Stephen Amell Shows Abs to John Barrowman & Hall H SDCC San Diego Comic-Con

[@carolinel.7804]

He was clearly uncomfortable. Asking once was rude, whining about it was mean. People didn't bother to notice.

[@demonkid6889]

Stepen amell had a nice abs

[@GretchenV95]

People don't take that seriously because he's a dude. But this was so uncomfortable to watch... he has a great body buuut..

[@npurplemal1s161]

yup. double standards. if he was a woman no one would even ask.

[@rabbitaizawa]

I agree. Don't people see enough of his abs on Wednesdays?

[@harmie1743]

Caroline L. Agreed, Even if he does have a good body that he feels proud of, he is still lifting his shirt up to hundreds of people revealing his body, which is uncomfortable

[@RatchildUK]

Imagine if a fan had asked Katie or Willa to take their tops off for the 'fans;. They would have been booed out of the hall, by the cast.

[@nfcoard]

RatchildUK Yeah it's a double standard. Don't ask humans to be logical and reasonable too much of the time. It's just that in our society, for whatever reason, it isn't that big a deal for a man to be topless when compared to a woman being topless. That's our programming/conditioning.

[@OriginalMokthol]

+RatchildUK Give it a few more decades and I'm sure this double standard will fade.

[@xmikex902x]

Would've been amazing

[@IAmAHeater]

Mokthol Yeah right. Our culture is becoming more PC every day.

[@thenecrosanct4906]

@@nfcoard That likely has more than a little bit to do with the fact that women's breasts are considered a sexual part of her body, while a man's chest is just a chest. It's also us humans who are the only animals on this planet with this sexual fascination for mammary glands. I don't see bulls getting turned on by udders or male dogs by teats. Sometimes social norms make no sense And to be fair, they asked for his abs, not his chest. A woman could still show her abs without showing her breasts. I know, it's a technicality and I'm not saying they should. But no one said he had to go completely topless here. Context is also important. If this were a convention for work out programs, showing abs wouldn't be considered nearly as inappropriate as here. Besides, having abs like these, whether you're a man or a woman, is a feat unto itself, because it's not easy to achieve and even harder to maintain. I don't see anything wrong in taking pride in that. The only reason people should've stood down is because Stephen himself wasn't comfortable with this. If he were, there would've been no issue except the one people are making for themselves. Let's not all be prudes, please. There are too many of those in the world already.

[@ddaannssttaarr]

Even the host was speechless at the end

[@MDkid1]

Haha...he totally was!

[@emmag.7731]

I love how Stephen has a flash hat on, that’s what always gets me

[@Sophiave]

I felt bad for him. He obviously didn't want to but there was a lot of pressure.

[@Christian_Ada1]

🤣😆🤣😆 Ok

[@addiletsplay1996]

@@Christian_Ada1 huh

[@yolandaponkers1581]

Same. Just change the gender and it’s plain to see that there’s nothing appropriate or okay about this. Imagine a female actress just trying to do an interview and a thousand men start cheering for her to lift up her shirt. So gross.

[@topher_dimaggio]

The guy who asked, what's his name? He should be punished in the arab's way

[@alessiomarin1218]

He's a good looking bloke, but he's also not a fucking statue for you to stare at. This made him clearly uncomfortable and nobody even cared.

[@alessiomarin1218]

true but more so women lets be honest if an audience member wanted to take a look at Emily Bett Rickard's legs and asked her to pull up her skirt or some shit then they would be under fire

[@Golgiaparatus2]

Holy shit, he looks so uncomfortable

[@ChicatesPatra]

Thank you Canada for giving us Stephen Amell!! Greetings from Greece

[@RealHajimeHinata]

Mysterious chic girl Deadpool: you’re welcome, Canada.

[@ir8free]

Doom Slayer Stephen > Ryan

[@ToddProductions1925]

you're welcome

[@AthenaGoddess]

Not sure how I feel about this. Don't get me wrong Stephan Amell is a fine looking man with stunning abs but this was kind of awkward and a bit inappropriate. He wasn't all that comfortable with doing it. Doing it in the show is one thing but he ain't an object. If he was a chick people would be going crazy.

