The latest big video game release stars an attractive person, so you just know the internet is being very chill about it. I'm kidding of course, Leon "hot unc" Kennedy is dominating social media algorithms in a barrage of memes celebrating one of the gaming community's great pastimes: thirsting over their favorite characters.
Resident Evil Requiem star Nick Apostolides, who plays Leon Kennedy, recently joined Partychat to watch a video compilation of some of the thirstiest Leon Kennedy memes out there, and his reactions range from jealousy to amusement to an apparent mild discomfort.
"Look at those pecs. I'm jealous, jealous of the abs at this point," he says while looking at a mod that makes Leon a shirtless hero, bearing a well-defined six pack. "It's always so disparaging when your avatar is just that much hunkier than me. It's motivation. He's gonna motivate me."
Apostolides was shown a series of horny reactions from a variety of genders, proving Leon's hotness supersedes gender preference. Responding to a similarly worded assertion from a thirsty fan, Apostolides confirms: "There's nothing wrong with him. He's like a perfect creature."
Partychat producer Skyler is outed at a certain point in the above video as one of Leon's, ahem, enthusiastic fans, and Apostolides jokes, "I bet you have a body pillow." Where can I score one of those? Asking for a friend.
After being shown dozens of posts all about how ridiculously hot Leon is, Apostolides once again affirms he's using the thirst as fuel: "I'm working on my arms at the gym, because I need to live up to this."
I do feel for actors portraying impossibly attractive video game characters, as they'll inevitably be compared when people see them in real life. However, dare I say, Apostolides is a good-looking dude himself. Leon is simply a creation of man apparently designed to make people with gamer partners insecure about themselves.
