Angela Rippon is in "the best shape of her life" after competing on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
Angela Rippon lost around a stone in weight during her time on Strictly
The 79-year-old broadcaster was among the stars vying for the glitterball trophy in the 2023 series, eventually finishing in eighth position, and now she has revealed she's lost around a stone in weight and feels fitter than ever following the gruelling stint.
She told The Mirror newspaper: "I feel in the best shape of my life. I've lost about a stone from when I started the show."
Angels used cryotherapy during her time in 'Strictly' in a bid to minimise aches and pains and keep injuries at bay, and she plans to keep it up when she hits the road for the show's live tour.
She added to the publication: "I’ll be keeping up my cryotherapy which I started during the series ... That and retail therapy will keep me going.
"I found during the show that the more cryotherapy I did the less I needed to rely on ibuprofen and Voltarol. It really does keep the aches and pains at bay."
She added: "The 17-year-old me who would love to have been a professional dancer, she’s been 60 years in the wings, waiting patiently. Now I’m unleashing her. In my head I’m still only 30. I really am having the time of my life."
It comes after Angela previously voiced her surprise at finding viral fame since joining the show.
She told The Sun newspaper: "It’s a whole new experience for me, going viral. “The programme I’ve been working on for the past 15 years - 'Rip-Off Britain', which is on the air at the moment - it hardly ever makes headlines of any description.
"Then suddenly to find that I’m doing something that is giving me great pleasure and I’m having a lot of fun doing it ... This whole thing of the internet and Instagram and all the rest of it is a world that I have never inhabited until recently."
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