In a new interview, the legendary comedian details his weight-loss journey, including an agonizing moment when he found himself sobbing in the gym.
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Peter Kay’s gym nightmare that left him sobbing in the toilets(Image: ITV)
Peter Kay has opened up about his weight loss journey, including a nightmarish experience he had at a gym, where he was left sobbing in the toilets.
The comedian has lost a lot of weight in recent years, but admitted in a new interview that his journey to slim down has not been easy. He explained that he had tried going to the gym multiple times but struggled to keep going.
He claimed that because of men talking while he was undressed, his first experience was at a Bolton gym, which he couldn’t handle. I joined David Lloyd in a Bolton gym. And you consider, “Yes,” before adding weights. I then went to pool because it was simpler. You understand why I halted my trip. Men are simply speaking to you without clothing.
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This was revealed in an interview with Sara Cox on BBC Radio 2, and Peter went on to say that he tried going to the gym again, but found it to be even worse.
A lad at an old school gym in central Manchester had me pull a tire outside, according to Peter. I used to tell him I needed a wee and that I would go to the toilet and sob because it was typical old school.
Peter claims that he has tried to lose weight for years. He admitted to trying everything, including dieting and weight loss programs.
Peter has been talking about his tour, Better Late Than Never, along with weight loss. The proceeds from the numerous extensions will go to 12 cancer charities for the final performances in 2026. He added, “Unfortunately, everyone knows someone who has been affected by [the list’s 12 charities], and I just hope people support it.”
Sara Cox is on Radio 2 on weekdays from 4 to 7pm while Peter Kay’s Diary: The Monthly Memoir of a Boy From Bolton is available.
Items have been missing, and Ruby Wax, I’m A Celeb’s most recent evictee, is to blame, according to the article’s author!
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I’m A Celeb has seen people’s belongings going missing(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
TV presenter Ruby Wax has been secretly pinching other campmates’ belongings in the jungle, according to Eddie Kadi. He said that Ruby “doesn’t care” and has been taking items such as socks, boots and water bottles. He said: “Vogue has lost all her socks and Ruby has taken them. She showed me, she’s like, ‘I got her socks. So what? I like it’.
She apparently once took Vogue’s boots. Because of how she was moving, you could tell. Ruby, it’s obvious one of your boots is too long, I thought. She says, “Just keep walking,” she replies. Your job is to “keep walking,” you say.
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Because she has so much stuff in her bags, I believe it to be her. She will depart with everything. She’s leaving the jungle with her. She doesn’t care, he continued. She has a lot of freedom. He claimed he also clocked her with Vogue’s water bottle after she became the second contestant to leave the jungle.
He acknowledges that we had a conversation at the tree house. She began drinking from a water bottle that read “Vogue,” and I responded, “Rose, that’s Vogue’s bottle.” Oh, dear, she said. Oh no, please. She’ll be fine, I promise. She won’t pass away. However, Ruby resembles the Queen Mother. Because we all want to look after her, Ruby has freedom to do whatever she wants. However, we are all falling for the falsehood that she is simultaneously a youth.
She opposes being viewed as elderly. She says, “I’m with you guys,” and that’s it. He also has a suspicion that she may have brought in some contraband. But he acknowledges, “Yes, but obviously I wasn’t brave enough to say it in front of her face.” I’m attempting to survive. He even inquired as to whether she had been concealing it on her person.
He continues, “If you watch how Ruby dresses up in the camp, I have one look at her. She has one of her pants long, and she tucks it in her sock.” She therefore appears to be an Asbo grandma. Ruby resembles the grandma you use to shoplift.
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Eddie also dismissed rumours of a romance between Aitch and Shona McGarty, after the rapper confessed to having a soft spot for the EastEnders actress. He said: “Aitch and Shona? You do realise Aitch has a soft spot for me? More than Shona. Did you see him massaging me?
Billy Connolly, a comedy hero, is in good health, according to Peter Kay.
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Peter Kay appeared on The One Show last week and Radio 2 tonight(Image: BBC)
Comedian Peter Kay has revealed he speaks to his hero Billy Connolly but the says the Scottish stand up is “not doing so well”. Kay was asked about his comic heroes and told how he is lucky enough to have met all of them, including Connolly.
Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 and retired from live performances five years later. Kay said: “ I met Billy Connolly. I still keep in touch with Billy Connolly now and he’s not so good now, but he would still message and that. I think a lot of comedians in this country would not be doing what they did if it weren’t for him. I think so much of it is influenced by him, heavily. Amazing.”
His comments were met with enthusiastic applause at the Manchester Lyric Theatre as part of a Radio 2 special that aired tonight. Kay also mentioned a lovely exchange with another comedy hero. He continued, “I have met them all, and I have been really lucky.” Ronnie Barker and I met. I used to watch Porridge, but I’d always adored it so much. Oh. Anyway, I sent him a letter back. Porridge was something I mentioned and how important it was to me.
I thought, “Who’s written to me from prison? ” when the letter came in and said “prison.” And when I opened it, he had written to me in character as Norman Fletcher, and it was Her Majesty’s Prison Slade. And he wrote about nicking this paper from the library when MacKay wasn’t looking and Barrowclough, and he also wrote that this two-page letter was all about being in prison.
Kay loves meeting Billy Joel, who he adores, and is a huge music fan. He stated to Sara Cox on Radio 2 that he had always loved Billy Joel and that he had released a four-track EP, Uptown Girl, My Life, Still Rock and Roll to Me, and Just the Way You Are, which he had delivered from town on bonfire night in 1983. I was utterly delighted.
You kind of connect with him because my father liked him and I liked him. I’d seen him live, I’d traveled up and down to London on the coach to see him, and in 2007 he went on a tour, I attended every show, and we just really got along.
Then, when I went to X Records and saw the LPs, I went in and said, “Hey, if I bring me LPs, would you sign them,” the maddest thing.” And he responded, “yes, no problem.”
So I brought them all up to Glasgow and sat in his dressing room, where he wrote, “This one shouldn’t have been made,” and that this was divorce number one. He wrote, “I like this one, this isn’t bad,” and, oh, I treasure them a lot.
Peter Kay was speaking on Radio 2 about his new book, “Peter Kay’s Diary: The Monthly Memoir of a Boy From Bolton.” Additionally, he has expanded his tour, and money raised from his Better Late Than Never performances will go toward 12 cancer charities for the final performances in the year.
He also discussed his struggle to lose weight during the interview with Sara Cox.
Kay, 52, responded, “Only for the first 48 years, and they lied,” when Sara inquired about his previous attempts to lose weight. Yes, I eventually had to because, you don’t think about your health and other things like that? But I tried everything, including weight-loss organizations in flames. At one point, I did quite well.
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Sara Cox is on Radio 2 on weekdays from 4 to 7pm while Peter Kay’s Diary: The Monthly Memoir of a Boy From Bolton is available.
They have five Christmas number ones and have over 13 million social media followers. Eight children’s books have been written by them, and charity donations totaling incredibly close to a million dollars have been raised. However, Nottingham-based content creators Mark Hoyle and LadBaby’s Rox have humble beginnings.
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A sausage roll is a favorite of LadBaby’s Mark andamp; Rox.
When our first child was born, Mark, 38, says, “We had just £20 to our name at one point.” Prior to joining advertising, he and Rox the Hoyles had worked in advertising. Phoenix, a nine-year-old, and Kobe, a seven-year-old, are the couple’s two children. We’ll never forget how awful it feels to be without everything. When Phoenix was born, Rox had to give up her job because Rox was the breadwinner. That put us in a financial strain. The bill payments were difficult for us. At the end of the month, when everything came out, we had practically nothing.
In 2016, Mark launched LadBaby, a funny video production company. The popularity of the platform has increased exponentially. He claims, “I was already wrapping Rox up, and I just do it on camera.”
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Indeed, two years later in 2018, supported by legions of fans, the couple recorded and released We Built This City, a charity parody of Starship’s song, with lyrics changed to “we built this city on sausage rolls”. It was the first of five consecutive Christmas number ones for them, all of which donated proceeds to The Trussell Trust food banks.
