It is hard for anyone to escape the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. The allure of thousands of flashing lights is such that people want to be involved in any opportunities available. And for many, this comes true by working in the personal staff of the well-known celebrities. The crew of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West
, also enjoys the luxury. Along with Ye, his team has also enjoyed the limelight, especially his ex-trainer Harley Pasternak.
After years of working together, the two may now have parted ways, but Pasternak has been a controversial figure in Ye’s life during his presence and beyond that. Get to know what Pasternak is doing these days.
Harley Pasternak and his long fitness career with Hollywood’s A listers
The Canadian trainer has been working in the fitness industry for a long time, and as per Page Six, also owns more than a dozen gyms in the Middle East. But his professional skills extend much beyond that. Originally from Toronto, he worked as a nutrition and exercise scientist at the Department of National Defence’s Defence and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine at the University of Toronto from 2005 to 2007. Owing to his work in Hollywood and academics, he currently works as an associate faculty member at the University of Toronto.
Pasternak is also an author, motivational speaker, and television host. In his early days as an instructor, he worked with Robert Downey Jr
. and Penélope Cruz. He also trained Halle Berry for her 2004 role in Catwoman
, for which he was acclaimed. When he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
to talk about Berry’s training, he was suggested by its host to pen down his experience, following which he wrote his book in 2005 named 5-Factor Fitness: The Diet and Fitness Secret of Hollywood’s A-List
and became the New York Times best-selling author of 7 other books.
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Besides the above, he has also worked with many other top celebrities like Adele, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and others. Apart from these, he has a very thriving gym design career.
Role as fitness ambassador, brand collaboration, and fallout with Ye
After his fallout with Ye, Harley Pasternak was named Global Fitness Ambassador of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in 2018. For this role, he renovated many Four Seasons gyms around the world. He has also designed gyms for Viceroy Los Cabos, The Ritz Carlton Waikiki, and Alo Yoga Beverly Hills, and has collaborated with fitness brands like New Balance and Jamba Juice. But beyond all these, his relationship with Ye has been the most controversial, as Pasternak called police and paramedics on the rapper after Ye’s unsettling behavior in the middle of a workout session. Following that, Ye was admitted for analysis.
In case y’all forgot, Ye’s formal personal trainer Harley Pasternak was seen in Dubai hotel a few weeks ago trying to find Kanye
This is the same guy that institutionalized Ye and threatened him and his family pic.twitter.com/UsrUnb7ppO
— ZR (@______zar) December 15, 2023
Then three years ago, in 2022, Ye leaked text messages from Pasternak
in which the latter was scaring Ye with threats of getting admitted again for psychoanalysis. A year later, when Ye and his ex-trainer crossed paths in a hotel in Dubai, Pasternak apparently called the security on the rapper, feeling threatened. As anyone can conclude, the two do not see eye to eye.
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