JAMES Argent has been snapped stepping out in Essex after revealing he's 26 stone and needs life-saving gastric band surgery.
The 33-year-old Towie star carried a bottle of water to keep hydrated and wore casual clothes to keep comfortable. Arg has been on a weight loss mission ever since going public about his battle with drug addiction.
The reality favourite will undergo the stomach op after doctors warned him: “Lose weight or die.” He ballooned to 26 stone when he stopped exercising in lockdown — and replaced drink and drugs with fast food.
Arg told The Sun: “I don’t want to die. An op is the only way I can lose weight. “I see pictures of myself and it’s too upsetting.
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