[@chiderakasumu4911]

I agree with u

[@fandomcomic]

But man take their shirt off on the beach all the time. I agree in this moment but woman don't normally go top naked anywhere. So i dont think they would asked him if he was a girl

[@leaveinpiece9765]

@@fandomcomic women go on the beach shirtless as well, are u dumb or were u raised in a monastery.Its definitely akward for Stephen and completely inappropriate.

[@amygreifenberg7221]

So HOT!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@NHECKevinA]

I think amy is just a troll

[@nickmartin5294]

I was half expecting John Barrowman to start throwing money to get Stephen to show his abs X'D

[@toddbata8644]

To be fair that would be funny

[@lornahooper9736]

He shouldn't have had to do that, it sounded like he had to prove something, which he doesn't, i don't think Stephen was too pleased!

[@CanaldaAndresa]

I think he is, because he just posted a picture of this on his facebook profile. - facebook.com/stephenamell/photos/a.147252908693318.37696.146921975393078/691578010927469/?type=1&theater

[@unhappybacon3292]

I think he did it for his fans xD On facebook, he said he had no regrets. lol

[@unhappybacon3292]

True, but he was willing to do it. If he didn't want to, he wouldn't have done it.

[@Hdh1568]

@@unhappybacon3292 it's part of the job

[@fleur9851]

He looks uncomfortable and doesn't seem to want to do it but he does it anyway... it shouldn't happen like that...

[@theredwolf101]

BARROWMAN!!!!!! John's reactions were fabulous as always XD I love him so much

[@HolandaChiquita]

It's clear Stephen knows it's just part of the job, but he's not really happy about it... He has commented on the "piece of meat" scenario before...And also knows he is lucky to get such a good job in doing what he loves. In my opinion, I think they don't really have the right to ask him this. I know it is for fun and all, but it feels the same as saying to a girl to take her top in order to admire her breasts... It's just not classy, or fair to set somebody up for this... But thankfully he makes it through alright..

[@jadamson1031]

Alot of women have amazing abs out there. Abs are not the same as breasts.

[@HolandaChiquita]

jadamson1031 Yeah Okay. But I was trying to create an example. Like one of the sexy showy-off things woman have are breasts, Man have somewhat the same thing with abs and other top-body muscles. I just think it is too much and too private to ask someone to show parts of his body (that we already get to see in the series) in front of a big audience like that...

[@lisarm100]

I got that impression too, that he didn't really want to do lift his shirt. I can appreciate that he didn't want to.

[@HolandaChiquita]

Jay Preis I understand your point of view. But it is very different to do expose yourself in your free time, while you're relaxing on the beach. So that doesn't count at all! It is also a major difference between exposing yourself in front of a camera, a crew and some other actors (people you all know and worked with a long time), while you're preforming in a scene. Or doing it at an interview in front thousands of people... He directly sees these people, and that is not the case with a TV/Internet audience. Stephen said in previous "blog" interviews that the "taking his shirt of and flexing his muscles" isn't something he enjoys doing in a scene, but it's part of the job... So my opinion is that he is showing enough body parts on the series, that I find it unsuitable and trashy to ask something like that...

[@Fleefromthetree]

I don't think so, if he has done all this work to get into that sort of physical condition for the show, I'd think he'd be fine showing off all that work. I know if I had ripped abs I'd show them off all the time.

[@TrueImmortality]

Wow this is reverse sexism at work. :/

[@andreashort310]

It's not reverse, it's sexism. If it was a woman it would become a scandal. Stephen was obviously uncomfortable but nobody cared.

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

TrueImmortality its regular sexism.

[@hazelangus]

I disagree with the concept of reverse sexism, but what is certain is that this is really really wrong. It was creepy, and as a woman I know what it feels like to be treated like a piece of meat. I have a lot of empathy for Stephen here. If he has his shirt off in the TV series, does shirtless modelling shoots or chooses to take his shirt off at a convention, that's fine. Asking for it like this, acting like she's expecting to get it and putting him on the spot - that's not fine.

