Matt Lucas has explained his decision to lose weight after Great British Bake Off fans were left in shock by his new look in the first episode of the latest series.
On Tuesday evening this week, the Channel 4 series returned for its 2022 series and fans reacted to the host's transformation.The comedian and presenter has revealed his motivation for shedding the pounds.The Little Britain star, 48, said on Gabby Logan's podcast Midpoint that his reason for wanting to lose weight was that he was re-assessing his life at middle age.The actor and comedian said: "It’s really… I’m 48, my dad died when he was 52, very suddenly.
His dad died I think at 56. So I was looking at the law of averages here." He continued: "I was very big, and I was getting bigger in the pandemic actually, sort of not being very active, not really going out, not seeing people, just eating a lot of roast potatoes.
I can’t tell you how many roast potatoes I ate.’ Matt went on to say that the amount he was eating was down to the fact "there was nothing else to do".
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