James Argent reveals he’s put a stone back on after getting ‘too skinny’ from 14st weight loss

James Argent mirrored on how he was in a ‘actually darkish place’ this time three years in the past as he appeared on Good Morning Britain for ITV’s 1 Million Minutes marketing campaign on Friday. 

The former TOWIE star, 35, mentioned he grew to become ‘remoted, very lonely and hit all-time low’ in Christmas 2019 as he was rushed to hospital twice in the course of the grips of his drink and drug dependancy. 

James spoke about how his rehab stint grew to become the pivotal turning level for him to get his life back on monitor and to lose a whopping 14 stone – however now says he has put a stone back on after getting ‘too skinny’ after his gastric sleeve surgical procedure. 

Arg instructed Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway: ‘It was a couple of years in the past i used to be in a fairly unhealthy place. 

‘I really feel the festive season, Christmas, it may possibly both be a tremendous spending time with household and associates with numerous pleasure or troublesome for individuals – particularly in case you’re residing by your self, you have lost a member of the family or gone by means of a break-up.

‘It may be a actual, actual powerful time. A  couple of years in the past I keep in mind I felt very, very lonely myself.’ 

Arg described how his loneliness was self inflicted as he binged on cocaine and suffered two drug overdoses in the course of the festive interval which noticed him rushed to hospital. 

He mentioned: ‘I distanced myself from different individuals, I used to be very remoted and stuff like that. 

‘I was fortunate to have numerous shut household and associates however you have to attain out and communicate to individuals.

‘You’ve bought to need it your self, there are individuals who lose their youngsters, their job, their girlfriend leaves them however generally its not sufficient and you have to this all-time low, and never everybody makes it from there.’ 

After a stint in rehab, Arg changed his cocaine dependancy with bingeing on meals which led medical doctors to warn him he was on the brink of demise at 27stone. 

In April final year, the fact star bought gastric sleeve surgical procedure which helped contribute to his whopping 14 stone weight loss. 

But James revealed on Friday he has since put a stone back on after getting ‘too skinny’. 

He mentioned: ‘I lost a whole of 14 stone. I feel I lost a little bit an excessive amount of weight. I used to need to be skinny however now I’ve put a stone back on, I’m at a wholesome balanced weight.’ 

Arg added: ‘The truth I’m right here clear and sober, there was one Christmas the place I used to be fully alone so the very fact I’ve been capable of flip issues round is nice, not all these tales about dependancy have to finish in tragedy.’ 

James has joined ITV’s 1 Million Minutes marketing campaign, with the trigger is in help of lonely aged individuals this Christmas – with over a million older individuals in England being deemed chronically lonely, based on Age UK.

The intention is for the present’s viewers to pledge fifteen minutes of their time to volunteer for one in every of these older individuals with few shut household this Christmas – to cheer up and a make a distinction to their lives over the festive season.

For confidential assist, name the Samaritans on 116123 or go to a native Samaritans department. See www.samaritans.org for particulars