President Trump is looking at Lou Ferrigno to head his Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Besides being Mr. Universe, Ferrigno was the original Hulk on television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Some might say Ferrigno is the real Incredible Hulk, because unlike later incarnations, he wasn’t created inside a computer. Those muscles were real and painted with actual green paint.
Ferrigno, 65, told The Daily Mail:
“I am an appointee and I want to be the Head of the President's Council on Physical Fitness & Nutrition. I have been corresponding with President Trump because I want to change America and make America healthy again. I am a top choice for them. I feel I am the best candidate for that. Nobody can surpass what I do, especially the life I have lived, what I have overcome and my passion with bodybuilding and fitness.”
Ferrigno forged a friendship with Trump as a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice and is one of the few voices in Hollywood defending the president:
“Trump is a great president. America voted for him and I am a top choice for him. It is a shame because we have so many different problems. I feel safe with him when it comes to homeland security for our people. He is a great man and he cares about his family. I don't care what anybody says. I really think he is a good-hearted person…
“I really think there is no dark side to Donald Trump. But I think he is going through a hard time now to shake up the country.
“Think about this, that man was never in politics, but from the first debate he became the President. He didn't make the people vote for him, people wanted him because they believed in him.”
Ferrigno’s former bodybuilding competition and friend Arnold Schwarzenegger was the head of the fitness council in the 1990s under George H.W. Bush. Ferrigno said he has plenty of ideas to bring to the table from his past experience:
“I would focus on explaining to everyone, some people may have some physical handicaps or maybe injured knees, there are so many different machines and better ways to eat, and it is all about combining the mind and the body together.
“If you can do that anybody can get in shape. It is all about changing from lazy to positive leverage.”
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