Three questions:
1. Who the heck is Kumail Nanjiani?
2. Why is having a nice physique such a big deal?
3. Is he gay, posing with his boyfriend?
The twitter link goes to Comicsands, which I can't stand because there are two lines of text per page, hidden amid endless popups and slow-loading videos that scroll down with you. So I checked wikipedia, just in case this obscure bodybuilder had his own page.
One of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine! Why have I never heard of him?
He was born in Pakistan in 1978, but didn't show up on screen until a Saturday Night Live episode in 2008. He had a recurring role on the buddy-lawyer series Franklin and Bash (2011-2014), and after that a lot of guest spots and voice roles: Prismo on Adventure Time, Skip Marouch on Bob's Burgers.
Nothing particularly influential so far.
Kumail's only significant role seems to be in The Big Sick (2017), which he also wrote with his then-wife Emily Gordon. It's a slightly fictionalized memoir about their romance. dealing with cultural differences and Emily's life-threatening illness. In the end, she recovers, and they break up.
It sounds awful. Who wants to watch a movie about a life-threatening illness? But, depressing or not, it was nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay, and pushed Kumail up into the ranks of the 100 most influential people in the world.
I'm pretty sure I could name 100 actors more influential than the star of one depressing movie, but ok, next question.
Apparently he was rather chunky just a few years ago. Hitting the gym for the first time when you're over 40 is rather daunting, and Kumail deserves praise for sticking with it long enough to see results.
3. Is he gay, and posing with his boyfriend?
An article in Entertainment Weekly called Emily Gordon Kumail's "former wife," implying that they are divorced or she has died. But Wikipedia just says that they've been married since 2007. Which to believe?
He appeared in an episode of the Game of Thrones parody Gay of Thrones, but he doesn't play a gay character: one of the Queer Eye guys gives him a haircut. That's entertaiment?
Also, Kumail and Emily are currently producing Little America, about the lives of immigrants. Episode #8 features Rafiq (Haaz Sleiman), a gay refugee from Syria.
I'm going to go with "straight."
A straight guy who starred in a depressing movie and has a nice physique. Big deal.
This is obviously a photo from a gay romance. I wonder if he's gay in real life.
Google, here I come.