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Daily Mail
18 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Jason Manford shocks fans with his very trim and youthful appearance in new video: 'Are you on the O Jab?!'
Jason Manford caught the attention of fans with his latest Instagram post as they couldn't get over his very trim appearance. The comedian, 44, posted a video on Monday offering his followers a ticket offer for his upcoming stand-up shows. But it was his looks that got people talking as several users remarked the star was looking slimmer and younger. Taking to the comments, they wrote: 'You look loads younger?!!'... 'Looking very trim!' ... 'Looking lean'... 'You look loads younger?!' 'Are you sure you're Jason Manford? You don't look like him, you look brilliant!' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Jason previously lost three stone after reaching a peak of 17st 5lb and wearing size 40 jeans (pictured in June 2023) One even flat out asked Jason if he has been taking weight loss jab Ozempic to achieve his healthy appearance. 'Okay Jase spill the beans. Are you on O jabs?' they wrote. Alongside the post, Jason wrote: ''You can now grab 4 tickets for just £100 (plus fees) for A Manford All Seasons, thanks to the @ticketmasteruk June Bundle Offer! Yes that's right £25 per person (plus fees)!' Back in 2021, Jason lost three stone after reaching a peak of 17st 5lb and wearing size 40 jeans. Speaking about the relationship he has with his weight, the Mirror reports Jason said: 'I think I've thought about my weight every day of my adult life.' He said that small things such as trying on clothes that don't fit or getting out of breath playing with his children caused him to reconsider his lifestyle. Jason claims he tried a variety of diets to help control his weight, but it was only when he stopped eating so much and started move more that he started to notice a difference. While battling to cut down his weight, Jason said he received support from both his family, and the Jason Manford Weight Loss Support Group on Facebook he originally set up back in 2017. The comedian, 44, posted a video on Monday offering his followers a ticket offer for his upcoming stand-up shows He said that small things such as trying on clothes that don't fit or getting out of breath playing with his children caused him to reconsider his lifestyle (pictured in 2013) Taking to the comments, they wrote: 'You look loads younger?!!'... 'Looking very trim!' ... 'Looking lean'... 'You look loads younger?!' Speaking about his weight loss, Jason said: 'I get a bit of a buzz out of it.' Jason used to use his weight to his comedic advantage while performing, even adopting the nickname 'the fat Michael Owen' after being heckled at the age of 17. He said: 'I started to write jokes about being overweight – you can take the power away from the bully or the heckler – they were my defence.' The comedian revealed he used to believe that larger comedians were the funniest because they had signs of having struggled in life - and that he was concerned about not being found funny if he were slimmer.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Ex-England and Harlequins prop Joe Marler joins Pro Am Padel Tour
Former England rugby union star Joe Marler has described his new found love for the racket sport padel since retiring last calling time on his playing career in November 2024, the former Harlequins prop said he picked it up during the 2023 Rugby World from Heathfield in East Sussex, claimed he was "no good" at it but wanted to "spread the padel gospel" in during a celebrity tournament, he said: "There's that one point, that one rally that you get and you feel good at it. I chase that moment." He said: "People think I'm really good, they book me to spread the Padel gospel, then they realise I'm not good at it!"Padel tennis is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, thanks to its basic skill level and social said: "It's going crazy, everyone and everywhere is padel mad. It's great for me!"He now takes part in the Pro Am Padel Tour, a tournament which sees celebrities and professional padel players team team, including former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor, came up against others including comedian Jason Manford, with the tour also featuring players like Great Britain number one padel player Aimee Gibson. The Traitors Team Manford emerged victorious and secured a £10,000 contribution to the Captain's Fund, a new charitable initiative where each captain selects a charity to added: "Joe is good actually, for a big man he's got some delicate shots, he's a good laugh. I'm sure he's storming around now we've beaten him."As England Rugby's player welfare manager, Marler said his life has not slowed down since finishing his playing career."It doesn't feel like retirement, I'm so busy. I'm trying my hand at several things and hoping something sticks," he has also been announced as part of the line-up for the celebrity version of hit BBC One show The Traitors, which airs this will appear alongside the likes of comedians Stephen Fry and Alan Carr, chat show host Jonathan Ross and Olympic diver Tom Daley.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everything you need to know about the Big Night of Musicals — how to watch
Theatre lovers across the country are in luck tonight as the BBC hosts the hotly anticipated Big Night of Musicals. The event, which is made possible by the National Lottery, is a musical celebration featuring "showstopping performances" and special guests. If you want to tune into tonight's Big Night of Musicals, here is everything you need to know. Honoured to be returning as host of @tnluk Big Night of Musicals for the fourth year, airing on BBC One TONIGHT at 18.50pm! #tnlbignightofmusicals — Jason Manford (@JasonManford) March 22, 2025 This year's Big Night of Musicals on the BBC will see Daniel Mays join host Jason Manford for a "special" musical number, Vicky McClure's Our Dementia Choir take on a classic with Michael Ball and Marisha Wallace perform Maybe This Time from Cabaret. According to the Radio Times, there are also appearances from Layton Williams, Billy Porter, Ruthie Henshall, Faye Tozer and Carrie Hope Fletcher. Acts from the casts of Chicago, Mary Poppins, Mean Girls and Disney's Hercules will also be featured tonight. Hitting all the right notes 🎶 Don't miss @JasonManford talking 'Big Night of Musicals' on #TheOneShow 🙌 Watch here 👉 — BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) March 18, 2025 Emmerdale star steps away from ITV soap after 18 years for an important reason The event will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6:50pm tonight (Saturday, March 22). This year's Big Night of Musicals is being held at Manchester's AO Arena, a venue sitting some 23,000 people.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jason Manford reveals drunken lockdown purchase
