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Ekin Karasin

X Factor's Honey G displays two-stone weight loss after sharing 'life-changing' secret to slimmer frame

X Factor star Honey G showed off her two-stone weight loss in a playful video promoting her new song.

The 44-year-old rapper - who found fame on the ITV singing competition in 2016 - has admitted to struggling with her weight in the past.

However, she has dropped from a size 18 to a size 12 and says she now has “sex appeal” and more “body confidence”.

The musician displayed her slimmer frame while dancing to her track, Nothing To Me, with TV presenter Hayley Palmer on a roof terrace in Leicester Square, London.

She ditched the typical baggy tracksuits and hoodies she became known for on the X Factor for a tight white vest and tiny floral shorts.

Honey G - real name Anna Gilford - posted the video on Instagram on Thursday, captioning it: “Our take on the Nothing to Me dance.”

The 44-year-old displayed her slimmer frame while dancing in a video (Instagram)

The rapper added, “Mine & @hayleypalmer_presenter ‘s rendition – my new single - dropping this Saturday!” and added the hash tags “shake your booty” and “bootylicious”.

Honey G transformed her figure during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 through a series of intense gym workouts and running.

She said she has “changed her body” so much that she is now virtually “unrecognisable” in public.

“I had a personal trainer for a year and a half, almost two years and we worked a lot on strength training and I started to see, coupled with all the running I was doing, I started to see my body change,” she told The Daily Star in 2023.

Honey G on The X Factor in 2016 (Syco / Thames / Dymond)

“That's why not a lot of people recognise me in the street anymore, it says online I'm unrecognisable which is true,” the TV personality went on.

“But yeah I'm not saying I miss being chased through a shopping centre by school kids but seriously, in all honesty, when I started to see body shape change, it spurred me on even more.”

The reality star has completed four triathlons - which consist of a 750m swim, 20km cycle and a 5km run - as well as a 20 mile run.

Honey G admitted she has gone through times of feeling like she had no “sex appeal” - but has worked “so hard” to transform her figure and hasn’t “felt this good” about herself in years.

“I used to wear loose and baggy clothes that went up to a size 18, but I've thrown most of them away as my taste has matured,” she told Closer magazine.

“Now I wear outfits I wouldn't have dreamt of wearing, and I can fit into nice underwear from Victoria's Secret.”

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