Shirtless Jason Duval (GTA VI)

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Shirtless Jason Duval (GTA VI)
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Shirtless Jason Duval, also known as Jason GTA 6 Shirtless or Jason Duval Abs, refers to a viral exploitable image from the second trailer of the upcoming action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) in which the male protagonist in the Rockstar Games GTA video game series, Jason Duval, appears shirtless with toned abs and muscles. The image sparked significant hornyposting, fan art and other content from users thirsting over the character on Twitter / X, Reddit and TikTok shortly after the trailer in early May 2025.
Origin
On May 6th, 2025, Rockstar Games[1] uploaded the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, which shows more details about the story, including the protagonists Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.
In a particular moment of the trailer that garnered significant attention in the following days, Jason appears shirtless while fixing some leaks in the roof of his house (seen below). The trailer amassed over 80 million views and 4,900 likes in a day.
The earliest viral mention of Jason's shirtless scene was posted on X[2] by user @GameRoll_ shortly after the trailer was dropped online. In the tweet (seen below), the user says Jason and Lucia are the "FINEST video game protagonists in HISTORY LMAO." The post received roughly 1 million views and 29,000 likes in a day.

Spread
In the following day, discourse, memes and fan art related to the Jason shirtless scene in the GTA VI trailer ensued, especially on X and TikTok.
For instance, on May 6th, 2025, X[3] user @furyofthegodz posted two screenshots of the character, captioning it, "Oh Jason." The tweet (seen below) received more than 148,000 views and 5,100 likes in a day.

On the same day, TikTok[4] user @fatherfigvre uploaded a fan edit of Jason Duval using the shirtless scene (seen below), which received roughly 215,000 plays and 57,000 likes in a day.
@fatherfigvre Jason Duval in GTA VI. #gtavi #gta6 #gta #grandtheftauto #gtaedit #grandtheftautovi #grandtheftauto6 #gtaviedit #jasonduvalgta #aestheticedits #edits ac @luka 🦇 dt @tiku @ᴶᵃʸ @simon @NOVEE @Jesse @lxmedits ♬ original sound – anders
Posts discussing Jason Duval's appearance and shirtless moment in the trailer also appeared on Reddit during the same timeframe. For example, a post to the subreddit /r/gaymers[5] on May 6th, 2025, expressing thirst for the character received over 1,700 upvotes and 150 comments in two days.
On May 7th, Redditor OkExplanation8770 made a post on the /r/GTA[6] subreddit with the title "WEEK 1 Of trying to get as fit as Jason" that included a photo of themselves next to the shirtless Jason screenshot, receiving over 2,900 upvotes and 140 comments in a day.
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@dawgitsharleyy OH WE WONN !! 🧎➡️🙏🏼💅🏼 #gamingnews #gta6 #florida #fineshyt #edit #clips #trailers #purring #mustwatch #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp ♬ Hoochie Coochie – Sexyy Red
@inspiringimarah How are we going to focus on the storyline??🌚 | GTA 6 | #gta6 #gta6trailer #jasonduval #fyp #gta6new ♬ This song – SULU
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