In Episode 267 of “The Menace Podcast,” host Dennis James wished to resolve a controversial picture that common visitor Chris Cormier shared on his Instagram account, depicting himself in a Godfather fashion pose with four-time Olympia Girls’s Physique Champion, Sarah Villegas behind him. What received folks’s consideration was the truth that there was a pretend bottle of PMMA positioned out in entrance of them. However why?
The existence of the mocked-up bottle of PMMA was clearly a nod to current controversies within the sport of bodybuilding. The 2025 Mr Olympia, Derek Lunsford needed to deny utilization of the muscle filler, whereas 2025 Olympia runner-up, Sarah Villegas raised what she says have been hypothetical feedback after dropping her title to Natalia Coelho. On the November 27, 2025 episode of Prime Time Muscle, Chris Cormier expressed his personal issues about athletes chasing muscle fullness by any means, resulting in the suggestive picture.
Denis James Presses Chris Cormier on “PMMA” Picture
“Sarah’s complete factor was solely to place shade on Natalia as a result of she received beat,” advised James. “I feel there’s no different purpose,” he added, making an attempt to make sense of the scenario. In response, Cormier mentioned that the picture was not particularly about Natalia. “I simply need to say to start with, Natalia, to me was [in] loopy situation, she had a number of the greatest posing of the competition,” responded Cormier. “She was the winner of the competitors. I don’t need to take something away from that. I simply need to get that out of the way in which, as a result of I do know she don’t deserve that (shade).”
Cormier additional defined that he by no means intends to take pictures at particular person athletes, however he does really feel a accountability to lift the problem of fillers, as a result of he has seen younger bodybuilder’s harm their our bodies by messing with substances that they need to be staying away from. “It’s actually delicate to me, this complete factor,” mentioned Cormier. “It’s not about what we did within the 90s, it’s about what we walked away from, what we realized. Within the 90s, we tried to convey that to the subsequent era. It’s not about ‘oh, did one thing, he did one thing.’ It’s not about that for me, however it’s a delicate topic as a result of I need to see us go from this journey, our health journey, and stroll out of this factor unscathed, as a lot as potential.”
To look at the complete dialog, the place Dennis James quizzed Cormier additional on his determination to collab on the Instagram put up, plus the gang discussing different present bodybuilding information, see under.
