Lisa Appleton has relapsed on her sausage addition.
Lisa Appleton
The 52-year-old star - who appeared on 'Big Brother' in 2008 - first revealed her food dependency three years ago when she admitted to eating 50 sausages a day, but has since relapsed during lockdown over fears about the coronavirus.
She told Closer magazine: "I relapsed and went back to my sausage addiction for the first three weeks of lockdown. I was probably eating about ten a day.
"Everyone was panic-buying toilet roll, but I was panic-buying sausages to stock up! I thought I'd rather make sure I had enough sausages to bring me comfort. I just went into a complete panic, so I was buying tons and freezing them. The temptation was too much."
Lisa first began binge-eating after suffering from depression following her split from ex-husband Mario Marconi, which saw her forced to move into a council house after an alleged fraudster took a large sum of money the former couple had put forward to make a new show.
She was able to overcome her addiction, but has sadly fallen back into her old ways during the first three weeks of lockdown to bring her "comfort" during the unprecedented period.
Lisa explained: "I think I had a small dose of post-traumatic shock syndrome to start with. I felt complete fear and I didn't sleep properly for weeks.
"It's been very emotional - I was so worried about my family and friends. I had friends from my hometown who lost loved ones to COVID-19 and I think that triggered something in me. It felt like a living nightmare."
Although the reality star wasn't eating nearly as many this time round, she admitted she was sampling different varieties before she "ballooned" just weeks later.
She added: "Although I wasn't eating as many a day as during my last addiction, this phase went to a different extreme of me trying every variety of sausage - chorizo, chipolata, frankfurters, garlic, and pork and sage... I really got into the German sausage. It's all in that first bite - it's pure comfort food to me.
"I ballooned during April. I could see the difference in my body shape, so I thought, 'Right, stop this.' "