In 2021 came a charity collaboration with Elton John and Ed Sheeran: Sausage Rolls For Everyone. “Elton and Ed were amazing. They totally understood what we were doing, they understood the importance of the charity. They came along and were willing to sing silly lyrics that we’d written about sausage rolls. And you know, it’s quite a moment. It’s something you never forget. I watched The Lion King all the time growing up, and here I was singing with the man who did all those songs I loved as a child.”
They still have a relationship with Ed. He has invited us to a few football games together over the past few years to watch his team play my team, Mark says.
Will there be more number ones? “Never say never,” says Rox, 41. “We’re only a couple of years away from our 10 year anniversary. I’m trying to get hold of Mariah Carey. She’s never had a Christmas number one. I think this is the collab that the world needs. All I Want For Christmas is Sausage Rolls.” Mark adds: “I’d love to see Mariah look at a sausage roll and wonder what the hell it is. They don’t have ’em in America.”
You have to believe that the family will be playing their own music on Christmas Day, but don’t forget Mariah. “Why not, hey? Watching yourself is cringe, isn’t it? particularly because I’m unable to sing. However, the kids enjoy watching the videos. They dance and sing along when we set them up on the television in the room.
Your own music video, or five, is a really cool thing to have as a family. Rox goes on to say, “We never anticipated what they did.” Because the first song never reached number one at the beginning, I have a soft spot for it. We assisted in getting the song’s original authors a number one.
However, Mark and Rox have just released a new range of sauces, Dinner’s Ready, with flavors influenced by some of Britain’s favorite meals, keeping LadBaby’s attention in the kitchen and away from the studio. There is indeed sausage roll sauce. The Trussell Trust will receive a donation of 10p per sale. “Yes, we’ve already raised a lot of money.” However, it saddens me that things are still like in the UK. And that’s the heartbreaking part. According to Rox, “Food banks are the busiest they’ve ever been.”
There is a myth about the people who use food banks. Not just the homeless, though. People of average income cannot afford their bills. And it’s not their fault because everything has increased and taxes have increased. According to Mark, “There is evidence that many food banks have had to alter their opening times so that customers can go there before 9 and after 5 so they can go there around work.”
Rox and Mark, long-time supporters of the Mirror’s Pride of Britain, are future-proofing for the children too. “It’s a family business that hopefully one day we can hand down to our kids to give them a helping hand,” says Mark.
The couple anticipates Christmas. “I enjoy cooking, but I’m not good.” I’ve been waiting ten years, but Rox says she’s finally done it. You’ll be surprised if you see that I also make sausage rolls, Mark adds. It’s a little tradition since I used to do it on Christmas Day with my parents. I think my life seems to revolve around sausage rolls”!
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Following a romance with a 28-year-old, Ellie Goulding, 38, is expecting her second child. The singer showed off her bump at the Fashion Awards to announce her pregnancy.
The singer, who previously had a relationship with art dealer Caspar Jopling, has a son named Arthur. Ellie and Caspar had been married for two years when the boy was born in 2021. She has also been connected to Beau Minniear, a 10-year-old girl, more recently.
Ellie wore a black crop top and low-waist black pants to show off her pregnancy at the Fashion Awards. Her long leather jacket remained unbuttoned despite her enthusiastic reaction to the cameras.
At the Fashion Awards (PA), Ellie flashed her bump.
She will have a second child (PA).
In February of this year, Caspar and Ellie parted ways. After the pair were seen on a number of dates over the summer, including a romantic minibreak to Italy, Beau, an actor, was initially believed to be dating the singer. After their break, they both revealed their respective boxing matches.
A source earlier this year stated to The Sun that Beau and Ellie share many similar interests, such as exercise and art. They’ve been having fun together, and they’re undoubtedly a charming couple.
One of the 21st century’s most popular British female singers is Ellie. She has received 43 billion streams in total for her songs, including Anything Could Happen and How Long Will I Love You.
Ellie has been writing new music in addition to having a son and raising one more child. She stated at the end of 2024, “I’ve been writing about what’s been happening in my life.”
“But also just observations, friends, and my connection to nature,” which is something I’ve always gravitated toward writing about, perhaps slightly more advanced or evolved since the most recent album.
