British pop stars before and after body transformation photos divide the internet: Why are women lying about this

A British popstar’s jaw-dropping before and after photos have divided men and women everywhere – exposing a drastic difference between the sexes.Olly Murs, who shot to fame on the UK X-Factor in 2009, recently underwent an impressive 12-week transformation ahead of a “grueling” 33-date UK and Ireland tour.But the 40-year-old’s new “shredded and pumped” physique has divided social media, with men and women unable to agree on whether Murs looks better “before” his body transformation, or after.And it’s highlighting a huge difference between what heterosexual men and women find attractive.A side-by-side photo showing Murs, who is currently expecting his second child with wife Amelia, at the start and end of his fitness challenge has been flooded with comments from women congratulating the star on his achievement, but politely noting their personal preferences.“Amazing hard work well done but I prefer the left pic,” one said.“Think dad bod looks better,” another woman remarked.As one declared: “I prefer you as the before picture if truly honest.”Comments from men however paint a very different story.“OMG that’s fantastic,” wrote one.“Sick transformation, brotha!” mused another.While one bloke raved: “Well done mate doing God’s work.”The difference in response between men and women was then discussed on X, where one user went as far as to run a poll, which only reinforced the findings.According to the almost 5000 votes, 42.6 percent of them were men who preferred the after photo, whereas only 7 percent of the voters were women who agreed.In contrast, 26.8 percent of those who took part were women who preferred Murs before he lost weight and developed more muscle.A similar number of male poll participants, 23.6 percent, agreed the singer looked better before.The results of the poll, hosted by doctoral psychology researcher William Costello, threw the internet into even more of a spin.One man shared the results with the ca...