Luke Combs Always ‘Struggled’ With Weight, Wants to ‘Be Around’ for Newborn Son: I Want to ‘Continually’ Get Better
usmagazine.comDoing it for his son. Since welcoming son Tex earlier this month, Luke Combs is more determined than ever to get healthy after a lifelong struggle with his weight.“It was always something that’s bugged me … especially when you’re younger,” the country star, 32, said during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Monday, June 27. “You’re like, ‘Man, I just got a horrible genetic dice roll on this thing.’ You start to realize that almost even more when you’re older.”Though Combs acknowledged that his weight issues are not entirely due to genetics, joking that he does “pig out” sometimes, he’s reached a point where he wants to make a change.“I got to this point where I’m like, man, I’d really love to trim down.
And it’s so hard for me to do that,” he said. The “Lovin’ On You” singer explained that he has an unhealthy relationship with food, which makes it hard for him to maintain “consistency” with his diet.“I don’t need a cigarette to be alive.
But I need food to be alive,” he said, comparing the struggle to an addiction. “It’s like, you would literally die without food.
And so that’s what makes it such a difficult thing.”Since he and wife Nicole Combs welcomed their first son, however, Luke has reevaluated his lifestyle and what he wants for his future. “This having a kid thing has really messed up my head on this thing in the best way,” the “Doin’ This” musician explained. “I want to be around, dude.
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