A tubby Leonardo DiCaprio-like has admitted to having gained weight during lockdown, revealing that he was akin to the Hollywood actor.
Leonardo DiCaprio clone. Russian Roman Burtsev (39), has been capitalising upon his newfound fame since his resemblance with the 46-year old star was made public over the internet.
Burtsev lives now in a two room council flat with his family and cats.
He said, “The problems began with the April 2020 introduction of restrictions and now people have forgotten me.”
A tubby Leonardo DiCaprio likeness who gained worldwide fame for his apparent resemblance with the Hollywood actor has admitted to having gained weight during lockdown which has ended his career. Pictured: Roman Burtsev and Angelina Jolie.
Roman Burtsev (39), a Leonardo DiCaprio clone, and Russian IT technician, has been taking advantage of his newfound fame since his apparent resemblance with the 46-year old star was made public over the internet
Burtsev now lives in a two-room apartment in council with his parents and cats. He has also admitted that the coronavirus epidemic has stopped him from achieving his life-long international fame.
Burtsev was praised by fans for his resemblance with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured).
People are now more aware than ever before. People in large cities would ask for selfies with the lookalike. He said that the pandemic had ended that practice.
Burtsev gained weight from being away from the spotlight during pandemic.
After he was unable to lose weight, he signed contracts with advertisers.
Burtsev is determined, however, to lose weight and reach his goal so he can be ‘on top” by the ‘New Year 2022.
Burtsev, a single woman, stated that she tried many weight loss methods before finally finding her own. She is now on the road to losing weight.
He said that his future plans are simple and can be summarized as “family, children, and home”.
People used to ask for selfies with their lookalikes in big cities before the pandemic. Burtsev gained weight because he was not in the limelight during the pandemic.
Burtsev is DiCaprio’s Russian doppelganger. He poses at a Great Gatsby themed event
Previously, Burtsev had achieved a degree of fame by starring in various adverts, including one for Five Lakes vodka, where he appeared alongside a string of counterfeit products like an iPhone with a pear logo and a fake Adidas tracksuit, saying the only thing real in life is the spirit.
Before the ad was published, Burtsev had told his followers and fans He was not trying to get into Hollywood but rather to find a girlfriend.
The pandemic ended his international fame plans and he was forced to change industries and work in cryptocurrencies.
But he also quit crypto because his boss was not happy with his requests to have time off so he could go to photoshoots, advert shoots, and other photo shoots.
Burtsev said he earns 50,000 Russian Ruble (£513) a month and now lives in a two-room flat with his parents in Podolsk, an industrial city on the outskirts of the capital Moscow.
His family sold a three-room apartment they once owned in the Tula region in western Russia before moving to the council flat.
Burtsev currently lives in one room and his parents in the other. But, now that his sister is enrolled at university, he would like to buy a house on Crimea.