One Chaser has decided to swap the chair for the dance floor, as Mark Labbett reveals he hopes to go on Strictly Come Dancing.
The 58-year-old, who is known as the Beast on the ITV quiz, has lost 10 stone.
Mark Labbett reveals Strictly Come Dancing goal
At his heaviest, Mark was 29 stone. However, being told he had Type 2 diabetes in 2017 urged him to lose weight.
He now hopes his newly trim figure will land him a place on Strictly.
“Now I’m a lot lighter and fitter I’d love to do it,” he told GB News. “Obviously that’s up to the powers that be.”
Mark’s partner, TV presenter Hayley Palmer, agreed that he would be perfect on the show.
Now I’m a lot lighter and fitter I’d love to do it
“I think he’d be good at that because I used to be a dancer so I’d be like, ‘Right, this is what you need to do. This is your homework,'” she joked.
Elsewhere, Mark also revealed that he has previously tried out for another dance show – Dancing on Ice.
“We’ve set ourselves a little goal. I’d like to get on Strictly and [Hayley would] like to get on Dancing on Ice. I can’t do Dancing on Ice because my ankle is far too inflexible, they tested me last year. But, you know, Strictly will be fine.”
Speaking about his weight loss on Loose Women previously, Mark said: “At my heaviest in 2003 when I was a teacher, I was 185 kilos which is a shade over 29 stone.
“There was a couple of conscious things. During the pandemic, looking after my little boy. I think I was lucky, one of the bouts of Covid and my appetite went away and never really came back.”
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