Bank clerk Simon Henderson has become a TikTok star after revealing his bizarre talent. The 48-year-old is able to pose with shredded abs one minute and then look like he is "pregnant" in seconds.
He has amassed a huge following online after performing a bizarre trick with his stomach that has fooled many. Simon, from Medway, Kent started off showing his talent as a party trick which he copied from his dad but has now lead to him becoming an internet sensation.
His videos have now been viewed over three million times revealing his huge belly, which is a source of pride for him. Simon has trained his abdominal muscles in a way that makes them incredibly flexible, able to go outwards, as seen in the videos, and inwards.
He said: "I make light-hearted fun videos using my only 'talent' at my disposal, apart from extreme grape catching. I soon found I had plenty of material to keep me busy with my talent."
Simon is an unlikely champion of body positivity with some who see his videos. "I like to think that I'm an advocate of body positivity whatever you look like.
"I show confidence when I'm big and people react positively to that as I'm putting myself out there online with a big f***ing belly and yet still full of confidence, so I think it's a good thing. I love the reactions from people, thinking that I'm pregnant or that I have a hernia or hearing how their jaw dropped when they saw my belly makes me happy, and I know I've done my job in showing them something that they didn't expect.
Simon's recent video that propelled him to the For You Page of millions on TikTok was a belly reveal video using a tight compression top. He added: "I love the attention that my viral video got with the compression top.
"I was feeling sad as I was trying to build up a channel again from scratch and only had like 100 subs or less until I came up with the compression content idea and went out at lunchtime to get it from Sports Direct. I took it home that night and filmed three videos with it, and now, off the back of that, my channel is becoming credible again."
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