Rahul Kohli on the serious health concerns caused by his role in Midnight Mass

After putting on weight for Mike Flanagan's role in Midnight Mass, and then having to shut down production for the pandy, Rahul Kohli was stuck in an unhealthy weight without an idea of when or how he could return to feeling better.
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Rahul Kohli (iZombie, Midnight Mass) joins us this week to tell his inspiring story of how a lucky twist of fate, while he was on the brink of quitting acting because of a horrible audition, landed him his life changing role in iZombie. Rahul explains, however. that the onset politics, stress of being on a bubble show, and shooting in Canada caused him to spiral into unhealthy abusive and unhealthy habits. We also talk about his deep relationship personally and professionally with Mike Flanagan, the typecasting of South Asian actors, and his experience being diagnosed with bipolar.
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Rahul Kohli on the serious health concerns caused by his role in Midnight Mass #insideofyou #sick

[@mekkio77]

"Make the sheriff hot." Audience: Mission accomplished...

[@kristinsaur]

Thank you, Kate Segal. The whole internet thanks you.

[@benharbak]

Rahul Kohli is so rad. He was the best part of iZombie and he blew me away in Bly Manor and Midnight Mass. Stoked to see what else he'll get up to!

[@hollychavezgalleryandposts]

He's keeping up a great performance in The Fall of the House of Usher.

[@Chevalier_knight]

I liked him in midnight mass but bly manor just wasnt very good hunting was just to hard to follow

[@RazaPlaysGames]

Hope you watched the HOUSE OF USHER

[@greyklopstock7155]

He went from being the sweetest, most lovable guy in Bly to a troubled, grizzled American police officer in Mass. What a performance. Rahul is a badass

[@euricequeen842]

And an almost absolute jackass in Usher. Almost absolute because he still got upset with his brother.

[@Crusader_Studios]

“Be the best version of yourself on camera. Make the sheriff hot.” Kate Siegel doesn’t miss. Everyone should have a bestie relationship like that.

[@greyklopstock7155]

Truly words to live by. Everyone needs a friend who's willing to say "fuck it, who says you can't be hot?"

[@TheHidalgo99]

Midnight Mass had no right to be as good as it turned out to be. What a stunning show!

[@RazaPlaysGames]

Right...made me go through all of Mike Flanagan work

[@fauxrowsdower7610]

“a bit more daddy” I’m like in love with this man, interesting

[@lizjewelry]

Hottest thing I’ve heard in a minute. Damn.

[@dearrationals]

​@@lizjewelrySome westerners and their weird obsession with incest 🤢

[@gateauxq4604]

‘Look a bit daddy’ lol never change Rahul

[@DaddyDoom]

Just saw House of Usher and Midnight Mass back to back. Two awesome shows. Great writing, directing and above all, performances.

[@ilobnodj]

He was brilliant in both Bly and MMass. I didnt realize he was British

[@filgil8150]

I thought i heard his accent slip in a scene on the beach. Other than that slip. He's good.

[@eastvandb]

I loved him in Midnight Mass.

[@DdotRay86]

Wtf, I had no idea this guy was an actor now 😂 his mum Rama and my mum were best friends when we were kids, Rahul and his sister Nadia used to come to our house all the time, we completed Goldeneye on the N64 together 😂😂

[@monkeyman1350]

Legendary addition to the lore of Rahul lol

[@RazaPlaysGames]

Wow life takes you on epic quests 😂 you end up a NPC but he a hero

[@DdotRay86]

@@RazaPlaysGames literally 😂😂

[@NoVACorpsGaming]

Loved Rahul’s appearances on Funhaus back in the day

[@nicholassullivan1239]

ABSOLUTELY 💯!!!! I miss those days, and I miss that crew 😢

[@MatthewBreck]

Awww man when funhaus was good

[@Dannydarko27]

Damn that room full of sick people sounds scarier than the show lol

[@Chocobear555]

Just because a person coughs or sneezes, doesn't mean they're sick. He never said they were sick.

[@gateauxq4604]

It always has been, people gettin to say the quiet part out loud now.

[@davidsmarrt4049]

He’s also great in Fall of House of Usher!

[@alison2649]

He was 30 lbs heavier in the show?? But he looked “normal”? I found him attractive actually. He was a normal average weight man in the film. So basically he was way too thin before it.

[@niaj4]

He implies at the end of the segment he ended up losing the weight (or some of it) during the unexpected 5-month break.

[@chai_knees3554]

he's also 6' 4" so 30lbs isn't as much as it would be for the average person

[@bowieupland6112]

Gross

[@evangelionl0vr857]

Nah he skimmed down after talking to Mike. He is pretty cut in Midnight Mass. he bulks up a bit for House of Usher.

