AS nicknames go, “The Beast” has never been the most flattering. However, standing 6ft 6in, and almost as broad as he is tall, The Chase star Mark Labbett has always happily played up to his famous moniker — but not for much longer.
The ITV quizzer has lost a staggering 10st, now tipping the scales at 19st, and after a lifetime of ordering bespoke XXXXL clothing, can now fit into “off-the-peg M&S chinos”.
The 55-year-old Oxford graduate — he got an MA in maths from Exeter College — credits a new two-meal-a-day regime and daily walks for his dramatic weight loss.
At his heaviest, in 2003 — his last year as a full-time teacher — Mark weighed 29st, and now he says: “This is the lightest I’ve been in 25 years. “I’m now under 20 stone, and I am.
Read more on thesun.co.uk