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Privacy NoticeEastEnders have been begging Letitia Dean for her diet secrets after an incredible body transformation that saw her drop four dress sizes in just a few months. TV legend Letitia, 56, has has been looking noticeably slimmer on the show, where she plays Sharon Watts, as she displays the results of her diet and fitness overhaul. After noticing her slim figure, fans flooded Twitter to comment on her new look as they begged her to share the secrets to her weight loss. One of the show’s viewers wrote on Twitter: “I’m so intrigued, I need Sharon’s (EastEnders) weight loss secret. She looks amazing!” Another tweeted: “Need to go on the Letitia Dean diet. She looks amazing,” whilst a third said: “Letitia Dean has lost so much weight she looks amazing. Massive well done to her.”
EastEnders actress Letitia Dean has been showing off her slimmed-down figure
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A fourth got the actress a little confused with the character she has played since joining the soap from Grange Hill in 1985, writing: “Hats off to Sharon losing so much weight.” Slimline Letitia is thought to now weigh 8st 3lb, after dropping from 10st 4lb, which she weighed in the latter part of 2022. The star has previously spoken about cruel comments that trolls have made about her weight over the years. In 2020, whilst appearing on EastEnders’ spin-off show Secrets from the Square, Letitia said: “I had quite a lot of horrible things said about me: ‘She’s too fat, the other actors complain they can’t fit on the same set with her.'” During her six year break from EastEnders from 2006 to 2012, Letitia enlisted the help of the personal trainer used by her co-stars Charlie Brooks and Natalie Cassidy, and in 2008, she released a fitness DVD, named Letitia Dean’s Lean Routine. Sign up to OK!’s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
Letita plays Sharon Watts on the soap opera
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Letita is thought to have dropped four dress sizes in recent months
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The star sported some minuscule gym outfits on the front cover of the DVD, which included a snap of her at a dress size 16 and then at a six after her transformation. Speaking to the Daily Record in 2009, Letitia said: “I’d go on fad diets like Atkins or I’d only eat eggs. The effect was great, even if my breath did smell foul. I’d lose a stone in a couple of weeks, but gradually I’d slip back into my old ways and put it all on again.” The star revealed she has “so much more energy” since removing the “faddy diets” from her life, and has been oozing a newfound confidence in herself ever since, particularly at this year’s NTAs.
Letitia Dean as Sharon and Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders in 1993
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Lacey Turner, Sir Timothy Laurence, Balvinder Sopal, Kellie Bright, Letitia Dean, Diane Parish and Gillian Taylforth attend the National Television Awards 2023 at The O2 Arena on September 05, 2023 in London, England.
The star looked stunning in a white jumpsuit as she sashayed down the red carpet with her soapstar pals, her signature long blonde locks in a stylish up-do. These days, she keeps to a calorie-controlled diet and enjoys keeping fit with exercises such as running and boxercise. Letitia’s character, Sharon Watts, made her entrance to the soap on its very first episode in 1985, as the daughter of ‘Dirty’ Den (Leslie Grantham) and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson). The star, who has also had a pop career, played the character until 1995, before later reprising the role of Sharon from 2001 to 2006, before another hiatus until her return in 2012. Sharon is one of the best-loved characters on the soap, with plenty of dramatic storylines over the years.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnEastEndersCharlie BrooksNatalie Cassidy