She explained that writing songs “don’t come easily to me,” and that making them difficult is because of it. She also had been working on an album that hasn’t yet been released.
PR expert Lynn Carratt reveals how to get to know the woman who is the one who made the headlines as Kelly Brook continues to drift into the jungle on I’m a celebrity.
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Working alongside Kelly Brook in Dubai was eye-opening, says PR expert Lynn Carratt(Image: Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images)
Like many of us, I first came across I’m A Celeb star Kelly Brook back in 1999, when she burst onto our screens as host of The Big Breakfast with Jonny Vaughan. She was just 19 at the time – barely out of her teens – and thrust into a job that would have been daunting for even the most seasoned presenter.
She’s since admitted she struggled with the pressure and the spotlight back then, and looking back, it’s hardly surprising. It was a baptism of fire, and she didn’t last long in the role – but honestly, who would have at that age? What she did do, though, was become a regular on the red carpet. And who could forget that Julien Macdonald dress she wore to support then-boyfriend Jason Statham at the Snatch premiere in 2000? It was one of those moments that made every front page, and overnight, she became one of the most photographed women in Britain.
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Over the years, Kelly’s love life became tabloid fodder – from Jason Statham to Billy Zane, and ex-rugby player Thom Evans. She always seemed to be the glamour girl with the high-profile boyfriends. And then, in 2015, she met Jeremy Parisi and finally found the stability she’d always said she wanted. She gave Hollywood a shot, too. And she actually did better than anyone anticipated. Securing roles in Piranha 3D, The Italian Job (remake), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, and even a role in Smallville. Plenty of Brits went to LA and came back with far less. As a journalist, I’d interviewed her briefly on red carpets over the years. She was always polite and friendly, but it was in 2012 that she really caught my attention when she launched her New Look clothing range for curvy women. As a curvy girl myself, that resonated. I even went to the launch and bought some of the collection.
However, one year later, while I was living and working in Dubai, I had a profound change in my opinion of her. The team wanted a UK celebrity to host Mahiki’s second birthday party while I was helping with the PR. Kelly Brook’s name was immediately suggested because it was opulent, well-known, and guaranteed to get press.
Although her fee was surprisingly reasonable, the “extras” list made people wonder as I began organizing her trip with her agents. The opulent Jumeirah Zabeel Saray hotel on Palm offers three prestigious suites.
Her four personal security personnel receive an additional vehicle. Anyone familiar with Dubai is aware that it is one of the safest places on earth, so I can recall wondering, “What kind of diva are we flying in?”
Now that the event has ended, she is invincible. She effortlessly turned it on for the audience, making it warm, friendly, and funny.
She posed for every photo, conversed with guests, and cut a very unusual birthday cake with complete enthusiasm. I was expecting diva behavior, but there was no dissent. This time around, seeing her in person completely altered my opinion of her.
Now, as she’s settled into her 40s, it feels like she’s finally grown into the confidence she didn’t have in those early Big Breakfast days. She’s no longer just the former lads’ mag favourite or “girlfriend of…” – she’s carved out her own lane. When she started hosting Heart’s drivetime show with JK, I tuned in out of curiosity. I’d always liked JK from his Viking FM days in Hull, but I wasn’t sure what Kelly would bring as a radio presenter.
And she once more surprised me. She does it with grace, warmth, and sincerity. She appears to have finally found employment that suits her.
And now look at her – happily wedded, embracing challenges she’d once sworn she’d never do. She ran the London Marathon at 45, which is no small feat.
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She took on Race Across the World with Jeremy, and despite years of saying she’d never sign up for I’m A Celebrity, she’s gone into the jungle and absolutely thrown herself into it. She’s mucked in with the trials, bonded with campmates, and seems actually to be enjoying the whole experience. She looks great, too – confident, body-positive, and unapologetically herself. Women like me want to see people like Kelly on TV: a woman who owns her curves, embraces who she is, and doesn’t pretend to be perfect. So all credit to Kelly Brook. She’s weathered the ups and downs of fame, reinvented herself, and come out the other side more likeable – and more impressive – than ever. Keep going, Kelly. We’re all rooting for you.
