James Argent proved to be the life of the party when he performed with The Arg Band in Marbella, Spain, on Thursday.
The former TOWIE star, 36, flew to Spain after admitting she is now trying to gain weight after losing 14 stone due to gastric sleeve surgery in 2021.
Arg appeared in high spirits as he sang and entertained the crowd at Olivia’s La Cala restaurant, owned by his friend Elliott Wright, 44.
The Celebrity SAS favorite showed off his slender physique in a camel shirt and smart cream trousers.
James was in his element as he crooned to the female fans who danced alongside him after spending time on tour last year in Europe.
James Argent proved to be the life of the party when he performed with The Arg Band in Marbella, Spain, on Thursday.
Arg appeared in high spirits as he sang and entertained the crowd at Olivia’s La Cala restaurant, owned by his friend Elliott Wright, 44.
James was in his element as he crooned to the female fans who danced alongside him after spending time on tour last year in Europe.
It comes as the reality alum, who rose to fame when he joined TOWIE in 2010, revealed he is now working on gaining weight, which is currently 13.5 stone.
Arg lost almost 14 kilos when he overhauled his lifestyle and underwent a sleeve gastrectomy procedure after reaching a staggering 27 kilos during lockdown.
He spoke exclusively to the Mail comedy podcast, Straight to the comments! encompassing the hilarity and uniqueness of the MailOnline comments section with the celebrities in question.
‘At my biggest moment I weighed 27 kilos. I took the p***. Now I weigh about 13.5 kilos,’ she said.
“I think I was just acting on my feelings and emotions, eating and eating and then lockdown, Covid, that didn’t help.”
He admitted that his doctor told him he was “on death row” when he was at his heaviest, during which time he “couldn’t tie my shoelaces” and “had a hard time breathing.”
James said he couldn’t even see his own penis and joked: “I can almost see it now.”
Despite his positive lifestyle change, he said there were times when he actually became “too skinny” and he is currently trying to “up” his protein and “gain a little more.”
The reality star, 36, recently admitted that she is now trying to gain weight after losing 30 pounds due to gastric sleeve surgery (left, in January of this year and right, before her 2021 surgery).
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Despite his positive lifestyle change, Argent said there were times when he actually became “too skinny” and he is currently trying to “up” his protein and “gain a little more.”
He added that fans’ supportive comments encouraged him to lose weight, but that people have to be “careful” about what they say.
“You know, when you get comments like, ‘You look good, keep going,’ it cheers you up, it makes you feel better,” he said.
“I think you have to be very careful, if you’re trying to make someone look healthy, I think – he used to tell me, ‘the more weight you lose, the better,’ so the thinner you are, the better, but that’s not really the case. case because there are times when you are too thin.
He added: “And even now I’m trying to increase my protein intake a little bit and gain a little more.”
The TV personality, who watched her private and professional life play out on the ITV2 reality show for almost a decade, previously said getting the gastric sleeve in 2021 was “amazing and life-changing”.
The TV star recently made an unlikely friend in former Health Secretary Matt Hancock when they appeared together on Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS.
He admitted that they still keep in touch and that the former politician communicates with him from time to time on WhatsApp.
“He was very supportive and kind to me and kind, so as much as people probably loved me to criticize him and hate him, I can’t,” she said on the podcast.
“Sometimes I receive the occasional WhatsApp; yes, I have it on WhatsApp.”
The TV star recently made an unlikely friend in former Health Secretary Matt Hancock when they appeared on Celebrity SAS (pictured with TOWIE’s Amber Turner).
He said the last message he received from Hancock thanked him for being “a legend” and wished him a “happy new year” filled with “joy, happiness and prosperity.”
Argent appeared as celebrity guest of the week with Archie Manners and Josh Pieters as they helped break down some of the most outrageous and cover-worthy statements left in MailOnline stories in the new podcast.
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