Viewers of the Nice British Bake Off have been left shocked to see Matt Lucas’s weight reduction after the present returned on Tuesday.
The comic, 48, appeared on the episode wanting thinner than earlier than after overhauling his well being and health routine.
Viewers took to Twitter to share their shock at his new look, tweeting: ‘Holy heck on the weight lack of @RealMattLucas – he seems to be very well’ and ‘Matt Lucas weight reduction tho’.
Others added: ‘Woah, I don’t know whether or not to be blissful for Matt lucas at his weight reduction or apprehensive…’ and ‘Matt Lucas has misplaced quite a lot of weight however I perceive it’s fully intentional and displays his worries in regards to the risks of diabetes. He seems to be nice and I hope he lives an extended, wholesome, blissful life – free from diabetes. Properly executed, Matt!’
Some criticised followers for discussing his physique, including: ‘Too many individuals speaking about Matt Lucas’ physique tonight. No matter is occurring for him is nobody’s enterprise however his personal. This fixed obsession with making feedback about different individuals’s weight must cease.’
Matt had overhauled his well being and health after ‘consuming a lot of the cake’ whereas showing on the present and discovering he placed on weight.
He tweeted: ‘Principally I used to be already fairly large after which I went into a big white tent and ate a lot of the cake inside.
‘Then I noticed myself on telly and thought “I can barely match on the display screen” and realised it was time to do one thing about it.’
He additionally revealed that a big a part of his choice to drop some pounds was to stop himself dying younger like his father had executed.
Matt informed Gabby Logan on her The Mid.Level podcast: ‘I’m 48, my dad died when he was 52, very all of a sudden, his dad died I feel at 56, so I used to be wanting on the regulation of averages right here.
‘I used to be very large and I used to be getting larger within the pandemic really. Kind of not being very lively, not likely going out, not seeing individuals, simply consuming quite a lot of roast potatoes.
‘I used to be so large I couldn’t actually match on display screen anymore. I really like them. Nothing’s modified I simply don’t eat as many.’
He added: ‘The factor is in case you’re large, and by the best way I’ve nonetheless received a correct tummy, I’m not skinny, by any means, I’ve simply misplaced some weight, I’ve gone from perhaps a double XXL, generally triple XXXL, all the way down to a medium now I feel.
‘Though medium is usually large on me and generally it’s small on me.’
Matt revealed that he nonetheless eats sweets however has reduce on his parts and will get his train in by strolling by a canal close to his house.
The Nice British Bake Off returned on Tuesday for its 13th season as deliberate, regardless of many TV schedules being amended within the wake of the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Nice British Bake Off airs Tuesdays from 8pm on Channel 4.
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