60-year-old Angela Bassett’s incredible health regimen goes viral

A REPORTER asked Angela Bassett how she looks so amazing at 60 years old. Her amazingly detailed answer has people everywhere taking notes.

ANGELA Bassett’s happy to share the secret to looking as amazing as she does at 60 — but you’d better sit up and pay attention.

The ageless star, who celebrated her 60th birthday earlier this month by posting a jaw-dropping bikini photo on Instagram, was recently asked about her health and fitness regimen by journalist Laila Muhammad during an interview to promote her latest film, Mission Impossible: Fallout.

“What is the formula? Give me three things you MUST do. Just do one, two, three,” Muhammad begged, clearly eager to hear the secrets to Bassett’s youthful look.

From there, Bassett launched into an incredible, rapid-fire two-minute motivational monologue about her health routine:

Bassett explained that she follows “an eating plan that cycles through: Monday / Tuesday I may eat carbs, fruit; Tuesday / Wednesday I do protein, vegies. Vegies EVERY day. No fats those four days, and then the last three days, I flood it with fat. GOOD fat, though.

“Coconut oil, salmon, almonds, almond butter, olive oil, walnut oil, that sort of thing. I don’t do any dairy. All right? I don’t do any bread flour. I do Ezekiel bread, which is sprouted. OK, is that good?”

You'd better be taking notes.

Bet the interviewer’s glad she's glad she got this on video.

It absolutely is, Ms Bassett — but she wasn’t finished, going on to explain her workout routine. The star explained that she does morning workouts with a trainer, mixing up cardio and weights sessions early in the day so she doesn’t have time to talk herself out of exercise. “Then on Thursday / Friday, when I’m eating all that fat, it’s about deep breathing and a massage,” she said.

So there you have it. It’s unclear whether we can expect the same results just by following the Thursday / Friday “flood yourself with fats while breathing heavily” part of the diet.

Bassett’s incredibly detailed response sets her aside from so many stars, prone to giving vague answers like, “I just drink plenty of water!” when asked about their intensive health regimes.

While the interview was first posted in July, it gained new life over the weekend after Twitter user @Shannaalicia shared Bassett’s advice along with the succinct caption, “B**ch, listen.”

Listen they are — that clip’s been viewed almost a million times on Twitter, with plenty of people taking notes:

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— Shan. (@shanna__alicia) August 25, 2018

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— Robert Glasper’s Beef Patty (@ChristineFox) August 25, 2018

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— Robert Glasper’s Beef Patty (@ChristineFox) August 25, 2018

At the very end of the interview she says, “did you get it?! ‘Cause I done told ya.”

I said, “YES, MA’AM!”

— Randi White (@RandiWhite) August 26, 2018

Someone in the Shade Room comments is a saint. 👏🏾🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/BT0kL05oYv

— 👸🏾L E A👸🏾 (@_MissLeandra) August 25, 2018

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— ✨Flight Schrute ✈️🏝🇳🇬 (@bodaciousbobo) August 25, 2018

New life motto: BLB (Be Like Bassett).

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