[@Banyo__]

I appreciate a good set of abs. They are hard work to maintain and take a lot of dedication to have a cut and a six pack...but sorry, I still think its a little degrading to do this. I mean if this were a woman, and there were thousands of men screaming take your shirt off, people would be all up in arms, so I kind of wished he'd just stuck to watch on Wednesdays. But then again, he has free will and he did it anyway, so there you go everybody.

[@kevinahn5875]

Exact what I was thinking. "Hey Caity Lotz we love your cleavage on the show. Can we see some on behalf of all the dudes out here?"

[@brontiq]

i was thinking the same thing. no one can doubt this guy is in great shape. but i felt a bit sorry for him. he didn't look happy about the situation and it seems he took his shirt off just to make them shut up. no one would dare to ask a woman to take her shirt off. poor stephen. i'm sorry to even watch this

[@jadamson1031]

What are you talking about!?! Women get objectified all the time in television and cinema. How often is a girl called a slut or bitch? And women actresses are now showing cheek through skimpy lingerie. Women get objectified alot more then men in mass media.

[@bitca222]

***** Now, now. Stephen is a dude who posts shirtless pics of himself on Instagram quite regularly...He was not uncomfortable flashing his abs for 3 seconds here...

[@Jackson-xl7sv]

Abs are some of the most useless muscles on the body. A six pack only mean there is a complete lack of fat around the abdominals, which is not necessarily a good thing.

[@tarahstylinson2298]

I mean. I appreciated seeing a perfect set of abs as I'm sure the audience did in real life. But it really is rather inappropriate to ask a professional man to stand up and show off a piece of his body like that's all he's good for, like he had to prove himself or something. I understand that he does it on tv for us nearly every week. But there's a HUGE difference between doing it for a camera at the request of the writers, and doing it in front of a live audience. An audience that is demanding it from him. Again. I can happily appreciate seeing his abs in this video but the concept that drove him to have to stand up and do this is rather disgusting to me.

[@DarkOsprey28]

And you could see he wasn't happy when he sat back down.

[@jaimelannister2925]

actually it wasn't about seeing Stephen Amell's abs as much as Arrow's abs. Like Jared Padalecki(Sam)'s hair is always a big deal. As Chris Hemsworth's (Thor) biceps. The Arrow has a notorious body, and Stephen Amell to most of the crowd is not a person, but an artist, and it's a part of his art that he was asked to display.

[@4everbuffylover]

Jaime Lannister that’s an interesting perspective. Not sure I agree, but I hadn’t considered that. He’s a person first and foremost. It’s important to remember that even though he plays a character

[@rjspear]

I agree with you. NO one would think of asking a female actor to expose her abs and chest.

[@vj9021]

At events like Comic-con the audience are there for a closer connection to stars they adore. It is very different to the same request being made on a talk show, or if you met him on the street. In a way it is that it's recorded for the internet that makes it a bit questionable to me. Doctor Who's David Tennant was asked for an autograph in the shower at a gym, that is too far. This I'm not shore- I'd want to ask Amell, did it bothered him?

[@stormking14687]

Stephen Amell has gotta feel like a piece of meat sometimes.

[@BeyondMagical]

stream "detention" by melanie martinez it's exactly about the issue you're talking about

[@swishyfishies]

It would've been different if he was just with friends, but demanding and whining for him to take his shirt off at a convention? That's extremely degrading. He looked so uncomfortable and he's not about showing off what he has. Yea, he's attractive and his abs are nice, but he shouldn't have been basically forced to show them.

[@user-le8xi9xi2i]

I love Stephen Amell, but this was uncomfortable and degrading. He said no - get the hint. I felt bad for him

[@IzakD8]

The one guy on earth I'm jealous of

[@boobinski4855]

Yea

[@Soflynoli23]

Show some respect people yes he's a fine specimen of a man, but he's not a piece of meat. But, if you're going to make another god awful Magic Mike I beg of you please cast Stephen Amell. And his sexy cousin Robbie Amell. Not that l want another Magic Mike or anything like that.

