In an interview with 'Distractify,' David Dobrik spread out about hosting a celebrity pickleball tournament, his dislike for fitness center workouts, and more.
Pivoting from filming weekly YouTube movies to opening up his own pizza eatery in West Hollywood, Calif., social media character turned entrepreneur David Dobrik is gearing up for his next giant tournament. The 27-year-old teamed up with CELSIUS Energy Drinks to host a celebrity pickleball tournament for charity.
The giant tournament will take place on Aug. 25, 2023, at his Los Angeles residence and come with celebrities similar to Olivia Culpo, Tyler Cameron, and more.
If you have got been following David's profession on social media, you know that the former vlogger — who performed tennis as a kid — has a newfound love for the game of pickleball. In conventional David Dobrik type, the influencer is gathering a group of his closest friends and celebs to have a laugh and compete in a bracket-style tournament.
Ahead of the tournament, David sat down solely with Distractify to chat about what he's most looking ahead to, including who his celebrity partner is (Hint: This A-lister is attached to Taylor Swift), as well as how pickleball helps him to incorporate health into his on a regular basis existence.
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With a slew of celebrities signed up to compete in the upcoming tournament, David advised us that he is really fascinated about the big event.
"I'm just I'm a big fan of pickleball," he mentioned. "And I'm like, a bigger fan of having people around my house. So this is like the perfect combination of everything from friends to my favorite drink [CELSIUS], a combination of fun things. So I'm really excited."
Aside from the development being amusing, David does want this tournament to be just a little "competitive" aka he's in it to win it.
"My spouse is Taylor Lautner," David published. "I chose him because I played with him a couple of times. And the guy is actually pretty great."
Not withholding his modesty, David instructed us that he thinks the 2 in point of fact "have this in the bag."
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♬ original sound - DAVID DOBRIK"I'm not I'm not just saying this, maybe I am just saying it to manifest it but no, I'm stoked for it," he added. Win or lose, David hopes his celebrity pickleball tournament becomes an annual tournament at his house.
David Dobrik says playing pickleball is helping him mentally, and also allows him to "eat whatever I want."
Let's face it, no longer everyone seems to be tremendous excited to visit the fitness center and determine. Though David's best friend Ilya Fedorovich owns a health corporate, Xeela Fitness, which David also has invested in, the previous vlogger explained that "it's always tough" for him to "be active in general."
"The amount of times [Ilya has] tried to get me to work out with him is ... I can't count," he said. Instead, David has discovered that the one way for him to be incessantly active is to participate in a sport that he enjoys doing.
"I grew up playing tennis and I don't think I have that in me anymore, but like pickleball is the next greatest thing and it's so much easier to play and it makes you feel really good," he advised us. "So it's been a huge part of me being active because like, now I can finally do something daily that I genuinely enjoy."
Plus, David agreed that figuring out without a doubt is helping him mentally. Another bonus?
"A big important part of working out for me is I get to eat whatever I want at the end of it," he laughed. "That's my reward to balance out whatever I just did with a nice Five Guys burger or, some hot chicken."
"So ya know, and that makes my mental health even better," he added. "I'm even happier that I got my workout in and I get to eat what I've been craving all day." We totally get it!
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