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Kate Lally

I'm a Celebrity: Chris Moyles's weight loss, Hollywood girlfriend and BBC sacking

Former radio DJ Chris Moyles has now spent almost three weeks in the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! camp.

In that time, he's been showered with cockroaches, and finished a bushtucker trial with just one star. The radio and TV presenter has been on our airwaves for decades, making him a household name.

But away from his life in the limelight, there are a few things fans may not know about the 48-year-old.

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On a recent episode of I'm a Celebrity, Chris Moyles revealed how he was asked to leave his Radio 1 show back in 2012. Talking to Matt Hancock about his BBC departure, Chris said that it was not handled very well.

Chris had worked for BBC Radio 1 for 15 years, with nine of those at the helm of the Breakfast Show. But, 10 years ago, his tenure came to an end as Nick Grimshaw took over the coveted breakfast spot.

Now, Chris has revealed exactly how he was told about the takeover - admitting that things "got a bit steamy". He said that the end of his time at the station left him feeling "a bit cross", because it was handled "so badly", Leeds Live reports.

Chris compared Radio 1 to a "conveyor belt", one that you might be on for "a year or 15". The DJ joined Radio X in 2015, hosting the new Chris Moyles Show. The programme is still going strong, airing from 6.30-10am on weekdays, with an additional pre-recorded show from 8-11am on Saturdays.

A few years ago, Chris decided to make a huge lifestyle change and has now lost an impressive six stone. The former Radio 1 DJ weighed 18 stone at his heaviest, but after changing his lifestyle, Chris now weighs 12 stone. The 48-year-old credits his girlfriend Tiffany, whom he started dating in 2015 after moving to Los Angeles during a career break, for helping him lose weight.

They became an item in 2015 but kept their relationship quiet for almost two years. Moyles and Austin made their first public appearance together at at Jamie Oliver's now-closed Barbecoa restaurant in London's Piccadilly.

Austin left LA to make the big move to the UK and they now live together in London, the Express reports.

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