I put on so much weight I got jammed in the Grand Canyon in a terrifying ordeal, admits Nick Knowles

DIY SOS star Nick Knowles placed on a lot weight he received caught within the Grand Canyon making his new telly present.

The presenter, who ballooned to 18st in lockdown, received jammed in a crevice in caves beneath the spectacular US rock formation.

DIY SOS star Nick Knowles placed on a lot weight he received caught within the Grand Canyon making his new telly present

Nick, who piled on 4 stone throughout lockdown, says the expertise was 'severely terrifying'

Nick, 60, mentioned: “It's important to undergo ‘horizontal chimneys’ that are for actual cavers, who're like whippets — they’re tiny, skinny folks.

“However my director was like, ‘Undergo right here, and there’s a cave on the opposite facet which we are able to speak in’.

“However half approach alongside, I used to be like, ‘I can’t do that, that is simply an excessive amount of’. I had palpitations, it was severely terrifying. 

“There was some extent the place I used to be wedged, I couldn’t get my shoulders by means of and I used to be wedged. My coronary heart began to go and I used to be, ‘Breath, breath, breath’.”

Nick, who has hosted BBC makeover present DIY SOS since 1999, was ultimately freed with the assistance of a caver, who then mocked him.

Talking on Radio X, he recalled: “The caver mentioned to me, ‘So how are you feeling about your life decisions?’.”

Nick piled on 4st throughout lockdown in 2020 as a result of he give up coaching and has tried in useless to shift all of the timber.

The drama occurred as he filmed Into The Grand Canyon, which is on Channel 5 tonight. 

Nick added: “It’s all very properly whenever you see Bear Grylls go off and do these items.

“It’s rather more fascinating when you get a bloke off the couch and say, ‘Crawl by means of these crevices’ or ‘Stroll off the facet of this cliff’.”