I’m a Celeb contestant Kelly Brook is preparing to show off her killer curves in the jungle shower – throughout her career her body has been a constant focal point with her weight a subject she’s refreshingly frank about
Having started out her career as a model at the tender age of 16, Kelly Brook is certainly used to her body being scrutinised. So it’s no surprise she’s fully prepared to strip off to a bikini for her iconic moment in the I’m a Celebrity jungle shower.
Following in the footsteps of fellow Loose Women panelist Myleene Klass, who made headlines almost 20 years ago for showering in a tiny white bikini, Kelly – no stranger to posing in her swimwear and sharing the snaps online – will undoubtedly see her weight become a topic of discussion once more.
The 45-year-old has embraced her changing shape as she’s matured and has always been open and honest about her feelings over her body and how she handles the brutal jibes from online trolls. She has also discussed the connection between what the scales say and her happiness.
Kelly shot to fame as a lingerie model and after being discovered by the Daily Star, which featured her as a Page Three Girl. She was crowned FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005 and made the shortlist almost every year thereafter. It wasn’t just lads’ mag readers who admired her sexy physique though. A poll of more than 5,000 women voted hers the best British female body.
But the Heart Radio presenter has revealed being slim didn’t necessarily mean she was happy and it was often quite the opposite. “I think I definitely had my moments of feeling very insecure. When you go through break-ups and things like that, it really impacts your diet, and some of my skinniest times were also some of my most miserable,” she told Grazia.
“The best part about getting older is that all those insecurities just fade away. You think outside yourself and are no longer as self-obsessed or self-focused. Right now, I’m not thinking about my stomach hanging over my jeans. I’m thinking about feeding this little cat that’s just walked in my door.”
Kelly, who married long term boyfriend Jeremy Parisi in 2022, may be comfortable in her own skin but she’s faced cruel comments from online trolls over her weight gain. In 2020 she revealed she’d been branded “past her best” and “unsexy”.
“They see me as this 40-year-old fat girl and they’re like no!” she told FEMAIL before generously saying she understood why they thought that way. “I get it, it’s funny. But people grow up, people get bigger, people change, it happens.”
Despite her refreshing views on gaining a few pounds, Kelly has admitted that she wasn’t happy with her weight in 2017 when she went up to a size 16. A photographer rudely told her to “breathe in” and a year later she started on the SlimFast programme. She lost two stone and went down four dress sizes and is now a proud ambassador of the brand.
“I wasn’t feeling happy in my body. I wanted to lose weight, and now I’ve lost it. I’m maintaining it and feel really good,” she told the Mirror at the end of last year while she was in training for the London Marathon. Although she promotes body positivity, she did also admit she sometimes finds it “tricky” to accept hers is so different these days. “I’m just trying to embrace the changes as I get older. I’m not trying to hold on to the body of my 21-year-old self, I’ve got to embrace that it’s different,” she said.
“It’s tricky though, I was trying a dress on in a shop the other day and, you know, 20 years ago I’d be able to put anything on and feel fabulous. But now my boobs aren’t as high as they once were, I’ve got fat rolls on my back, and this and that – but I just embrace it. I do think we can be too hard on ourselves though. I’ve learned, especially training for the London Marathon, I just want to be fit and strong. I’m no longer into looking a certain way. I just want my body to work and be able to do amazing things.”
Source: Mirror
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