivakarthikeyan responds to rumours of using steroids to build his body: ‘Eight pack? Didn't even have one pack’. Watch

While promoting his upcoming film Madharaasi, Sivakarthikeyan opened up about the strangest rumours he has seen about him on the internet.

Updated on: Sep 3, 2025, 20:13:23 IST
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AR Murugadoss’ Sivakarthikeyan and Rukmini Vasanth-starrer Madharaasi will be released in theatres on 5 September. Ahead of the film’s release, the lead actors spoke to anchor Suma in a promotional interview. In it, Sivakarthikeyan responded to some rumours he had seen lately about his health and steroid usage. Here’s what he said.

Sivakarthikeyan responds to rumours of steroid usage

Sivakarthikeyan spoke about the rumours that have been spreading on his health recently.
Sivakarthikeyan spoke about the rumours that have been spreading on his health recently.

Sivakarthikeyan was asked by Suma if he had ever seen any rumours about himself with fake thumbnails being made by YouTubers. The actor stated that initially he saw rumours that he made a six-pack for his last film, Amaran, stating, “For Amaran, they said that I did six packs first. They put a fake picture with my face and said I made eight packs, actually. I didn’t even have one pack, I just built my body.”

The actor then said that lately he has seen morphed pictures of himself looking ill with an enlarged head, claiming that he had fallen sick due to using steroids to build his body. “Recently, they changed it. They enlarged my face, and they wrote – he used steroids, so he lost his health. Look at how he is. I was like, ayoo,” he said, laughing about how ridiculous it was. In Amaran, Sivakarthikeyan played the late Major Mukund Varadarajan and had gotten fit for the role.

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