People have even taken to saying that a dadbod is a hot bod. 2015 May 14, Pete Casmore, “It’s not a dadbod – it’s an act of rock’n’roll dietary rebellion”, in The Guardian:
Look at Leo DiCaprio, who has gone from a blonde-curtained teen pin-up to a total dadbod over the years. 2015 May 1, Chris Mandle, “In praise of the 'dadbod': the man who's let himself go”, in The Telegraph, UK:
The dadbod is the fruit of years of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen comedies celebrating the bros: man-children who love spending time in their man-caves drinking beer, watching TV, and generally being the teenagers they will always be, while being, deep down, more sensitive and sincere than any well-chiselled pretty boy. 2015 May 9, Alex Mario, “The sexual politics of ‘dadbod’”, in The Philippine Star: