Natalie Cassidy has addressed the fact she was once paid thousands to lose weight for a DVD, saying it was something she "wouldn't do" now. The actress has previously shared that she shed a lot of weight for a fitness DVD in the noughties, saying on the : "I was very overweight and they approached me and said, 'Listen, we're going to give you £100,000, we're going to get you really fit and you're going to lose four stone'." However, she went on the put the weight back on.
Opening up about it on ITV's Natalie admitted it was "own fault" but suggested it wouldn't be something she'd be in a hurry to try again. The actress - who is best known for playing Sonia in the soap - told hosts and : "It's my own fault. They offered me a load of money to lose weight and I did it at the time.
" "Actually looking back it is something that I wouldn't do," she added. Ben asked Natalie whether she had to keep the weight off because of her contract and she said that was the case. "Yeah of course," she said.
But the TV star, who is 40, added with a laugh: "I didn't keep it off. I put another four stone on." In 2022, Natalie told how she welcomed the opportunity at the time but later realised it wasn't the best move.
She said on the Comfort Eating podcast: "I was like happy days, I'll have a go. "I just thought, that’s a lot of money, that's good. But it wasn’t the right thing to do.
It wasn’t – you are losing a lot of weight in a three or four-month period, 12 or 16 weeks I can't quite re.
