FEMAIL reveals the celebrities, on both sides of the pond, who ve slimmed down thanks to bariatric surgery - from reality star James Argent, from Essex, to Sharon Osbourne.
The Name That Tune star underwent gastric bypass surgery and made changes to his lifestyle, allowing him to keep the weight off over the past two decades.
As one of the original
American Idol judges, Randy Jackson was an iconic presence on the show for a whopping 12 seasons. But he was also struggling with his health during that part of his life, and fans took notice.
“I was struggling with my weight,” Jackson told
Peoplein an interview. “You come in and they go ‘Yeah dawg, you’re telling me I’m terrible but you’re fat!’ And I would go, ‘I am. I have mirrors in my house. I know!’”
Randy Jackson has
literally transformed American pop culture over the last two decades, having paved the way for game shows and reality competitions to grace our televisions today. In turn, both
American Idol and
America s Best Dance Crew fans have had the chance to watch his own journey to becoming an entertainment icon unfold and, in the process, a glimpse at his own personal health revolution, too.
In 2002, in the midst of his second life-changing season as a judge on
American Idol, the former musician and producer was diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes. At the time, he told the press he weighed upwards of 350 pounds and had spent most of his life eating his way through poor habits. He surprised audiences in 2003 after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, a procedure that minimizes your stomach and streamlines your digestive tract, and later showed off serious weight loss while appearing on