[@Jessi-nt5bq]

After he showed his abs the guy wouldn't stop stuttering.

[@karcig]

I'm all about watching Matt, Stephen and Grant together😍😍

[@amayastander417]

lmao John Barrowman "TAKE IT OFF!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@toddbata8644]

That’s just barrowman being himself he’s a gift

[@sisideblanc2959]

You know, I never really liked abs until I saw Arrow.

[@sosojosef9120]

He looked annoyed, as so would i

[@hazelangus]

I LOVE how many of these comments are saying this isn't right. Shows how much progress society has made!

[@johnbarrowmanmbe9980]

Hello thank you for the love.... I really appreciate, but as you can see am not always here because of the nature of my job. If you don't dropping your email so I can write you on my free time. Kisses kisses😘😘

[@hazelangus]

@@johnbarrowmanmbe9980 You're very welcome and that is a very sweet and charming comment, thank you. Having said that, you only joined KZbin two hours ago with this account, so I am rather sceptical about you claiming to be John Barrowman. He already has a KZbin channel with the same name. I guess you must have put an extra space somewhere in your username in order to look like his channel. Why would you - if you are him - have two channels with virtually identical names? No disrespect is intended here, but we all know that people constantly pretend to be stars and celebrities, either for the attention or in order to gain something. It is sensible for fans to be cautious. Also, why would you want to write me specifically? Again, this is lovely if you're genuinely John Barrowman and I would give him my email address in a heartbeat. He's probably a very friendly and entertaining penpal. However, surely people who are fans of John say things like I said all the time. He couldn't possibly write to all his fans, there are not enough hours in the day even if he was emailing people 24/7 and did nothing else! So why me in particular, or am I just a random pick? (Which I'd have no problem with, btw.) xx

[@johnbarrowmanmbe9980]

@@hazelangus Well life is a choice, and you are my choice. That's why I commented on you. I no longer have access to my old account and I don't know if I'm been hack or something. Whatever the case this is my new account in replacement of the old one. I hope we continue talking😘😘

[@bac7]

wow im suprised he actually did it i would be mad at that guy because that is pretty weird and unprofessional to ask that.

[@thenecrosanct4906]

While I do not disagree with the inappropriateness of the request (though that depends on the person of who it is requested to decide whether it is inappropriate or not; some people have no problems with showing off their bodies), being a con attendee is not a profession. Therefore his request can't be unprofessional or professional, because professionalism isn't involved here.

[@ambzerambzer8800]

Reading this comments its nice to see how everyone sees the degrading side of this, his abs are hot, celebs get asked to show of there bodies a lot but rarely do outside of filming/working, I almost feel like he was pressured and was just like "eh, I'll do it to shut you up " kinda thing, but he could've just left it with "tune in Wednesday nights"

[@Deadpool-st9dr]

Stephen Amell, the one man I would turn gay for in an instant.

[@roastalert7872]

Deadpool True

[@anime_lesbian_freak5583]

Deadpool unfortunately Stephen isn’t gay

[@MrEMVme]

Deadpool ...Peter Parker

[@BeniAus35]

Same

[@mythxlx8399]

Did anyone else look down and instantly get depressed?

[@idesofmars]

dude, if i looked anything like him, i would willingly take my shirt off all day long

[@aliawesome12fab]

And that, is why you're not him lol

[@idesofmars]

aliawesome12fab that doesnt make any sense

[@aliawesome12fab]

Your English must be really weak.

[@idesofmars]

aliawesome12fab i think its just your sarcasm that is really weak

[@azerohiro]

+aliawesome12fab are you suggesting he would be him if he wasn't willing to take his shirt off all day?

[@galaxyheart5555]

The fact that when he lifted up his shirt the cast up there with him just leaned forward to get a peak as well

[@camilagonzalez6325]

I wasn't supposed to be seeing this video it was on auto play😂

[@kaylajaimistockwell3744]

Am I the only one who notices the "Flash" symbol on the cap??

