Dawn French has opened up about her weight loss, rubbishing rumours that she had a gastric band or lost weight due to heartbreak over her split from husband Lenny Henry.
The comic has now revealed why she lost over seven stone in 2011, explaining that a cancer scare meant she needed to slim down in order to have a hysterectomy with keyhole surgery.
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Dawn French in 2011
Speaking at the opening of her one-woman show in Sheffield, the comic explained the secret reasons behind her weight loss.
The Mirror reports that images of newspaper headlines focusing on her weight changes appeared on a big screen as Dawn spoke, stating: “I became quite ill about three years ago, with all kinds of hell kicking off in here, where I keep my lady plumbing.”
“Anyway, I eventually went to hospital, and my doc was so convinced I had uterine cancer, that he ordered a second biopsy to be sure, when the first one was clear.
“Even before the result of the second one, I decided to be done with my old enemy, my defunct reproductive stuff. It was curtailing my life.”
“So my womb and I parted company. Goodbye. When I was due to have my hysterectomy the doc told me that if I could lose some weight before the op, they would be able to do it via ‘key-hole’, and I would recover in three weeks or so,” she continued.
“Otherwise it would be big open surgery, and three months to recover. So, I set about dropping a few stone.
“No magic wand, just tiny, joyless low-cal eating and lots more walking for weeks and weeks.
“It was grim. I lost seven and a half stone. I could have the keyhole surgery. Great. That’s all it was, practical.”
After having the surgery in 2011, the ‘Vicar Of Dibley’ star embraced her curves again.
The comic has now revealed why she lost over seven stone in 2011, explaining that a cancer scare meant she needed to slim down in order to have a hysterectomy with keyhole surgery.
Speaking at the opening of her one-woman show in Sheffield, the comic explained the secret reasons behind her weight loss.
The Mirror reports that images of newspaper headlines focusing on her weight changes appeared on a big screen as Dawn spoke, stating: “I became quite ill about three years ago, with all kinds of hell kicking off in here, where I keep my lady plumbing.”
“Anyway, I eventually went to hospital, and my doc was so convinced I had uterine cancer, that he ordered a second biopsy to be sure, when the first one was clear.
“Even before the result of the second one, I decided to be done with my old enemy, my defunct reproductive stuff. It was curtailing my life.”
“So my womb and I parted company. Goodbye. When I was due to have my hysterectomy the doc told me that if I could lose some weight before the op, they would be able to do it via ‘key-hole’, and I would recover in three weeks or so,” she continued.
“Otherwise it would be big open surgery, and three months to recover. So, I set about dropping a few stone.
“No magic wand, just tiny, joyless low-cal eating and lots more walking for weeks and weeks.
“It was grim. I lost seven and a half stone. I could have the keyhole surgery. Great. That’s all it was, practical.”
After having the surgery in 2011, the ‘Vicar Of Dibley’ star embraced her curves again.
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