Gwyneth Paltrow is urging her overweight chef pal Mario Bstali to slim down and shape up - by offering him free membership to her soon-to-open New York gym.
The Shakespeare In Love star is a fitness fanatic and she's teamed up with personal trainer Tracy Anderson to launch an exclusive workout centre in the trendy Tribeca area of the Big Apple this summer (09).
And Paltrow is reportedly so worried for Batali's health, she's waived the $4,500 (£3,100) membership fee to help the chef - nicknamed Fanta Pants - drop the extra pounds.
A source tells the New York Post's Page Six column, "Mario is the only fat friend she has, and she wants him to change."
it's all go for Paltrow at the moment as she has had to relocate to the States from London while she shoots the Iron Man sequel.
Paltrow returns to her role as Pepper Potts. alongside Robert Downey Jr, in the sequel to the 2008 hit movie Iron Man.
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