[@baileyryan96]

Candice was like really happy to see them. Well we know Stephen is actually on her 3 list 😂😂😂

[@henryesj6242]

When your basically the center actor of Arrowverse people are always going to be on your ass like that

[@f.729]

"tune in on wednesday nights" hahahaha ; )

[@adamischaos6121]

Was Gotham in that panel too? That’s cool

[@lacyadair5005]

And now I'm fully happy god he's gorgeous

[@bones8431]

bring back Constantine!!

[@chiderakasumu4911]

"Show me ur abs" I died

[@CrypticMC974]

GIRLS HAVE FAINTED!!!! Help😂😂😂

[@Detsu98]

in 0:27 does someone say something about Matt?? like Matt take your shirt off or sth? :o does anyone know? I just noticed it and it kept me wondering :D I might be just mishearing it...

[@vivianaperezfigueroa5170]

Beautiful.

[@KaTiEfLoOd678]

He looks so uncomfortable with this. Not nice to witness.

[@PeterBerisha]

Katie Flood he was embarrassed as would anyone else be...would you?

[@dummiies]

All the women just screaming looking at his abs😂 Stephen : it just an abs

[@redred7702]

What honestly makes this worse in my opinion is the fact that David Mazouz at the time was really young and had to see this nonsense. Stephen Amell is amazing, but just look at how uncomfortable he is.

[@xxYCG]

You could tell he didn’t want to show his abs but he just did it anyway xx Leave him alone people stop pressuring him to do things he clearly doesn’t want to do

[@andreaitaliana2355]

A data certa desse evento é dia 26/julho/2014.

[@j.j.7666]

Stephen Amell’s abs. God’s greatest creation

[@MrCrowebobby]

Oh, to have been treated like a piece of meat just once in my 82 years!!! Was a dancer and worked very briefly as a runway model, but no one has ever drooled. Must be awful to lose it with age, but great to have it in youth.

[@anton48103]

"this is behalf of thousands of women..." Blah, blah, blah! Dude wanted to see those abs for himself.

[@irondasgr]

PC is a bitch, isn't it?

[@maayanpraiss1541]

This was honestly me in elementary school. Its awkward. But to be fair everyone there has seen him shirtless and doing it so....

[@dawngraham7478]

I adore him to death but I thought that this was highly inappropriate. I was angry for him. On the show is one thing but he was at an event. He should not have to take his clothes off for anyone. He did not seem happy at all about it to me. It this was being asked of one of his female co-stars it would have caused such an outrage. He is just more than his body and should be valued and appreciated for who he is .

[@luxle8624]

if they really want to see his abs just search it up in google!

[@akaffe]

I know that women have their own parts but it's still the same concept of I dunno how to put it, abuse? maybe? or like Stephen was forced,yeah something like that. Clearly he wasn't comfortable being half naked in front of thousands, yet people still tell him to do so. But if someone would ask one of the females there to raise their shirt, the whole room would be mad at that person giving the request. So honestly I think this sexism and force thing is kinda one sided. But good job for Amell for being a brave guy even if he didn't want to. That shows how dedicated he is to his job and his fans.

[@brit9662]

It's not bravery, it's weighing it up and working out this is the quickest, easiest way if getting out of this situation

[@bean2trappy177]

Dude just watch the next ep of arrow he’s always shirtless

[@ofletcher6422]

Lol true clearly uncomfortable but why? he has his shirt off all the time on the show around crew and cast

[@Emiel666Emiel]

thats different tho.

[@budgiebreder]

“Piggy back across town” - ooo is there more to that story?

[@yolandaponkers1581]

This is so uncomfortable to watch. Poor guy. Imagine a room of a thousand men cheering for a female actress just trying to do an interview to take her shirt off.

[@alejovaldivia4557]

Can I request a Thea one? :V

[@toddbata8644]

For the love of god people stop complaining him taking his shirt off is a running a joke with him from the show and bloopers

[@Slingblade87]

These fans - and John Barrowman - were being idiots. It's a con, not a strip club. Yes, Stephen takes his shirt off on Arrow all the time but it's different to do it "for an audience". And I'm a gay guy myself so of course I'm far from averse to seeing Stephen's bod, but seriously - have some manners and respect. He's a person, not a piece of meat for you to ogle.

