Gok admits frantic weight-loss battle

Gok Wan has admitted that he starved himself in a move to lose weight as a teenager.

The How To Look Good Naked TV presenter told Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs that he is still battling body issues nearly 20 years on.

Wan, 35, was bullied as a teenager and once tipped the scales at 21 stone. In a desperate move to shed pounds, he admitted that he turned to extreme dieting.

"Some days I had two spoons of honey as I thought that was all the energy I'd need to survive that day. Of course, that didn't happen because halfway through a conversation I'd have to take a nap - I was exhausted," he revealed.

"Now, it makes sense for me to tell women that they do not need to lose weight. And I know that because I've lived on both sides of the fence."

Wan, who will talk about being bullied in his forthcoming autobiography, said that his relationship with food remains "complex", adding that he will never be fully at ease with his body.