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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Chanelle Hayes shows off her figure in a cut-out bikini during holiday to Tenerife after nine stone weight loss
Chanelle Hayes showed off her figure during a holiday to Tenerife over the weekend after her nine stone weight loss. The former Big Brother star, 36, who appeared on the Channel 4 reality series in 2007, wore a cut-out bikini for a day at the pool. She teamed the black two-piece with a pair of oversized sunglasses and styled her hair into loose curls. Relaxing by the pool, Chanelle soaked up come sun before taking a shower outside. She has candidly discussed her struggles with her body image over the years and admitted she wishes she could tell her younger self to 'enjoy every moment'. At the height of her fame in 2009, Chanelle weighed 8.5 stone, barely ate and took laxatives to try and achieve a 'WAG body'. In 2020, the reality star then had a secret gastric sleeve operation after she reached 17-stone. Chanelle lost nine stone and dropped from a size 18 down to an eight, and has bravely shown her scars from the operation on her trips abroad. She revealed the operation was a 'last resort' after years of being unhappy, opting to have the surgery at Burcot Hall Hospital in Worcestershire. Last year, she took to social media to share before and after photos of her weight loss, adding that her operation had 'changed her life' and she had 'no regrets'. She is known for her body positive posts and recently hit back at the idea of a 'summer body' as she insisted it's 'not the bikini size' that matters in an impowering message. In June 2024, she wrote alongside a video of herself wearing bikinis over the years: 'What even is a summer body anyway?! I had a lovely time on every single one of these holidays and I ranged from size 6-18 (to pregnant!). 'I've chosen all blue bikinis because sometimes our body image makes us feel blue. I wish I could tell my younger self to just enjoy every single moment because it's the memories that counts. Not the bikini size.' Elsewhere in recent weeks, Chanelle has marked a major achievement after qualifying to become a nurse in a major career change. Relaxing by the pool, Chanelle soaked up come sun before taking a shower outside She revealed the operation was a 'last resort' after years of being unhappy, opting to have the surgery at Burcot Hall Hospital in Worcestershire The star shared a throwback snap of herself dressed up as a nurse as a child alongside a photo of her recent graduation and her new uniform. She wrote: 'I've been posting a lot less recently. It's not because I have nothing to say, I've been settling into a new job role that I have wanted for many years but didn't feel quite brave enough to do. 'Thankfully, my husband and parents were such rocks and provided unconditional love and support for me when I was struggling. 'My children have missed out on a few plans, we have limited our holidays to accommodate my studies. 'But they saw every single atom of the blood sweat and tears that I poured into my degree. 'This taught my children that people can say cruel things about their mum, but she was resilient. 'They heard people tell me to quit to do something easier, witnessed me working HARD and achieving a first class honours.' The star shared a throwback snap of herself dressed up as a nurse as a child alongside a photo of her recent graduation and her new uniform before penning an inspiring caption She added: 'I carried so much guilt studying so hard when my kids needed me, but now I see that I taught them an important lesson. 'Whatever you strive for; work for it, stick at it, you will achieve it.' Chanelle and her husband Dan Bingham tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in June of last year. The TV personality shares her son Blakely, 11, with her ex-partner Matthew Bates, who she was in a relationship with between 2009 and 2010. She also has Frankie, four, with Edward Oates, who she was with on-and-off from 2016 to 2017.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery
Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery originally appeared on Parade. 1000-Lb Sisters star dropped jaws with new photos of her health journey after losing 500 pounds and undergoing excess skin removal surgery. On Saturday, July 20, the TLC star, 38, posted a TikTok slideshow featuring new snaps of herself—and fans couldn't get over her stunning transformation. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 In her update, Slaton didn't include a caption. She did, however, feature the "I understood the assignment" sound. The reality star included several selfie-style pictures of herself in addition to a couple of full-body shots, showing off her slim figure in the process. Additionally, Slaton used filters on the photos. The combination rendered her nearly unrecognizable. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TLC (@tlc) In the comments, her TikTok followers couldn't get over how far she has come in her health journey. One fan declared, "Absolutely loving this era of Tammy." Another shared, "Ok Tammy! we see you 👀 happy looks good on you 💜," as a third TikTok user agreed, writing, "Looking amazing Tammy." Someone else commented, "I love your show soo much, I have been watching since day 1 and its soo incredible to see how far you have come. Keep slaying queen 🥰." Meanwhile, yet another follower confessed, "Brought a tear to my eye. It's been honestly so inspiring and amazing to watch your journey. Never been prouder of a stranger in my life! Well done Tammy 👏." Next: Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery first appeared on Parade on Jul 20, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery
Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery originally appeared on Parade. 1000-Lb Sisters star dropped jaws with new photos of her health journey after losing 500 pounds and undergoing excess skin removal surgery. On Saturday, July 20, the TLC star, 38, posted a TikTok slideshow featuring new snaps of herself—and fans couldn't get over her stunning transformation. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 In her update, Slaton didn't include a caption. She did, however, feature the "I understood the assignment" sound. The reality star included several selfie-style pictures of herself in addition to a couple of full-body shots, showing off her slim figure in the process. Additionally, Slaton used filters on the photos. The combination rendered her nearly the comments, her TikTok followers couldn't get over how far she has come in her health journey. One fan declared, "Absolutely loving this era of Tammy." Another shared, "Ok Tammy! we see you 👀 happy looks good on you 💜," as a third TikTok user agreed, writing, "Looking amazing Tammy." Someone else commented, "I love your show soo much, I have been watching since day 1 and its soo incredible to see how far you have come. Keep slaying queen 🥰." Meanwhile, yet another follower confessed, "Brought a tear to my eye. It's been honestly so inspiring and amazing to watch your journey. Never been prouder of a stranger in my life! Well done Tammy 👏." Next: Tammy Slaton Is Unrecognizable in New Photos After 500-Pound Weight Loss & Skin Surgery first appeared on Parade on Jul 20, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 20, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Fox News
2 days ago
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- Fox News
Valerie Bertinelli cries over ‘emotionally excruciating' personal struggle as she battles to stay sober
Valerie Bertinelli became emotional as she opened up about her battle to maintain her sobriety while experiencing "emotionally excruciating feelings." The 65-year-old former Food Network star, who has been sober since January 2024, recently took to Instagram to post several videos in which she candidly addressed fighting the urge to drink during a difficult time in her life. "I've been going through some really intense, uncomfortable, sad, emotionally excruciating feelings the last few days, and I want to drink. I want to numb it. I don't want to feel it," Bertinelli admitted. She continued, "But my logical mind is like, 'No, you don't want to do that. You don't want to numb it. You know what will help you feel better is to just feel the feelings. Get through to the other side. Have a good cry.' And yet, I can't cry." The "One Day at a Time" alum shared that she was also struggling with resisting indulging in unhealthy food as she dealt with her emotions. Over the past few years, Bertinelli has spoken out about her health journey and her decision to stop weighing herself. "I want to eat it away too," she said. "Like I want eat something that I know isn't necessarily going to put a lot of vitamins and minerals and fiber and protein into my body. The things that my body needs. Because I just want to numb these f---ed-up feelings." "So you know what I'm gonna do?" Bertinelli told her followers in another clip. "I'm going to come on the internet and slice a watermelon because I love watermelon." "It's watermelon season, and a watermelon will make me feel better, but it won't make me numb my feelings," she added as she teared up. The two-time Emmy Award winner proceeded to set a watermelon on a cutting board and began carving the fruit. "Slice the watermelon with me, OK?" Bertinelli told her fans. "We're going to eat watermelon, but I'm not eating too many feelings." "I'm going to feel my feelings while I slice the watermelon," she added with a laugh. In a follow-up video, Bertinelli began to cry as she sliced the watermelon. "It's gonna taste really good," she said as she displayed the watermelon which she cut in half. "This is my favorite time of year. It's watermelon season." Bertinelli emphasized the importance of facing painful emotions in a subsequent clip. "I have these feelings," she said. "I'm not going to talk about why I have them, where they came from, but I do want to talk about feelings and how when we suppress them, when we numb them, it only makes them stronger." "And it doesn't make us feel better about ourselves," she continued. "What happens is when we numb them, we feel bad about what we've done to numb the feelings. So then that adds on to whatever shame that we may have about those feelings. And it just adds an extra layer of shame, which is what we don't want. We just wanna be, like if we're sad, we just wanna to be sad. We just want to be sad." Bertinelli explained that choosing to eat healthy food like watermelons made her "happy." "Because it tastes so good and it's got vitamins and water and fiber and minerals," Bertinelli said. "And I'm not numbing my feelings," she said while continuing to cry. "I just know that I feel sad and it's just a feeling. It'll pass. Because I'm strong, and I'm good. I just happen to feel sad right now, and I'll get through it, and so can you. We don't have to drink alcohol or eat food to numb feelings that we just need to feel, so that these feelings can then feel heard." "Feelings are information," Bertinelli continued in the last video of her slideshow. "So now, every time I want to wallow in my sadness, which I don't want to do — I'm just going to have a bite of watermelon and ask my feelings what they want to tell me," she said as she lifted up a container of sliced watermelon. "Hope this was helpful," the actress concluded with a laugh. Bertinelli reiterated her message in the caption of her post, writing, "Feel your feelings. Do your best not to numb them. Feelings are information. Ask them what they need. Feel them. Get to the other side." In a follow-up post, Bertinelli shared a more cheerful update as she expressed her gratitude to her followers for their support. She noted how she felt less alone after fans posted their own stories of struggling with painful feelings in the comments. "Hey, just a quick thank you," the TV personality said with a smile. "I sometimes am incredibly surprised and reminded and and being reminded of how many amazing people there are out there So I just wanted to say thank you and thank you for sharing with each other in my comments section, supporting each other, supporting me. I support you." "It's just a really great feeling when you don't feel alone in feeling something," she continued. "And I ended up eating the whole watermelon that day and I'm not ashamed of that," Bertinelli added with a laugh. "Because I still felt all my feelings. I got to the other side and I'm in a better place and I am just grateful." "And even for those of you that wrote how offended you were, you know that you don't have to actually watch my videos and you don't have to comment that you can just keep going. It's OK. I'm not going to disturb your world if you don't want me to, but to all the rest of you, thank you. I just love that we're doing all this together."
