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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Rebecca Calderwood & Nia Dalton

Matt Lucas' weight loss journey - health scare, thin-shamed and 'too much Bake Off cake'

Matt Lucas has undergone a dramatic weight loss journey in recent years and his new slim figure has stunned The Great British Bake Off viewers. The 48-year-old comedian put his weight gain down to piling on lockdown pounds and eating "most of the cake" on the Channel 4 show.

Since overhauling his health and fitness regime, the British actor has managed to lose more weight than he put on. In fact, Matt revealed earlier in the year that he was 'thin-shamed' while out in public. As the presenter returns to the famous white tent, we take a look at his motivation to get into shape and exactly how he did it.

Too much cake

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