[@LaDzodzette]

Slingblade87 It’s one man who asked. Not « these fans » and John Barrowman... And Stephen is allowed to say no. He’s a grown up man...

[@brit9662]

@@LaDzodzette hmm, but they *weren't* allowing him to say no...cos he did...and they kept on...so he did again...and they kept on...so he did again... Ended up the easiest way to get out of it was to do it

[@toddbata8644]

To be fair you fail to realize what John was able to get away with

[@skitz2628]

What was his question to him tho???

[@trisharomero5494]

who is the lady saying no and then said I'm cool with it?

[@Stephanie-ec9dh]

Trisha Romero It sounded like Willa...who plays his sister in the show.

[@ajredstone9726]

Who was the British lady.

[@storm5893]

Is that Misha Collins at 0:41 walking by😂

[@leroyrodgers6089]

Although I’m inclined to say it was clearly uncomfortable and wow if it was a girl everyone would have booed, we have to remember how messed up our society is. Instagram is a thing, we have far too much access to people and thier bodies without ever seeing them than ever before. That’s part of the problem. Stephen is normal this should make him feel uncomfortable.

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

so...this was not okay.

[@lizzie1836]

FINALLY😂😂😂😂😂

[@paultaylor5700]

If they wanted to 'see is abs' thet lituraly could just look at any episode of the arrow

[@dummiies]

Wtf😂why are we watching this😂

[@multiverse_media2023]

All the girls must be fan girling over this. Man, I really need more workout at gym. Who’s with me? Leave a comment?

[@SuperTurtlemandude1]

dude is fucking ripped

[@evafruh3375]

Poor guy. He really didn't want to do that. That is a very uncomfortable situation to be put in.

[@cherrietouvell8839]

The flash cute So is arrow t😘😍😚😊😇😙

[@rabbitaizawa]

Oh my god guys, just watch episode 9 of season 3 😒

[@sopheverlasting]

man, this is high-key unprofessional. what kind of moderator allows this?

[@tommyblack7269]

Peep the flash hat🤠

[@user-lynKx]

they fr just told him to strip in front of everyone and thought it was okay

[@malikmccallum1077]

Stephen Amell is a show-off in a good way.

[@PatriciaKnight-t3o]

Nice looking abs arrow love you much lol❤

[@chriskeil9202]

Shirt comes off at 1:18

[@TaishaJr]

Like what's up cause he stands in then boom right

[@phugindomas]

Imagine if they said this to a woman... Amell seemed so awkward and uncomfortable. I feel bad for him having been pressured to do that.

[@starkid77]

Yaaaay, Canadaaaa!!!

[@venom5552111]

Still want that hat

[@aditya.mankare]

Flip the gender, and tell me how this is normal

[@kwsrchoudhury]

Lol he was not happy after he put his shirt down

[@mariacatalinaguerrero5022]

A guy asking steven to show his abs is so weird

[@jackmcwilliam5094]

Imagine if they asked a woman to do that, the scenes😂

[@sunsfactor]

This was pointless

[@florencevegan8504]

Trop beau musclées musclées j'adore super

[@paulagonzalezzeas4331]

Like si eres él único que habla en español

[@katschaccc]

I didn't watch that show for his acting skills.

[@10animallover10]

That was rude. He clearly was not comfortable with it. It's disrespectfull if you ask me.. I do wanna see the full interview becaus ethere are so many cast/crew there but this was unnaccesary..

[@annereis793]

Delicia de homem meu pai ....👏

[@soumyajitdey6888]

Where are the scars..they lied to me?

[@johnbarrowmanmbe9980]

Hello thank you for the love.... I really appreciate, but as you can see am not always here because of the nature of my job. If you don't dropping your email so I can write you on my free time. Kisses kisses😘😘

[@soumyajitdey6888]

@@johnbarrowmanmbe9980 creepo

[@iasmimoliveira3834]

Pacacapi dos meus sonhos 😀😍😍