RE THE '75 OLYMPIA & WEIDER'S INTERFERENCE:-In 1975, Serge went to S. Africa for the Olympia and when he got off the plane, he looked like this:
They saw Serge in that condition and disqualified him by making up the story that he made porn (even though he never did a porn film). A cheap shot considering Serge worked closely with Ben for 10 years--nice friend to surprise him and ban him from competing and slander his name in the media. They used the excuse that Serge was a bad role model for doing porn (he never did)...even though Arnold has posed nude for photographers--not Serge. lol.
Serge was disappointed and didn't train or eat for a couple weeks and lost 12 lbs. They saw he wasn't training and was losing weight from not eating, so the day before the competition they told him he could compete. If Serge had not come to S. Africa looking like he did in those photos, they could have given Lou 2nd place. In "Pumping Iron" they said, "Last minute competitor Serge Nubret" when they knew several months before he was competing. Arnold looked terrific and Serge has said he does not mind that he won, but the real question on everyone's mind was why was it ever necessary to ban him from competing?