Peter Andre has shared his thoughts on his friend Alison Hammond losing 11 stone “the hard way”.
Hammond, who weighed 28 stone at her heaviest, managed to get down to 16 and a half stone and reverse a pre-diabetic diagnosis by overhauling her fitness and diet regime.
The This Morning star, 50, revealed she had heard “scare stories” about weight loss injections and had been too “frightened” to try them.
Reflecting on the star’s transformation, Andre, 52, wrote in his OK! magazine column: “Alison Hammond is looking amazing and she’s spoken about not using weight loss jabs.
“She obviously feels fantastic and I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business when it comes to the injections – we shouldn’t force people into discussing it.
“I don’t know why we think everyone must say what they did or didn’t do. Alison is a good friend who has put the work in and done it the hard way, which is impressive. But I’d never judge anyone for taking the injections – it’s none of my business.”
Andre himself faced speculation about his weight loss back in 2019, with some fans worrying he was “wasting away” and asking if there was “something wrong”.
He was quick to shut down the concern at the time, commenting: “I run. Feeling better than ever.”
The TV personality, who became famous for his six-pack in his shirtless Mysterious Girl music video in 1996, previously admitted he feels the “pressure” to be in top physical condition.
Hammond, meanwhile, dropped jaws when she lost a staggering amount of weight after committing to four fitness sessions a week with a personal trainer and a healthier diet.
Her transformation followed years of ups and downs with her weight, including undergoing a gastric band in 2007, which she later had removed after her body rejected it.
Hammond’s mother Maria had raised concerns when the TV star was diagnosed pre-diabetic and she chose to address the issue following her parent’s passing in 2020 from lung and liver cancer.
Speaking to Heat, the Great British Bake Off host said: “I've got a personal trainer - she's amazing, she trains me when I can train.
“If I'm working, I don't train, I'll go for a walk. But when I'm at home, I'll go and have a session with her in the morning, just an hour. It might be four days a week.”
As for her diet, Hammond sets her day up with an immune system-boosting ginger shot and tucking into a Full English breakfast, consisting of eggs, bacon and sausages, which she will sit down to enjoy with her son Aiden.
On days when she is working, she will typically eat Caribbean food for lunch, such as rice, peas and chicken, and if she is at home, she’ll cook herself lasagne.
Of her evening meals, she told the Sunday Times magazine: “If I'm staying in I'll rustle up curried goat and rice or chicken fried rice.”
