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Privacy NoticeComedian Michael McIntyre is back on BBC One with his hit gameshow The Wheel, complete with celebrity guests, plenty of laughter, some new format shake-ups and one huge spinning wheel – but it was his noticeably svelte figure that had people talking when the show returned. The first set of celebs braving the wheel in the first episode included Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, Clodagh McKenna, and William Hanson. And chatshow king Jonathan couldn’t help but notice Michael’s dramatic weightloss – when the wheel landed on the topic of comfort foods.
Jonathan Ross couldn’t help but comment on Michael’s trim figure
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The Masked Singer UK judge teased Michael, saying: “You don’t eat at the moment, do you? You look like you’ve lost so much weight.”Michael fired back: “Thank you Jonathan but you’ve got things under control. You’ve yo-yo’d over years.” Jonathan concurred: “I yo-yo all the time but guess what? I did two days of exercise this week. I did the plank for nearly 40 seconds.” Indeed, Michael has previously opened up on how he lost more than two stone at a £4,000-per-week weight loss clinic, but has since put some back on and developed a bizarre fear in the process. The comedian, 47, has revealed that he traveled to Austria in an attempt to get into shape at the gruelling clinic but he’s now scared to eat apples after undergoing tests that told him the fruit would make him ‘lethargic’.
It comes as his BBC programme Michael McIntyre’s Big Show returned to screens last month
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He’s also since put a bit of weight back on because his wife Kitty prefers “teddy bear Michael” but says he would even consider going back for another stint at the detox clinic. The TV star decided to go to the weight loss clinic in the first place after Google suggested his name, when he searched for an ‘overweight male comedian’. Speaking to The Sun, Michael explained how he lost weight in Austria. He told the publication: “I went to this place called the Mayr Clinic and lost quite a bit of weight, which I kept off for a little while. It was a week of pain and they did all these tests on me, put little probes on the end of my tongue and told me I shouldn’t eat apples.”
Michael has since put a bit of weight back on because his wife Kitty prefers “teddy bear Michael”
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He continued: “Apparently apples will make me very lethargic and confused in my brain. It’s the only thing I’ve taken from it, really.” He added that he now has a “real fear of apples” and has actually put the weight back on again. Michael went on to admit that his wife actually prefers “teddy bear Michael” and doesn’t like him losing weight as she likes him to look like the “man she first met”. The iconic comedian has been delighting audiences around the world for 15 years, and back in 2012 even earned the title of highest-grossing stand up comedian in the world. Michael and Kitty have two children, sons Lucas and Oscar, who have also been featured in a number of his comedy routines over the years. In one tongue in cheek moment, the star even previously joked: “You never love your children more than when they’re unconscious, but still breathing.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnMichael McIntyreJonathan Ross
