Stephen Fry, 61, reveals FIVE stone weight loss after health kick following prostate cancer battle

STEPHEN Fry has revealed he’s lost FIVE stone in weight after a health kick following his prostate cancer battle.

The 61-year-old star showed off his trimmer figure during an appearance on BBC Breakfast this morning.

Stephen opened up about his weight loss on BBC BreakfastCredit: PA:Press Association

The TV favourite said that he is”very happy” at the moment – and that he is “proud” for fighting back when he was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2017.

Stephen went on to reveal that he weighed 21 stone in April – and that shedding the pounds had also had a positive impact on his mental health.

Speaking to hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt, the star explained: “At the moment I’m happy, there is the vertical moment and the horizontal and at the moment I’m very happy, I’m happily married.

“I’ve lost a bit of weight so I’m feeling proud of myself.

The star is looking much trimmerCredit: Getty – Contributor

At his heaviest, Stephen was 21 stoneCredit: Getty – Contributor

“I was overweight, I have lost five and a half stone. I was 21 stone nearly, in April I was that heavy.”

Stephen continued: “I walk a lot and that helps my mood as well I find.

“It’s not a guaranteed help for mental stress and anxiety or anything else but it does help me and it means I can listen to audio books as I walk, and podcasts, and you eat up the miles that way, and talking of eating up, eating sensibly.”

The TV favourite overhauled his lifestyle following his cancer battleCredit: Getty Images – Getty

Stephen says he is 'relieved' to have shed the pounds — Stephen says he is ‘relieved’ to have shed the poundsCredit: Getty – Contributor

The comic admitted to the presenters that he is “relieved” having lost the extra weight, with Stephen previously sharing that he overhauled his lifestyle following his cancer battle.

Last February, the star had his prostate removed, and is now cancer free.

He told the MailOnline at the time: “I’m eating better and exercising more, but it hasn’t changed my perspective on life, I’m just carrying on.”

Stephen with husband ElliotCredit: Getty – Contributor

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Earlier this year, Stephen told how he feared he would end up dying alone before meeting his husband, 32-year-old Elliot Spencer.

Speaking as he accepted the Lifetime Achievement gong at the British LGBT Awards, Stephen shared: “I pictured my future as either having to deny myself my nature and who I was or being a sad, lonely creature with no chance of love in my life.

“And exactly four years, five months, and minus two days ago I married my husband Elliot and that lonely prospect didn’t happen for me.”

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