Tina Malone reveals heartbreaking comment her own dad said to her that led to weight loss
Tina Malone has spoken out about the heartbreaking comment her dad made to her that prompted her to lose weight.
The Shameless actress, 62, lost 12 stone after having a gastric band fitted in 2010 and appeared on Good Morning Britain today to speak out after MP Peter Kyle's controversial comments. The cabinet minister had said he wanted to get people "beach-ready this year" with the new pharmacy roll-out of Mounjaro.
Despite her own weight struggles, she told GMB hosts Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley that she didn't feel he deserved the backlash over the comment as she recalled a brutal remark from her own dad which sparked her own life change.
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She said: "Some people need tough love. I was dressing up to go to the BAFTAs, and I said to my father 'Do I look fat in this dress?' and he said 'Well, yeah, you do, because you're fat. You're gonna look fat in any dress.' And that's just the way we were."
However, Tina, who was married to Paul Chase from 2010 until he took his own life last year, insisted that she decided to shed the pounds for herself and because she had hoped to have another baby. She later gave birth to Flame Chase when she was at the age of 50..
"I lost weight for me," she said. "By the way, let me let everybody know that. And for my health. I was 49, I was a big fat bird. Paul loves me - loved me - fat or thin. But I wanted a baby and I wanted to live longer because I was happily married, so that's why I lost weight, for me. Not for anybody else!"
In the end, the MP admitted that his comments were 'inappropriate' but Tina was ultimately disappointed by this, and thinks that the public have been too 'sensitive' in their reaction. She added: "Let's be honest, [Peter Kyle] hasn't gone 'All you fatties, keep off the beach!' All he has said is 'Let's get beach ready,' and now he's backtracked, like people do. We are all so sensitive!"
And Tina insisted that she would still say the same thing even if she hadn't lost the weight, as she said: "Yes I would [say this]. I've sat on this show and every other show from Celebrity Big Brother to all the shows I've done, I was a fat, funny bird in Brookside for five years.
"And I loved it. I always remember as well people would tell me not to lose weight in case I lost my personality. Yeah, what, have I got a fat personality?! So I think the guy is right, and a little bit of encouragement is important."
But the actress still has sympathy for those who are overweight, as she insisted that it is all to do with some sort of 'psychological problem' above all else, and she thinks that the 'jovial encouragement' issued by the MP in the first place is the way to go to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
She said: "I don't look down on people who are overweight. What has taken you psychologically to a place where you overeat, drink too much alcohol or drugs? It's a psychological problem. I don't think everyone is sitting there watching TV eating crisps.
"Fat people aren't lazy, I know. I was a big fat bird and I ate to excess, like I did everything to excess. And it's the psychological problem that take you to that excess. All I'm saying is it's just a little bit of jovial encouragement."
During the debate, Tina was joined by actor George Keywood, who lost seven stone with the injection, insisted that someone in such a position as the MP shouldn't be making a 'generalised' comment like that in the first place. But he was all in favour of the rollout, as he said: "The jabs are going to reduce the debt, the impact of what obesity causes. Let's just stop taking the mick out of people and just deal with it.
The Secretary of State for Science initially caused a stir when he said: "I'm striving to get people beach-ready this year, so when they come and visit Brighton in the summer, they're looking their best.
"We're trying to find the best and most creative ways to ensure that [weight-loss drugs] are widely and effectively used, and made available to everyone from every background.
"People with resources are already buying them privately, but we know there are people from certain backgrounds who always miss out on this kind of support."
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