Jake Quickenden has hit out at people speculating about his weight loss and urged them to "be careful" when "commenting on people's weight".
The TV star, 35, took to Instagram to share a comment from a concerned fan, who had written: "What's happened to Jake Quickenden?
He looks so gaunt ! Hope he's ok," alongside several photos of Jake on social media. Jake opened up about his weight loss, explaining that he's been training hard ahead of his upcoming MMA fight, which he has to be a certain weight for, and has been ill recently. "Please be careful commenting on people’s weight I know sometimes it comes from a good place but you never know what someone is going through and a comment can really set people back if struggling," he told his followers. "I’ve been training hard, working a lot and been ill recently I also have to make weight for my fight coming up which is alot lower than I walk about at," Jake went on to explain, before reassuring fans that he is "fine" and will return to his "normal weight" once his MMA fight is done in November.
The 35 year old continued: "I’m fine and as soon as the fight over I will return to my normal weight, it’s not sustainable and I’m miserable and hungry most the time.
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