"When I was younger, I got into hard drugs and fights," Walker recalls his youth

Nick Walker is undoubtedlyone of the most outstanding bodybuilders on the professional bodybuilding circuit. He turned pro at the 2020 NPC North American Championships and a month later took fourth place at the 2020 Chicago Pro.

Walker stunned bodybuilding fans by winning his second pro show - the 2021 New York Pro and qualifying for his first Mr. Olympia.

Walker has previously revealed that he was molested as a child. However, on June 7, 2022, "The Mutant" opened up about his experience on trainer Hany Rambod's podcast "The Truth with Hany Rambod." After the intro of the podcast, Rambod asks Walker about his story and why he started bodybuilding. The 27-year-old star bodybuilder revealed that he has always been into sports like baseball, football and American football. Nick revealed that he hit rock bottom when he was 15 and that's when he decided to turn his life around. He got serious about lifting weights and performed his first show at the age of 18.

"When I was a kid, I was bullied. So, growing up, I tended to isolate myself quite a lot and training was more of a scapegoat for me to take out my anger and be alone. I hid it inside me for years. I mean, it happened when I was 12. I didn't tell my mother and father until I was 16. It's embarrassing to admit things like that at that age.

The reason I'm more open about it now is because I went down some dark paths at a very young age. When I was younger, I got very deep into hard drugs, a lot of fighting and partying," Walker said.