One of the biggest stars of YouTube, David Dobrik, has finally returned to the platform after a two-year hiatus.
What is it with content creators making returns to YouTube with shocking body transformations? Not long after Nikocado Avocado dropped 250 lbs as a social experiment, another YouTuber from yesteryear has given us a blast from the past.
That's right, nearly three years after he last posted on his channel, David Dobrik is back to his old stomping ground.
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Dobrik’s last video was posted on March 29, 2022, and with him putting his efforts into other ventures like his Doughbrik's Pizza parlor that opened in November 2022, many assumed his YouTube days were behind him.
That's not the case, and in "Vlog #667", Dobrik reveals his body transformation and a bit about where he's been. Dobrik is joined by fitness guru Ilya Fedorovich as his 'coach', and in the extended vlog, we see what he's been up to during his (almost) year of radio silence. It's not just YouTube that Dobrik has been MIA from, with his last Instagram post being a Coachella house tour on April 12, 2024.
In his latest video, Dobrik takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the Seven Wonders of the World. Covering everything from learning he's allergic to bees to riding camels in Egypt, there's also crashing a car into a pool in Rio de Janeiro, visiting The Conjuring house, and ending things at the Taj Mahal. This is where the real work began, as we get a quick montage of Dobrik's fitness journey that reveals how he got to his currently shredded look.
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Also popping up for a cameo is Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, who is apparently responsible for Dobrik's body transformation. The video ends with Donaldson telling Illya that they'd made a bet that if Dobrik didn't get jacked by the end of 2024, he'd have to buy 20,000 Feastables bars. With Dobrik holding up his end of the bargain, there was one final surprise where Donaldson had to buy Fedorovich a new car. It's a luminous Feastables-branded Lamborghini, but a new car is a new car.
Speaking of new cars, Dobrik thanked the Doughbrik's team for holding down the fort while he was jet-setting and gave his employees a brand-new Tesla.
Dobrik's followers couldn't believe his new look, and when he shared an updated body shot on his Instagram, jaws were on the floor.
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One supporter wrote: "David Dobrik making his comeback by flexing his abs was not on my 2025 bingo card."
Another added: "Now I know what the BRICK stands for in Doughbrik."
Someone else joked: "We got jacked Dobrik before GTA 6."
As for Dobrik, a major comeback is on the cards. In his vlog, he told viewers: "I’d be lying if I said the last couple years were my healthiest or my happiest.
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“I let go of myself and stopped doing the things I really enjoyed. And believe it or not, my old podcast was at the top of my list."
That's right, his VIEWS podcast is making its comeback, with Jason Nash set to return as co-host. It's been a while, but it looks like David Dobrik is locked back in.