Fans Are Really Worried About Jet Li After These Photos Surfaced

Whenever a celebrity is not seen for a lengthy amount of time people start making speculations. Also sometimes they resurface looking entirely different. Remember what happened with Renee Zellweger? Well, something like that happened with another Hollywood icon and now people are worried.

Whenever a celebrity stats away for long people also lose their connect to him or her. Showbiz has a strict out of sight out of kind policy. So if you aren't seen for a decade it's very hard making a comeback. Recently Hollywood legend Jet Li was spotted at an event and people couldn't help but notice how starkly different and almost sickly he looked. He looked a totally different person from his action star self. So what is wrong with Li?

1How old is he?

Li is now 55-year-old. He is not just an icon but since would say he's better lived than Jackie Chan and some people even compare him to Bruce Lee. Li took the '90s by storm with films like Lethal Weapon The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and The Expendables. And he usually enjoys a low-key private life so people didn't question his absence from the limelight.

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2Jet Li's Fortune

Li was one of the biggest stars of this century and was very well paid. In fact, he is one of the very few stars to have made a substantial fortune and name in China and Hollywood. Do you know he was paid more than $7 million to appear in the science-fiction a took movie The One? This was an unthinkable amount back then.

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3Why did he disappear?

Jet Li took a hiatus from showbiz owing to his illness which is quite critical. In 2010 Li was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism which made him drop out of his career mainly because he couldn't work on a regular basis. He once told a fan that though he lives out his days in constant pain he is not unhappy in life.

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4What is hyperthyroidism?

It is a condition of the thyroid. It happens when the thyroid gland is producing excessive thyroid hormones. It can lead to a terrible weakness in muscles, sleep troubles, weight loss, intolerance of the heart. Li is also suffering from spinal problems owing to his long history of doing stunts.

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5What he says

Li says that he is having issues with his body weight. He revealed recently that he has gained weight as he is taking his medications and can’t lose weight. He said the medicines are meant to stabilise his heartbeat. He also admitted that he can’t work out owing to his condition and his medication. Li said that his current resting heart rate was 130 to 140 beats per minute. Which is really high, considering a normal heart beats at a rate which is something between 60 and 100bpm.

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