Scarlett Moffatt doesn’t want to be super-skinny, she just wants to be healthy. And she doesn’t care what you think
The jungle queen has had enough of counting the calories
‘I’m just a Northern lass who likes a chip-shop dinner’
If there’s anything we’ve learnt about Scarlett Moffatt, it’s that she DGAF what people think – and it’s one of the many reasons we love her. So after appearing to put back on most of the weight she lost for her fitness DVD last year, we’re hearing Scarlett couldn’t care less, as she’s too busy concentrating on her skyrocketing career.
The former Gogglebox star is set to head back to Australia to present the ITV2 I’m A Celeb… spin-off show. It will mark 12 months since she was crowned Queen of the Jungle, where she was a tiny size 8 after shedding 3st.
“Scarlett knows she’s bigger than this time last year, but she really doesn’t care,” our insider reveals. “She doesn’t want to be defined by her weight and she’s happy with how she looks. She was at her smallest when she was in the jungle and she knows people will compare it to how she’ll look this time. But she’s very comfortable and won’t get upset by trolls commenting on her body. She’s not one for wearing lots of skimpy clothes, so she’ll be quite covered up in Australia anyway.”
While she was rightly proud of her weight-loss achievement, Scarlett, 27, doesn’t give it much of a mention in her new autobiography, Me Life Story, Sofa So Good, revealing she did the DVD for health reasons and to give inspiration to other normal women out there.
“I’m not superhuman; I’m just the average Northern lass who likes a chip-shop dinner and doesn’t particularly like yoga and cross- training,” she writes. “I also have my down days (sometimes weeks), when I have to motivate myself as I’m so tired from work I can barely even go in the bath and wash. Or days where I see an advert for a Burger King and go out and get myself a Whopper.”
She also speaks out against all types of body shaming, whether it’s for being too fat or too skinny, and says she refuses to be judged by anyone else.
Meanwhile, Scarlett has other things on her mind, as her relationship with on/off boyfriend Luke Crodden is rumoured to be on the rocks again, just months after they reconciled. “Scarlett’s priority is her career, but she knows that, after she went into the jungle last time, it caused problems with her and Luke,” our source adds. “She doesn’t want that to happen again and knows she needs to make sure she gives him attention, as well.”