The Mail on Sunday

I lost more than 2st on I’m A Celebrity diet, says Vernon

- By Katie Hind

VERNON KAY has claimed he lost more than two- and- a- half stone during his 19-day stint on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

The television presenter said a daily diet of ri ce and beans caused such drastic weight loss he now feels ‘ physically and emotionall­y drained’.

Kay, 46, who came third in the ITV reality show, said the programme’s doctor delivered the news after a check-up before he left Gwrych Castle in Wales on Friday night. He said: ‘We were eating nothing but rice and beans. For the first two meals you’re like, “Yeah, we can do this”, then you realise every meal is bloody rice and beans. It’s awful. You’re so drained.

‘The medic weighed us after the show and I’ve lost just over two and a half stone, and I haven’t got two and a half stone to lose. So you’re physically drained, you’re emotionall­y drained because you’re missing your family.’

Kay, who has been married to Strictly host Tess Daly for 17 years, said that he is looking forward to putting the weight back on over Christmas.

When asked what he will do when he gets back to his Buckingham­shire home, he said: ‘We’re going to put the Christmas tree up and I’ve got a funny feeling there may be a bottle of champagne involved. Oh I’m going to enjoy putting that two and half stone back on.’

The father-of-two, who lost out to influencer Giovanna Fletcher who was crowned queen of the castle in the final episode, paid tribute to his wife Tess, 51, for supporting him and getting him votes by using Instagram.

He added: ‘Tess was just elated for me. I’ ve seen what she’s done on social media and she’s worked her socks off for me, it’s amazing. We’re going to be reunited after Strictly. I’ll get home and see the girls first, Tess will get back about midnight.’

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K SLIMMED DOWN: DOWN V Vernon Kay at the end of the gruelling TV show

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