Will Mellor reveals most surprising place he lost weight during ‘hardest ever’ Strictly experience-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Will Mellor has revealed he lost so much weight during his Strictly Come Dancing stint that his watch didn’t fit him anymore.

The Coronation Street star just missed out on a place in last year’s final and but he admitted despite being so tough, the whole experience put him in a fantastic place.

Appearing on Monday’s episode of This Morning, he said: ‘Strictly was mentally and physically the fittest I’ve been in a long time… It was great for me!

‘My watch didn’t fit me! I didn’t know I had chunky wrists but I do! I lost weight everywhere.’

The AGE-year-old actor admitted the emotional experience, which came after his dad died following a short cancer battle in 2020, was the ‘hardest’ career challenge he’s taken on to date.

‘I think it’s probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, work wise, just because of how consuming it is. You’re in this bubble and once you go into it, you don’t come out of it until you leave the show,’ he explained.

Will Mellor has reflected on his Strictly experience (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

He got himself in fantastic shape (Picture: PA)

‘The one day off, all you’ll think about is, you’re resting yourself, you’re icing your knees, thinking about starting again tomorrow.’

He described getting back to normal life after his ballroom run as ‘like a breakup’, while he compared the show’s booming introductions as ‘a laxative’.

He added: ‘It was like a breakup, it was really weird! It was a strange feeling, what did I do before? It’s three months, you’re on this ride and it’s so scary.

‘That voiceover, “Dancing the Jive…”, it’s like a laxative. It’s the scariest but the most exhilarating, emotional ride you can go on. You’re out of your comfort zone, I don’t usually do this stuff!’

He’ll be back on the dancefloor for the upcoming Strictly live tour, and he’s hoping there’ll be less pressure without the competitive element while he’s learning on the job.

‘On tour, what I’m hoping is I’ve done the hard bit, I’ve done all that,’ he said. ‘It was really tough but really rewarding at the same time.’

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