Joe Manganiello doesn't mind being objectified by women

The 38-year-old star said: "I don't think men care why women like them, as long as they do. That's the point of the nerd in high school who makes it big. You work that hard for a reason. You want to have access to the dating pool.

"My life's pretty damn good, and if working out had anything to do with affording me the type of life I have, then bring on more."

The former 'True Blood' star embraced the gym after landing the role of a werewolf in the vampire series, but claims it was his idea to develop huge muscles.

He told Details magazine: "No one pointed a gun at my head and said I had to look a certain way. I was hired for how I looked then, and I could have stayed that way, but why wouldn't I want to come in the best shape of my life?"

But Joe admits having the perfect body sometimes involves pain, as he tore his biceps while shooting a scene in a sex swing for the upcoming film 'Magic Mike XXL'.

He said: "I had to power through four and a half weeks of shooting, just dealing with the pain and praying that the biceps didn't detach completely. I had surgery the second I got back [to Los Angeles]."