Danielle: “I’m the most confident I’ve felt in a long time”
After a boob job, liposuction and a butt lift last year – plus a strict workout regime during lockdown – Danielle Lloyd seems happier than ever in her own skin
While many people worry about putting on weight during lockdown, last week Danielle Lloyd proudly showed off the benefits of her lockdown workouts and a healthy new diet, as she enjoyed a water fight in a red bikini at home with her kids.
Danielle, 36, showed off her extreme toned physique while washing her car at her Birmingham mansion as she played around with sons Archie, nine, Harry, eight, and George, six – who she shares with ex-husband Jamie O’Hara – and little Ronnie, two, with husband Michael O’Neill.
And while the former glamour model told Closer last month she couldn’t stop eating her kids’ Easter eggs, the results of her recent home workouts with Michael, which she’s been posting on social media, are clear to see.
Danielle has been sharing her ten-minute body conditioning routines on her @miss.ketones Instagram page – an account she’s created to pass on her health and fitness tips. And it seems she’s got back on the wagon with her diet, as she’s been posting pictures of her high-protein meals, too.
DRAMATIC ORDEAL
Danielle made a U-turn last year on her previous vow not to have more surgery, undergoing a bum lift, liposuction and another boob job – admitting she’d lost count of how many breast ops she’d had. She had temporarily sworn off surgery after a botched nip/ tuck in 2012 caused one of her implants to explode in the middle of the night, resulting in her losing six pints of blood and fighting for her life. After the dramatic ordeal, she said, “I nearly died on the operating table. It was really f***ing scary. My kids could have been left without a mum… It made me
think, ‘Why did I ever do this to myself?’”
Having been a glamour model in her youth – posing for Playboy in 2006 – Danielle admitted last year, after having five kids and multiple boob jobs, leaving her boobs “misshapen”, she’d been feeling insecure about her body.
RASH DECISION
And last July, she tragically suffered a miscarriage, leaving her feeling lower than ever – leading to her decision to have surgery again.
She told Closer, “I had a miscarriage, which was devastating. I’d put on quite a bit of weight. I didn’t feel good about myself. I wanted to do something to make me more confident again. It was quite rash, but it’s the best rash decision I’ve made.”
Danielle flew to Turkey in September for a boob job and, in a spur-of-the-moment decision, decided to have a Brazilian butt lift, too, with fat being removed from her stomach via liposuction to inject into her bottom.
And the former WAG told Closer after she’d fully healed that she felt happier than ever with her new body, saying after the operation, “I literally cried my eyes out. I couldn’t stop hugging them.
“I was so desperate to feel womanly again, and now I can’t wait to go on holiday. I can’t wait to get my kit off! This is the most confident I’ve felt about my body in a long time.
“I know I said I wouldn’t have more surgery, but I thought, ‘Do I actually give a s**t what people think?’ I’m allowed to change my mind because I want to feel happy.”
And Danielle told Closer that her return to modelling has further increased her feelings of self-belief – and says Michael, whom she married last year, is her biggest fan.
She said, “It’s given me confidence. I’m not bothered about what people think anyway. Michael doesn’t care. He loves it, and it makes me feel good about myself, so why not?” By Lily Smith
❛ THE RESULTS OF HER RECENT HOME WORKOUTS ARE CLEARLY PAYING OFF ❜