The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Jessie J makes heartbreaking admission as she shares update after mastectomy amid breast cancer battle
POPSTAR Jessie J has made a heartbreaking admission, as she shares an update with fans after her mastectomy. Jessie, 37, has been keeping fans up-to-date with her breast cancer journey, after being diagnosed last month. 4 4 The musician had a mastectomy last month, in a bid to beat her breast cancer. Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-one, marked her month milestone since her operation, and revealed "some days are hard", and that she missed being able to "pick up" her son Sky. Jessie wrote: "It will be 4 weeks since my breast cancer surgery on Saturday. I am feeling good. "Some days are harder than others. "My movement is good, still very sore but I am getting more like myself everyday. Mentally it's all catching up with me. So giving myself a little space to feel it all. It's a for sure. "Sky has gone away for 2 weeks with his Dad to his Danish fam, but also so I can rest and do physio. (And re organise the whole house with my Mum and my sister as my body) lol. My adhd and ocd still going strong. "I'm not allowed to pick Sky up for a few months and that has been a difficult adjustment, I just want to hold him like this and spin around. "But in the bigger picture it's a small sacrifice to have my health and to still be here. "The day will come I can lift him up for a cuddle. I can't wait for that day. That day is what gets me through these days. These days are weird. "I love being your Mum Sky. I miss my boys." Jessie J reveals she's been diagnosed with breast cancer & will have surgery Earlier this month, the Price Tag star told fans that she was creating space to be "angry and sad" and mourn the loss of her breast, after her mastectomy. Marking two weeks post surgery, she reflected on her health whirlwind and said: "My experience was when I got diagnosed I went into survival mode. "There was so much going on with appointments … "I didn't really have a lot of time to process what was happening or what was going to happen. Jessie J's cancer diagnosis statement in full THE singer took to social media with a candid video where she revealed her news. She said: "Before No Secrets came out, I was diagnosed with early breast cancer. I'm highlighting the word early. "Cancer sucks in any form, but I'm holding on to the word early I have been in and out of tests throughout this whole period, I just wanted to be open and share it, one because selfishly, I do not talk about it enough. "I'm not processing it because I'm working so hard. I also know how much sharing in the past has helped me with other people giving me their love and support and also their own stories. I'm an open book. "It breaks my heart that so many people are going through so much similar and worse, that's the bit that kills me. "I just want to and just let you guys know it wasn't something I'd planned. But yeah, I'm getting to keep my nipples. That's good. "It's a weird topic and a weird situation, and I know that the press are going to say crazy stuff, but you know, what to get diagnosed with this as I'm putting out a song called No Secret s right before, a song called Living My Best Life. "Which was all pre planned before I found out about this. I mean, you can't make it up. It's a very dramatic way to get a boob job. "I am going to disappear for a bit after summertime ball to have my surgery, and I will come back with massive t**s and more music." "So I'm currently experiencing some delayed sadness and frustration by having time to process what IS happening." The star continued: "A little disappointed in myself I didn't say goodbye to my old boob enough. Sounds silly but that's where I'm at. "Again that's my journey. I'm sure others felt and did it different. "But for me I didn't think beyond the surgery. I was just being strong. "Well now I'm here and letting myself be angry and sad and all the things. Just for a few days. Then I will sew some padding in a bra to even them out order some t shirts and crack tf on." Jessie also recently clarified she was not "cancer free" after some fans misinterpreted her comments. CANCER DIAGNOSIS Jessie revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in June with a hugely emotional statement. Incredibly, she went ahead and performed at this year's Capital Summertime Ball in London on June 15. Jessie held back tears as she told the crowd at Wembley Stadium that she was taking a break to "beat breast cancer".
