I was so fat I couldn’t fit on the screen filming Bake Off – I thought I’d end up wearing the tent, says Matt Lucas

MATT Lucas has revealed how he felt he was too massive to suit on the TV display screen earlier than his spectacular weight reduction.

The 48-year-old comedian has dropped 4 clothes sizes in recent times, and confirmed off his shrinking body whereas co-hosting The Nice British Bake Off.

Matt Lucas has revealed he was too massive to suit on the TV display screen earlier than his spectacular weight reductionCredit score: Channel 4

Matt's weight reduction throughout his time on Bake Off was evidentCredit score: Channel 4 / Love Productions

Whereas Matt has now left the Channel 4 present baking present, he has opened up about his weight whereas he was within the well-known tent.

He mentioned: "I couldn't match on the display screen. I used to be within the Bake Off tent and I used to be consuming a lot and at one level I used to be like 'In some unspecified time in the future I'm going to stroll out and I'm going to be carrying this tent'. It was an excessive amount of.

"Most people who find themselves massive do not actually wish to be that dimension. With the load I feel what occurs if, in the event you like your meals, I like sugar. It's good a little bit of chocolate. l like chocolate of each color."

He continued throughout an look on Birmingham Metropolis footballer Troy Deeney’s new podcast Deeney Talks: "When you get a bit greater and your metabolism adjustments it's totally different to the one who by no means acquired massive.

"You'll preserve placing on weight extra simply than they may. It's battle for anybody who's massive.

"I simply discovered I used to be getting greater, and greater and greater."

Matt additionally spoke about how social media impacts our view of ourselves, in addition to the truth that we now eat extra styles of meals and cuisines than we did 30 years in the past.

He mentioned: "It's onerous for individuals and now all of us get up and take a look at our telephones and take a look at individuals who look higher than how we expect we glance and we get anxious and we eat extra.

"My dad was 52 and he was not obese however he had a coronary heart assault and dropped down useless. I had wished to do one thing about it and Covid got here and I noticed that a big proportion of people that have been dying from Covid have been males and so they have been giant and thought 'I've to do one thing.'

" I did all various things [to lose weight]. There are all kinds of issues individuals can do. For some individuals it's health, for some it's weight loss program and for some it's surgical procedure.

"It's all various things for various individuals. I do not assume there may be any a technique of doing it.

"Folks ought to go to their docs. I do not wish to preach to individuals."

Matt wished to drop some pounds after his father handed away aged 52