{"id":266675,"date":"2025-11-02T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266675\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T10:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:02:17","slug":"kevin-durant-says-he-dealt-with-depression-was-insecure-about-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/266675\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant Says He Dealt with Depression, Was Insecure About Body Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant opened up and said he experienced body-image issues earlier in his NBA career to the extent that he was depressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Appearing on Not This Again with Bobbi Althoff, KD said this period was around six years ago and that he eventually &#8220;snapped out of it.&#8221; He explained he felt self-conscious about being &#8220;too tall&#8221; or &#8220;too skinny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The conversation begins at the 1:47 mark of the episode:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Durant&#8217;s frame has always been one of his defining features. While he has added some muscle since first arriving in the NBA in 2007, he&#8217;s still <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/201142\/kevin-durant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">listed<\/a> at 6&#8217;11&#8221; and 240 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 15-time All-Star&#8217;s recent remarks might provide some context for why he never warmed to one of the more clever nicknames fans developed for him. Back in 2014, he <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/kevin-durant-isnt-a-big-fan-of-his-new-slim-reaper-nickname\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pushed back<\/a> against being called the &#8220;Slim Reaper,&#8221; saying at the time he&#8217;s &#8220;here to shine a bright light&#8221; and didn&#8217;t want to be associated with a figure synonymous with death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Durant&#8217;s interview is a reminder that being incredibly famous and successful doesn&#8217;t make one immune to self-doubt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant opened up and said he experienced body-image issues earlier in his NBA career&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,259,260],"class_list":{"0":"post-266675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}