Jason Manford has revealed he bought the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during a night of drinking in lockdown. The comedian, TV presenter and musical theatre star confessed he had a surprise when the theatre prop arrived on his doorstep, as he had forgotten he had ordered it. But the father-of-six revealed the impulse purchase proved worth every penny as his children loved playing in it. Manford appeared on The One Show on Tuesday, 18 March, to chat to hosts Lauren Laverne and Vernon Kay about hosting the Big Night of Musicals on BBC One. The stand-up and actor starred as Caractacus Potts in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2016, and revealed he now owns one of the props from the show. Manford explained: "I was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. You have to be careful how you say that at 7 o'clock! I bought the prop, it was a lockdown purchase. You know when we were doing home measures, yeah, and I sort of forgot I'm, I'm not a big drinker at all. I totally forgot about it and then there was one morning, middle of lockdown, and there was a knock at the door and a fella's there with his mask and all that. He said, 'You bought a car?' I said, 'I've just sold one 'cause we we're we're in lockdown because we can't go anywhere. And he just pulled up and I thought, 'Oh yeah, now I remember.' "It was a lockdown purchase!"@JasonManford tells us one musical is so special to him, he has a tribute to it in his front garden 😂Watch #TheOneShow live now 👉 — BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) March 18, 2025 "They were selling all the old props from from the show that I'd gone and I bought it. Anyway, the kids were still young at the time, so they just played with it all the time. Beep beep and singing 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', which was great. And now it's been there and the kids have gotten older and now it's just, I would call it a bug hotel that's nice that all sorts of animals living in there." Manford has four children from his first marriages, teenage twin daughters born in 2009, a daughter born in 2010 and a son born in 2012. He married his second wife, Lucy Dyke in 2017 and they have two children together. Read more: Jason Manford Jason Manford at the Palladium review: observational wit that is harder than it looks (The Standard, 2 min read) Jason Manford on joining Waterloo Road: 'It's like being England manager!'(What to Watch, 5 min read) Jason Manford admits kids embarrassed by his comedy career (Yahoo UK, 3 min read) Manford - who briefly hosted The One Show himself in 2010 - appeared to take over presenting duties from hosts Laverne and Kay as they interviewed The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki. Debicki was on the show to talk about starring alongside Ewan McGregor in new West End play My Master Builder. At the end of the interview, Manford interjected, telling Debicki: "My tip in rehearsals while you're in them at the moment, is every so often just say to the director, 'I think my character would be sat down here.' Just because you've gotta do it for six months, haven't you, then you just get to sit down a bit, so just, you know, try it tomorrow." The show's theme tune began playing in the background as Laverne and Kay began trying to close the show, but struggled to interrupt Manford and Debicki's conversation. Kay said: "You two carry on chatting, we've got to end the show." And the credits began rolling and Manford's mic was cut as he continues chatting, ignoring Kay and Laverne. The One Show airs on BBC One at 7pm on weekdays. The Big Night of Musicals airs on BBC One at 6.50pm on Saturday, 22 March. Elizabeth Debicki stars in My Master Builder at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End from 29 April.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jason Manford at the Palladium review: observational wit that is harder than it looks
'You'd better be funny,' yelled a heckler at the start of Jason Manford's Palladium set. It might have sounded like a threat but it was really a playful request from someone who just wanted to forget their troubles for an evening. I'm sure the fan went home satisfied. When if comes to delivering the funnies, few do it better than Manford. He is versatile too. He plays a headmaster in TV drama Waterloo Road, he presents daytime quiz The Answer Run and if he seems relaxed onstage that might partly be due to the fact that he starred here as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz in 2023. The punning title of his show, A Manford All Seasons, succinctly sums up his style. The Salford-born stand-up excels at a cheeky brand of observational wit which everyone should appreciate. His speciality is relatable storytelling, tapping into truths that have his audience nodding in agreement en masse. His subject matter is often trivial – how we secretly love it when an event is cancelled and we can stay in, the 'ballache' of organising nights out, how children are skilled at waffling at bedtime. There is a lot about the travails of parenthood - as a father of six he is not short of source material. Family life certainly keeps him grounded. He recalls how half an hour after finishing an arena gig he was on his hands and knees doing chores in the kitchen. So much for the glamour of celebrity. Elsewhere there are self-deprecating tales drawn from his showbiz side. How he came off the sub's bench to replace Usain Bolt in a charity football match and let the side down, befriending a former England international, visiting a Chinese sauna on tour and not knowing how naked to get. He is happy to be the butt of the punchlines. Even when the gags are occasionally low-hanging fruit – such as his smutty Dion Dublin routine – Manford is an absolute master of drawing everyone in. He is a brilliant raconteur, the apotheosis of the superstar comedian who is essentially your funniest mate in the pub. He is certainly no mere 'who remembers when Snickers were called Marathon?' nostalgia merchant. One of many highlights is when he offers fans a peep behind the curtain, explaining with a judicious example the scientific percentage game of his accessible humour. Too universal and routines will feel obvious, too obscure and they won't resonate with enough people. In the process he makes you aware that stand-up is much harder than he makes it seem. If you want surrealism or state-of-the-nation sideswipes give this a swerve. But for comedy that simply tickles you Manford consistently hits the sweet spot. Touring until March 26, 2026. Dates and tickets here:
