Peter Kay has lifted the lid on his long-running battle with weight in a revealing new chat with Sara Cox — admitting he only truly tackled it when he “started thinking about [his] health ”. The comedian, now deep into another blockbuster tour, sat down with Sara on BBC Radio 2 to promote his new book and opened up about years of struggling with diets, gyms and failed routines. And while fans have recently praised him for looking healthier than ever, Peter didn’t shy away from the less glamorous truth behind it.

When Sara asked if he’d ever seriously tried to slim down, the beloved comic , 52, didn’t skip a beat: “Only for the first 48 years of my life. Yeah, I had to eventually, because you start thinking about your health and things like that, don't you? But I tried everythin

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