[@patrickmcpartland1398]

​@@chai_knees3554just 6 foot even here and I can swing from 205 to 235 back and forth pretty easy. And with a beard unless you see me all the time or were at the pool or something you couldn't even really tell that much.

[@faherty87]

Love this guy. Could listen to him all day.

[@DaveTexas]

The sheriff was indeed hot! I was confused at first when he was talking about having put on 30 pounds for the role because he looked fantastic in the show. Makes sense that he lost the weight. I actually had sexy dreams about the sheriff when I watched the series…

[@ellenaohnana]

Him and his accent 😍😍😍

[@maverickx1221]

Flanagan is doing Dark Tower…can anyone else see Rahul as Roland? I can!

[@someguyyouknow6420]

Flanagan an absolute unit

[@evalramman7502]

A great actor.

[@DJOfRadioGallifrey]

He was foxy in midnight mass.

[@kaylan369]

I see this man in my dreams at night.

[@BoogeyManBen]

Fantastic actor

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Awesome

[@sourpatchkid394]

He was hot in midnight mass!

[@bowieupland6112]

Gross.

[@wolftotem539]

In Fall of the House of Usher he is mega hot!

[@Allen2saint]

Crap didn’t even realize he was the same guy! Wow. He was committed.

[@colinwhitfield8627]

Another 'omfg hes a BRIT' moment for Americans.

[@memnoch9418]

Where are you from mr.whitfield

[@SimBol1216]

Not at all; his British accent was so obvious in Midnight Mass lol

[@RIGSTQ]

His character in house of usher drank Guinness, my man.

[@shameyaeger1795]

Sundered!!!

[@stevemuzak8526]

Midnight Mass is one of the best shows ever made.

[@Strega_del_Corvo]

I love him and all of the Flanagan crew like mad. Siegel will always be my imaginary wife, though. 😅

[@ChivyDCom]

A bit more daddy .I love Rahoul

[@joshwhalen17]

Good on ya. MM rules so fucking hard from top to bottom and every person involved left everything on the screen.

[@darkcornersuk]

My Reid Richards.

[@anthonyt219]

She had a good point. It's a show after all. The sheriff was one of the best roles in the show. He literally looked like an everyman. There was no need to make him fat.

[@AbsoluteQuinoa]

I hate that he did that. It doesn't sound healthy at all.

[@thescientist7881]

Guy from Fortnite is mad

[@shaun3133]

7 hours of work lol these guys are so out of touch with ordinary people it’s funny

[@ams914]

7 hours of acting is pretty demanding. You can only understand if you've done it before. It's not like being a lazy fuck at an office job. You have to bring all your energy to what you're doing.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

I don't like him. He's too much of a misogynist.

[@noodlefoosa5191]

He really isn’t, he just makes jokes that aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, I’m a woman and I think he’s funny as hell

[@aren2naga92]

@@noodlefoosa5191 she's a real life Bev.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

@@noodlefoosa5191 Noodle Foosa No, he’s a misogynist and people simply don’t mind because misogyny is a cultural and social norm. Disrespecting and hating women and girls and looking down on them and their interests and not taking their needs seriously is the subconscious cultural norm. “I’m a woman and I think he’s funny...” This is how pickmes and girls and women with internalized misogyny talk and write and always have. “I’m a girl and I find this funny” is a whole unwitting meme. It’s a goto line for girls forced to be unpopular “feminazis” or cope. A line, you’ll notice, that men and boys never find themselves forced to say a male equivalent of because men are seldom put in a position to have to cope with popular and defended misandry, and when they encounter misandry, they’re socialized to have too much self-respect to ever say something as cringey as “I’m a boy and I find this funny,” because they know better. They will never be the sex saying “I’m man and I find the way that this woman disrespects and seems to look down on and hate my sex hilarious, so leave her alone guys!” No. That’s always women because only women and girls are conditioned to do take it on the chin and accept being looked down on or else be shamed and mocked mercilessly.

[@akkibajaj705]

He’s the opposite if anything 💀 you are reaching.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

@@akkibajaj705 Akki Bajaj No, he is very much a misogynist with the typical sexist biases, and male supremacist mindset, and lack of respect for women hangup, that most misogynists have.

[@deeptechdesign5083]

Rob careers much? LOL

[@RhondaKL]

??? He’s cast for roles that the directors and producers think he’s ideal for. They want their show/film to look and be good. All he can do is accept scripts for things he’s being considered for,do a reading so they can see if he is right for the role,and then wait to be told.

[@hybridhermit007]

Has his pronouns on his insta. 😂😂