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Josh Ostrovsky, aka, “The Fat Jewish” or the “Fat Jew” met with Katie Couric in Queens NYC for an interview at a nail salon for some pedis and a talk.
The Fat Jewish has made a name for himself on Instagram and has become a huge sensation as the King of IG.

The Fat Jewish now has more than 3 million IG followers and rising. What started out as a regular IG account sharing memes and other stupid pics has turned into a full-time job where he has interns working with him on what he’s posting.
The Fat Jewish is starting to get endorsements from companies, “Brands know I have an army of children he says. And they basically let me make videos for them, commercials essentially for the Internet, and let me do whatever… I’m just seeing how much I can possibly get away with.”
The Fat Jewish said that he’s had companies such as Craftsman Tools and Burger King contact him and he even did ad for Craftsman Tools for Superbowl too.
You can see the big bowl of chili and a naked Fat Jewish, that was built by Craftsman Tools and The Fat Jewish sat in it and watched the Superbowl game.
He’s done another naked photo for Burger King where he’s laying on a spread of chicken strips.
“I’ve gotten hit up by being like, ‘You know you really pulled me out of my daily struggle.” Ostrovsky jokes, “I’m basically a hero.”
He also has a rescue dog that has made her way to celeb status too. He and his wife adopted two rescue dogs, Muppet and Toast. Toast has her own IG account too and she’s a hit with 180k followers. She’s known for her tongue that hangs out of her mouth and she does fashion shoots too.