Stars of iconic noughties hit TV show reunite on This Morning – and fans can't believe how different one of them looks
THE stars of the racy noughties drama Footballers' Wives reunited on today's This Morning.
It was a raucous, twist-filled show featuring a brilliant cast of characters aired on ITV between 2000 - 2006.
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Show favourites Laila Rouass, Susie Amy, Gary Lucy and Allison Newman joined hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley in the studio.
The four stars reflected on what it was like to film the racy programme, especially some of the more outrageous plotlines.
However, viewers watching at home were distracted by Gary and commented how much he has changed since the show first aired.
"Gary Lucy's looking well," wrote one person on X, formerly Twitter.
"Has he had Botox??" asked another.
"He looks like he runs a market stall and tells everyone he's an entrepreneur," added a third.
Essex-born Gary began his acting career in 1997 when he appeared in one episode of Grange Hill at the age of 15.
That same year he bagged a role in footie-based drama Dream Team.
In Footballers' Wives he played striker Kyle Pascoe from 2002-2004.
He also starred in the soap Hollyoaks on-and-off for a number of years as Luke Morgan.
Hazel tells Zöe Lucker's Tanya to explore her sexuality in Footballers' Wives
After first leaving the soap in 2002 after three years, Gary returned in 2017 but took another break from September 2018 - May 2019 when he joined The Full Monty Tour.
After this, Gary went on to star in various other soaps and TV series.
From 2005-2010, he played PC Will Fletcher on The Bill.
He also starred as Danny Pennant in EastEnders from 2012-2014.
In 2014 Gary took part in reality TV series Dancing on Ice with partner Maria Filipov and seriously injured his knee.
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