EXCLUSIVE Fat Families host Steve Miller reveals why he doesn't regret his brutal jibes at obese stars one bit - and the REAL reason the show was axed

Daily Mail​

24-05-2025

'I'm about to meet two right massive fatty siblings,' Steve Miller said in an episode of Fat Families, a 2010 show he became renowned for.
The TV icon, who has more recently signed up to be a member of right-wing political party Reform UK, made countless cheeky quips during the Sky One programme, despite it only airing for two seasons.
'Too much time sat on their fat bums, that's their problem plain and simple,' and 'I'm going to be meeting some right beach blubber bellies,' are just a couple of one-liners that still stun some viewers to this day.
Fat Families saw straight-talking Steve guide overweight families who hoped to turn their lives around by improving their diet and lifestyle.
Despite any backlash the programme has received over the years, Steve insists the confrontational nature of the show was key to helping people shed the pounds.
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Fat Families saw straight-talking Steve guide overweight families who hoped to turn their lives around by improving their diet and lifestyle
The star tells MailOnline: 'The one thing with the show is that every single person on that show lost weight, and quite a lot of them lost a lot of weight, and I think the reason for that was because of the tonality of it and the fun element.'
He blames the growing obesity epidemic on society being 'too soft on fat'.
Though Steve stresses, 'That's not about being horrible to people and being cruel'.
Instead, he insists, 'It's just about being honest with people, and honesty delivered with fun, with a sense of humour, I find actually works better than making it all overly serious.'
The former host appreciates losing weight can be a challenge for some, but says that with the help of comedy, it becomes a 'fun process' that 'works effectively'.
Steve thinks since the show, 'the culture of the country changed' and argues, 'Political correctness has actually made us fatter, because it's actually what it's done is actually encouraged us to make excuses and to become victims.'
He feels people are becoming more 'straight-talking' now, however.
'If you'd have kept me on the telly, I'm like the human fat jab. Put me on it and human fat jab driving the messages, you wouldn't need your Ozempics if they were showing me a lot,' he quips.
Fat Families aired on Sky One from 6 January to 30 December 2010 but only lasted 11 months - running from January 6 to December 30, 2010 - and Steve delved into why it was cut short.
'Because two reasons. Number one, it was rating so high that Sky, Sky's business model is that they repeat and repeat and repeat. So it would have been a saturated series having said that,' he explains.
Steve adds, 'The second reason is that I actually went over to the Netherlands to present TV over there and I didn't want to lose that.'
The TV star dispelled any rumours that it was axed because of people taking issue with the show.
'People say, 'Oh, it was cancelled because of, you know, wokery and whatever,' but that's just not true,' he says.
As for his humorous lines in the show, Steve doesn't want to take all of the credit for them.
'Do you know what the one thing of that doing that show?' he says. 'It was a team effort. It was completely a team effort.'
'We worked really well together. So a lot of it came from me, a lot of it came from the book, my book as well.
'So something like, 'melt that lard', 'time to get off your wobbly buns and melt that lard', that was kind of from that stuff from the book that I'd written.'
Steve revealed outcome of the show that has surprised him - the age demographic of the fan base he has attracted.
'What surprised me is the amount of younger people that love it, the kind of 18 to 30s people I get loads and loads of, 'you're a legend', 'you're an icon', all of this, which is all very nice, as well as some of the haters,' he explains.
Steve admits, 'But I get, I have to say, in all truth, I get much more loads of support from that age group than than I ever thought I would, because of the way society went.'
Some 15 years on from the iconic show, the former host is now up to something very different.
The broadcaster has become a member of the Reform UK party and previously took to social media to share the news.
Steve uploaded a photograph of a Reform UK card on X, formerly Twitter, alongside the caption: 'PROUD - to receive membership to @reformparty_uk. If you want to save Britain, it's what you do.'
And on another social media post, he penned: 'Dear ordinary decent people, Be proud to tell others you support Reform U.K.
'Do not worry about people claiming you are racist for doing so. You aren't.
'You simply care about your country. It's time to be proud of supporting Reform UK. Steve Miller.'
Some remembered Steve from his former Fat Families days and posted 'Thought I recognised him,' alongside a video of him on the show.
Another commented: 'Explains why he was always so rude.'