Matt Lucas shows off incredible weight loss as he leads special thank you

26 October 2023 , 18:39

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Matt Lucas appeared on The One Show tonight to surprise an incredible lady who has been working hard to get a book in the hands of every child as part of the BBC show's One Big Thank You (Image: BBC)

Matt Lucas showed off his incredible weight loss in a surprise appearance on The One Show tonight.

The former Great British Bake Off star and comedian appeared on the BBC programme tonight where he fronted a One Big Thank You for an incredible lady that wants to make books available to every child. She had made it her mission to get a book in the hands of every child up and down the country, and she was in tears when Matt surprised her with a story about her.

Matt led the thank yous for the inspirational woman, who has been adamant to make books more accessible for people, and was joined by the school children, who also read out a story Matt had written about her.

Matt Lucas appeared on The One Show tonight (BBC)

Back in 2022, Matt opened up on Gabby Logan's Mid.Point podcast about his family's medical history. Both his father and grandfather died at relatively young ages and was adamant to make the change for his own health.

Matt, who was just 22 when he lost his dad, explained: "I'm 48, my dad died when he was 52, very suddenly, his dad died I think at 56 so I was looking at the law of averages here. I was very big and I was getting bigger in the pandemic actually. Sort of not being very active, not really going out, not seeing people, just eating a lot of roast potatoes. I can't tell you how many roast potatoes I ate!

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"I was so big I couldn't really fit on screen anymore. The thing is if you're big, and by the way I've still got a proper tummy, I'm not skinny, by any means, I've just lost some weight. I've gone from maybe an XXL, sometimes I was an XXXL, down to a medium now I think. Although medium is sometimes big on me and sometimes it's small on me."

Matt previously insisted he hasn't cut out sugary treats completely, but did make some changes to his diet and exercise routine.

"I just don't eat as much, but I eat sweets still. I love sweets," he revealed, before adding about his exercise: "The one thing I need to do is get fitter, I have put on a little bit of weight, that's my next challenge to do a bit more exercise. I might have to make a game of it when I go out and exercise to stay out of people's way. I don't have a garden so I have to find a way to do that."

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